Isaac Combs: From gang member to guide
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Not many heroes around, these days. Isaac Combs, recipient of The McKnight Foundation’s 2008 Virginia McKnight Binger Award in Human Service, undeniably is one. Continue Reading
Minnesota Voices: Ibrahim Ayeh
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“We came here in a large influx, divided by the civil war in Somalia, not having trust [between] each other. Even the simple greetings that normally a community, like Somali, Hmong or [Spanish speaking] will have when they meet in the stairways or the mall, greetings you always with your community members [were] kind of, you know, not there. You can see that you’re not going to be welcome by your Somali fellow. When that kind of thing happens, you feel you need to do something about it. ”
Ibrahim Ayeh came to Minnesota in 1993, and started to “do something about it.” Continue Reading