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Culturally Competent Somali Healthcare Event

A group that provides health education and advocacy to Somali women is inviting residents to its first-ever Somali/healthcare provider event.


Isuroon’s event will share research on the reproductive health of Somali women and best practices for culturally competent childbirth and child spacing programs. A light lunch will be provided.


Daniel Wordsworth, president of the American Refugee Committee, will be the keynote speaker. It will also feature the following panel of guest speakers:

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  • Fartun Weli: Executive Director, Isuroon

  • Nancy Deyo, MA: Senior Advisor, Women's Refugee Commission

  • Mary Malotky: Certified Nurse Midwife, Hennepin County Medical Center

  • Stephanie Walters, MD, MPH: Medical Director, Macalester University 


A light lunch will be provided.


The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 400 in Minneapolis.

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