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“We must seize this moment to dismantle the systemic barriers and relentless abuse that marginalize women and other disadvantaged groups,” our CEO Ghida Dagher wrote in The New York Weekly [[link removed]] .
Read more about her reflections and the work that organizations like the Open Society Foundation [[link removed]] s are doing to empower young woman and decolonize pathways for progressive change.
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Here are some of the amazing things the leaders in our network have recently achieved:
*
Melinda
Liu
(Ready
to
Lead®
AAPI
Women)
officially
made
it
on
the
ballot
in
her
run
for
Irvine
City
Council
District
1
and
is
looking
for
volunteers
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to
support
her
campaign.


*
Maytham
Alshadood
(Ready
to
Lead®
Midwest
and
Ready
to
Win®
2017,
and
NAL
Trainer
&
Recruiter)
is
now
the
Director
of
the
Business
and
Licensing
Division
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at
the
Colorado
Department
of
State!


*
Denver
City
Councilwoman
Shontel
Lewis
(Ready
to
Win®
Trainer)
took
action
to
combat
hate
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in
her
community
by
working
to
quickly
remove
racist
and
anti-immigrant
signage
that
had
gone
up
in
her
district.
The
persistence
of
these
harmful
and
hurtful
caricatures
is
a
reminder
of
why
NAL’s
movement
to
empower
New
Americans
to
build
a
more
inclusive
and
representative
democracy
is
so
vital.


*
Karim
Kadouh
(Ready
to
Lead®
Midwest
and
Ready
to
Win®
2023)
was
appointed
by
Michigan
Governor
Gretchen
Whitmer
to
the
Michigan
Commission
on
Middle
Eastern
American
Affairs
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!


*
Justin
Onwenu
(Ready
to
Lead®
Midwest
2021)
was
named
by
Detroit
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
to
become
Detroit's
first
Director
of
Entrepreneurship
and
Economic
Opportunity
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!


*
Minnesota
State
Senator
Zaynab
Mohamed
(Elected
Advisory
Council
2024)
reflected
on
her
past
2
years
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and
the
meaningful
legislation
she
was
able
to
pass
for
rideshare
drivers
and
tenants,
and
for
undocumented
immigrants
to
finally
obtain
driver's
licenses.
Her
next
priority:
to
raise
the
state’s
minimum
wage.


*
Ivan
Niño
(Ready
to
Win®
2023,
Ready
to
Lead®
Northeast
2024)
launched
his
campaign
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for
City
Representative
in
District
35
in
El
Paso,
Texas!


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