Linda Sarsour, famous Muslim activist and community organizer, takes us along on her journey to how she got to where she is right now, from her father’s Brooklyn bodega to the frontlines of the 2017 Women’s March.
Watch her story above, taken from the June 8, 2022 Matter of Fact Listening Tour: “Trailblazers, Troublemakers and Dreams.”
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