Before 2012, the city of Mankato had no organizations to help the Sudanese and Somalian refugees in its community. The Minnesota Council of Churches used rising challenges in the community as an opportunity to create the Tapestry Project. The idea began with the help...
When Ibrahim Hussein arrived in the U.S. from Kenya in 2007, he saw a need for better education among Somali youth in the small Minnesota town of Owatonna. The realization led him to create to Somali American Cultural Society of Owatonna (SACSO). Now a 501(c)3...
