About Hawo
“I want to talk to all people, but I don’t know what’s wrong.”
A math teacher and nurse in her native, war-torn Somalia, Hawo worked for two years at <leo_highlight style=”border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;” id=”leoHighlights_Underline_0″ onclick=”leoHighlightsHandleClick(‘leoHighlights_Underline_0′)” onmouseover=”leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver(‘leoHighlights_Underline_0′)” onmouseout=”leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut(‘leoHighlights_Underline_0′)” leohighlights_keywords=”tyson%20foods” leohighlights_url_top=”http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_2/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dtyson%2520foods%26domain%3Dwww.shelbyvillemultimedia.org” leohighlights_url_bottom=”http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_2/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dtyson%2520foods%26domain%3Dwww.shelbyvillemultimedia.org” leohighlights_underline=”true”>Tyson Foods in Shelbyville, the town she now calls home. She is currently learning English and studying for her citizenship test.
“Hawo’s Dinner Party: The New Face of Southern Hospitality” is a tool designed to support community leaders — including educators, clergy, law enforcement, public officials and employers — who are helping to integrate newcomers from Muslim-majority countries, often against considerable obstacles. Click here to learn more and watch the full module.
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