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November 22, 2020
9:30 -10:20 a.m.
Session will be held via Zoom, Free
All Square: A New Approach to Overcoming Discrimination for Those Coming Out of Incarceration
All Square, a gourmet grilled cheese restaurant, opened in 2018 with a mission to ensure that those affected by the criminal justice system have the financial support and the social capital necessary for a bright and productive future. One fellow from the original cohort has started an online business and another has gone on to pursue a law degree. The second cohort of fellows was welcomed last year to work in the restaurant, learn about the legal system, and to imagine and work toward a bright future in the All Square Institute and Dream Lab.
Emily Hunt Turner had a degree in architecture and was on her way to a degree in public policy when her discovery of housing discrimination in Atlanta led her to get a law degree and come to Minnesota as a HUD lawyer. She discovered how deeply discrimination was embedded in our housing system, and that her ability to affect it through HUD was limited. She left HUD and made it her mission to effect change more directly through founding All Square.
December 6, 2020
9:30 -10:20 a.m.
Session will be held via Zoom, Free
What Muslim Americans Would Like You to Know about Islam
Learn about Islam, its foundation, and its interesting principles while honoring our human dignity and respecting our religious differences. These are indispensable conditions for world peace.
Imam Dr. Abdul Mawgoud Dardery is serving at Brooklyn Park Islamic Center and Professor of Global Studies at Minneapolis College. in 1990 he served as the President of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. In 2000 he obtained a Ph.D. on the relationship between the Muslim World and America from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2005 he was a Fulbright Scholar explaining Islam to American Academia. He loves building bridges of understanding between different faith communities and walking on these bridges with others.
Abdifatah Ali is a member of the Brooklyn Park Islamic Center and a student at St. Cloud State University studying Cybersecurity. He received a degree in Economics from the University of Minnesota where he spent 2 years working with organizations such as the Muslim Student Association and Somali Student Association. Ali also spends his free time giving volunteer sermons at Faribault Corrections Facility as well as spending time uplifting the youth in St. Paul.
Of interest: Ali is the nephew of Zahra Osman who Plymouth helped through a program called ICOM AID. Plymouth members wrote letters to the court on her behalf and attended Zahra’s immigration detention hearing, got her released on bail, and then helped her move into an apartment nearby.
December 13, 2020
9:30 -10:20 a.m.
Session will be held via Zoom, Free
Hidden Recipes: A Holocaust Memoir
Before the Second World War, Ica (Elena) and Ernő (Ernest) each lived a comfortable life in Czechoslovakia. Their lives were shattered by Nazi cruelty, prejudice, and devastation. Hidden Recipes tells the story of their will and determination, and their struggles to survive. By sharing stories about their lives when food was abundant before the war, Ica secretly wrote down hundreds of recipes that she and her fellow inmates shared. Ironically, many of the delectable recipes were written on the reverse sides of papers that carried information about ammunition that was manufactured and used to annihilate the Jews during the Holocaust. Ernő spent several years in various Hungarian forced labor units, where he was required to perform strenuous manual labor. He courageously escaped with the help of righteous people, which saved his life. Hidden Recipes is a story of endurance, will to survive, courage, faith, and finding joy and happiness again.
Eva Moreimi grew up in Czechoslovakia as an only child to Ica and Ernő. Shortly after graduating from Economic School, she escaped from the communist regime and immigrated to the United States. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and near to their three children and six grandchildren. She enjoys reading, practicing yoga, traveling, cooking, baking and spending time with her family and friends.
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