Somali youth summit kicks off at U of M

Somali youth summit kicks off at U of M
Associated Press


The second annual international Somali Youth Summit is being held in Minneapolis this weekend.

The event is expected to draw Somali youth leaders as well as teachers from as far away as London and Toronto to the three-day event at the University of Minnesota Law School. Meetings kick off today.

The event's agenda is to educate Somali youth on issues in their community and encourage them to develop leadership skills.

Last year's summit was held in Columbus, Ohio, which is home to the second-largest Somali population in the U.S. The largest is in the Twin Cities.


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Why is this being held at the UofM law school? Let's hope discussing better assimilation skills is on the agenda. Somehow I am not optimistic about that.
Jason


It is being held there probably because it is the neighborhood of most of them. It is like everything else in life. Those that are going to succeed will choose to be there if they feel it will help them. The actual troublemakers causing problems aren't actually going to be at the summit!
Mrs R
Cologne, MN

Number one on the agenda- get them to bathe regularly. Number 2- don't steal everything in sight.
SAL

And...get jobs, do something productive for this free country you are now living in, quit complaining about everything here that you never had in your own country, be grateful for living here, assimilate and don't expect everyone here to bow to you and your foreign ways.