What Is Community? With Hussein Osman, Said Osman, and Ayat Mohamed
Active & Connected Families · Virginia Family Therapy
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Show Notes
Today, I have three young men with me that are true experts on community. Hussein Osman, Said Osman, and Ayat Mohamed are all refugees from Somalia and their Somali Bantu culture is one of inclusiveness, helping and wanting everyone to succeed. I know this because they've let me into their family and they are apart of mine.
I've felt the differences with the American culture and their more collectivist communal stance over the past six years. I truly feel that my family's relationships with these young men are essential to our mental health. We have developed a true community that is rare in America these days.
So this conversation is about us putting ideas around community into words. Take a listen -- I know you'll learn a lot from this episode, just like I did.
In this episode on community, we discuss:
- What community means to them;
- Cultural differences and what we can learn from them;
- Why it is important to make friends with people who are different from you & what this looks like;
- Being intentional about getting to know people;
- And so, so much more!
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