Somali American day was announced after Somali American citizens voted July 1 to mark “Somali American day” in Minneapolis city.
The city council of Minneapolis finally approved July 1 to mark the Somali American day in the city.
The first Somali American citizen who appeared in the Minneapolis City council expressed his appreciation for this day.
“This is a very important resolution for me and it actually came from
the elders and the community leaders who wanted to highlight the
contributions, the culture, the values of the Somali-American community,
which is a large and growing population in the city of
Minneapolis.” Warsame said
Besides the 1 of July’s mark for the Somali-american day, Somali community also commemorate 1st July as the Somali independence day.
Somali community in Minneapolis and America as well have welcome the marking of 1 July as Somali-american day.
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