Deqa Dhalac was the country’s first Somali-American mayor. She moved to Lewiston by way of Atlanta, Georgia. She speaks extensively on community and her involvement with municipal employment and city politics. She also talks about the role of language in her...
Adilah Muhammad is a native of Decatur, Georgia. She moved to Maine in 2001. As a real estate investor, Adilah became interested in the role public policy was playing in the neighborhoods and communities in which she invested. She speaks about that work in addition to...