Refugee Resettlement Watch / NPR: Minnesota Muslims “waking up” and expect to make gains in voting today - reaction to 'politics of fear and a rise of white nationalism' ... yammer, yammer --tma

Posted by Ann Corcoran on November 6, 2018

From NPR:

Muslims Hope To ‘Wake Up’ At The Ballot Box This Year

On a recent Saturday afternoon in an office in St. Paul, Minn., a flurry of calls went out to Native American and Latinos voters reminding them to vote Nov. 6. And there was a new group added to the list: Muslims.

Until last year, ISAIAH, a multi-racial coalition of faith communities in Minnesota, was mostly made up of churches. Now, 24 mosques have joined the voter turnout effort. The group is focused on getting communities of color to vote this year in reaction to what it describes as politics of fear and a rise of white nationalism. ...

https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2018/11/06/minnesota-muslims-waking-up-and-expect-to-make-gains-in-voting-today/