Our guest today was Hoda Samater and we discussed the impact people are having as result of COVID-19 pandemic and ways individuals and community can build resilience.

COVID-19 impact on Mental Health and Building Resilience

Interview with young Somalis about their identities and how they define. The youth also discussed about their blackness and how it's important to teach the Somali parents the History of African Americans in the US.

Discussion on the Intersectional Identities of Somali Youth and Helping Somali Parents Understand

Amira Adawe interviewed today Safiya Mohamed who is alum of the Young Women's Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI). Safiya how she has experience of colorism, how it impacted her and her friends self-esteem, the practices of skin-lightening in the Somali community and taking part of the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Safiya recently graduated from Central High School in Saint Paul, MN and fall of 2020 she will start studying journalism at University of St. Thomas.

Discussion on Colorism, Skinlighening Practices and Black Lives Matter Movement

Amira Adawe interviewed Stephanie Graves who is with the City of Minneapolis Health Department to discuss about the collaborative COVID-19 campaign for the Somali community in Minneapolis. This is two days testing that started today, September 19th at 12:00PM - 5:00PM and Saturday, September 26th at 12:00PM - 5:00PM. The location for the two days testing is Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, 2824 13th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN.

Access to COVID-19 Testing for Communities of Color

Amira Adawe oo kahadleysa helida baritaanka COVID-19 oo aay hayada Beautywell, waaxda cafimaadka ee City of Minneapolis iyo hayado kale soo qabanqabiyeen. Baritaankaan oo lasamenayo labo malmood waxaayna bilabatay manta, Sabti September 19th, xiliga 12:00PM - 5:00PM. Malinta kalane waa Sabti, September 26th, xiliga 12:00PM - 5:00PM. Goobtana waa Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center 2824 13th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN. 

Waxaa kaloo aan baritan COVID-19 kus sameeynaa jimba kasta Cedar Riverside Brian Coyle Center. Baritaankan waa jibma kasta marka waqtiga yahay 1:00PM - 4:00PM.

Baritaanka COVID-19

Amira Adawe is public health practitioner, researcher and health equity advocate. Amira is the founder, Director of the Beautywell Project, a campaign to combat the skin-lightening practices and chemical exposures in the immigrant and refugee communities in Minnesota, Nationwide and international. Amira is the host of weekly podcast(Beauty-Wellness Talk). Amira has undergraduate degree in Family Social Science and Master of Public Health from University of Minnesota School of Public Health. She was also a Policy Fellow 2015-2016 at Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Amira’s work has been featured on local and national media including Minnpost, STAT, National Public Radio (NPR) and Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.