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Abdirizak Bihi is the Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center, an organization that educates and trains community leaders for civic action. He came to the US in the early 80s before the Somali Civil War, living in Washington, D.C., before settling in Minneapolis in 1996. He has since served the community in several ways, from translating for the Hennepin County Medical Center to hosting an English-Language radio show on KFAI. READ MORE

Housing and job opportunities are a few of the main things that I plan to tackle. Whether it's access to resources for the community to get skills and viable wages, or enhancing the safety of the community through public housing, those are the inequities that is the most concerning for us.

Allina and its community partners dispersed 108 bikes at the Brian Coyle Community Center in response to a frustrated social media post by activist Abdirizak Bihie about the lack of bikes for children in his community.

“Girls and boys in my neighborhood always borrow my bike, so I posted about bike donation on my social media, and the response was big — around each and every kid have their own bicycle now,” Bihie said Saturday. He said that after the post, several other people stepped up to donate bikes, including Allina Health.

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