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When: Monday, March 16, 2020 6:30 p.m. Where: St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church 4537 3rd Ave.*; Minneapolis 55409 (*access to parking lot) 612-823-8205 http://www.stjoan.com Why: Support, networking, delicious food, and an outstanding program! Ilhan Omar was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016. In 2018, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, marking a number of historic electoral firsts: she is the first Somali American, the first naturalized citizen from Africa, and the first non-white woman elected from Minnesota. She is also one of the first two Muslim women (along with Rashida Tlaib of Michigan) to serve in Congress. Omar is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has advocated for a living wage, affordable housing, universal healthcare, student loan debt forgiveness, the protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Co-sponsored by: Twin Cities Peace Campaign, WAMM End War Committee, Veterans for Peace chap. 27, and St. Joan of Arc/WAMM Peacemakers. For more information visit the website > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MnECAPC/info Source:: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MnECAPC/info