Ayoub Ahmed

• Engages with community members to understand their legal needs and concerns.
• Organizes events, workshops, and meetings to educate the community about their legal rights and resources available.
• Collaborates with attorneys and legal staff to develop strategies for addressing community issues and providing legal assistance.
• Advocates for policy changes and systemic improvements to address the root causes of legal problems affecting the community.

- Administrative support: Assisting with scheduling, correspondence, and office supplies.
- Logistics coordination: Organizing meetings, events, and ensuring necessary resources.
- Data management: Maintaining databases, generating reports, and ensuring data accuracy.
- Team support: Collaborating on projects, assisting with research, and facilitating communication among colleagues.

• Tutor, mentor and guide young Black men from my own community through homework, field-trips, community service and being available to them.
• My Brother’s Keeper is a program run through SPS to help mentor Black youth
• Afterschool program aimed at the growing disparity between Black students and others
• STOPPED DUE TO COVID

- Provides academic support to students attending the mosque, assisting with homework, assignments, and studying.
- Helps students understand and complete school-related tasks, such as math problems, reading assignments, or science projects.
- Adapts teaching methods to address the specific educational needs and challenges of students, ensuring comprehension and mastery of school subjects.

- Teach english at a local elementary school in Mogadishu, Somalia (for free)

- Teach elementary math

- I came here to visit my parents homeland but i quickly noticed how much I could help people here with my education

- Assist school with lesson plans they can use once I go back that I learned through MBK and Freedom schools

• Worked closely with CAIR’s sole lawyer in discrimination cases against American Muslims
• Intake interviews with potential clients
• Drafted documents for CAIR’s legal defense
• Interpreted for Somali clients.

• Helped teach typing classes
• Signed people up for email addresses
• Held events to teach people of immigrant backgrounds how to use the internet.
• Designed interactive activities using technology tools that fostered critical thinking and problem-solving skills in students.

- Specialized training: Received education and mentoring training at the University of Tennessee, specifically geared towards effectively guiding and supporting youth from marginalized communities.
- Historical context: The concept of Freedom Schools originated from Ella Baker's Freedom Summers during the era of Jim Crow segregation in the Southern United States.
- Educational empowerment: The primary goal of Freedom Schools is to empower marginalized communities through education, viewing it as a means of liberation and social change.

- Community Engagement: Act as a liaison between the Somali community and the University of Washington (UW), fostering connections and collaboration.
- Information Dissemination: Ensure that local Somali individuals are informed about the Somali Student Association (SSA) and have access to its resources and activities.
- Event Planning and Fundraising: Organize events within the Somali community, such as fundraisers, to support SSA initiatives and programs.
- Bridge Building: Strengthen ties between the UW community and the Somali community by facilitating cultural exchange and understanding.