“I believe women and minorities often wait for permission to be invited to something; we need to stop doing that.” Ilhan Omar is a 37 year old Somalian immigrant who represents Minnesota’s 5th district in the House of Representatives. She is both the first naturalized African Immigrant, and first non-white woman from Minnesota, to serve in The House of Representatives.…
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