Our system is unjust and broken. For many black and brown communities, we suffer a lot, and it is not right. Notably, it is not suitable for young people of color to feel helpless and hopeless. That harm must stop. Some may say that is not going to happen. I say, yes, we can. We can stop this injustice by eradicating racism, just like trying to eliminate the coronavirus. The pandemic has taught us valuable lessons.
fatuma Hussein
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Immigrant women and girls: The silent heroes
In a post-Anita Hill world, the #MeToo Movement has brought to light rampant sexual assaults and violence experienced by women and girls across the world once again. Despite the progress, many women of color continue to suffer in silence. One specific group of women of color who deserve a spotlight in the movement can be […]
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Milestone: Celebrating years of helping refugees
LEWISTON — Fatuma Hussein, 38, was not just part of the first wave of Somali immigrants who came to Lewiston in 2001. She helped make that wave. On Tuesday, the organization she founded in 2002, The Immigrant Resource Center of Maine (formerly known as United Somali Women of Maine), will celebrate its anniversary at the […]
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Bowdoin awards honorary degree to Somali immigrant advocate
BRUNSWICK — Fatuma Hussein, founder and executive director of the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, was awarded an honorary degree by Bowdoin College on May 27. The Resource Center was developed to help Somali immigrants settle in the state, and Hussein is a leading voice against gender-based violence in the African immigrant community and in […]
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Say ‘no’ to domestic and sexual violence
Remember Laudrinah Kubeloso. Last year, we lost one of our own to domestic violence. Refugee and immigrant victims and survivors are affected by gender-based violence. They share the risks of all women in the United States to gender-based violence, although they experience increased vulnerabilities and isolation to its effects because of the cultural context in […]
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Heads of Lewiston social services providers to be honored
The heads of a women’s organization and a group that aids runaways and homeless youth, both based in in Lewiston, are expected to be honored by U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II at a ceremony in Portland later this week. United Somali Women of Maine Executive Director Fatuma Hussein and New Beginnings Executive Director Robert Rowe […]