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Whether you are a high school student, undergraduate student, graduate student, parent or even someone interested in what we are doing, we would like to hear from you. Any way you can contribute to the betterment of this association ranging from your valuable comment to your active participation in our programs will be much appreciated. Please contact Miss Heba Ahmed, president of SSA-GKC at president@ssagkc.org.
Welcome to SSA-GKC
The Somali Students Association of Greater Kansas City is established with the notion of cultivating an environment where students can balance academic challenge and self-help for the benefit of personal and public development. SSA-GKC aims to preserve and promote the East African culture and positive community image within the larger Kansas City community.
University of Kansas: To get to know the Somali
father he left
when he was just a child,
Osman Nur needed the ‘excuse’ of his University of Kansas McNair
Scholars Program research project.
Nur, his mother Madina Sheikh, three older brothers and an older sister fled their native Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1991 at the start of the Somali Civil War. His father Aabow Mo’alin Nur, a teacher, religious leader, community organizer and self-taught architect, stayed.
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Ustad Mohamed Diini (Ohio), a
prominent international speaker will come to Kansas City to address
students and the community in general. The event under the theme "Building a Better Community"
is sponsored by the Somali Students Association of Greater Kansas City with the help of
Muslim Students Association. It will be convened in the University of Missouri - Kansas City's Pierson
Auditorium at 5100 Rockhill Rd Kansas City, MO 64110 on Saturday April 24, 2010 starting from 5:00pm.
If you want to know more about Mohamed Diini and his international
tours, please visit his
website
Last year (2009), we pulled off a successful event at UMKC where high school seniors met with college seniors/graduates from different academic programs as well as officials from the admission and financial aid offices of the University of Missouri (Read how to choose a major). We are planning to do the same this year. The event has been scheduled for April 30, 2010 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm @ Plaza Room, Administrative Center, UMKC. We will post the directions on our website.
The event will target junior and senior high school students as well as their parents, if they need to benefit from the event. Students will get a load of information about different disciplines that will either solidify their thoughts or direct them to a new and better direction. In either case, they will be well-informed of what to expect in school and beyond, financial aid ins and outs and admission procedures. We would like your help by spreading the word to possible college-bound students.
SSA-GKC to meet with Kansas City Somali parents to seek better coorporation on community matters. The meeting will take place in the North Kansas City Community Center on Saturday February 6, 2010 from 6:00-8:00pm. Read More...
It is not rare to see Somali women emerge as reputed lyric poets but seldom are their harmonious compositions published. “Saa Waxay Tiri” (And Then She Said) is a bilingual book dedicated to the life and the poetical work of Hawa Jibril. Read More...
