Kayse Jama

Kayse is a founder and executive director of the Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO), which builds power in immigrant and refugee communities through education, civic engagement, organizing and intergenerational leadership development. CIO was funded early on by MRG Foundation, so Kayse has firsthand experience of the impact of MRG grants on building the movement. Born into a nomadic family in Somalia, Kayse left when the civil war erupted, and finally found sanctuary in Portland.