Hey, Uprooted Fam 👋🏾 thank you for tuning into ‘Uproot Your Thoughts’ on the Uprooted Network. This is the segment where we examine our lives, thoughts, and trauma as we build the bridge to the lives we want to live. Because we often form our beliefs and thoughts from what we see and hear this space focuses on pulling out the negative and rerooting ourselves in positivity.

In this week's episode Hanna, or Rutha as the fam calls her, dives into a deep conversation with the wonderful Melat Mohamoud. The two have connected over social media in the last few years, and have spent much time advocating and bringing awareness to the Tigrayan, northern Ethiopian, people. For this convo, they dig around the journey of building organizations, advocacy, and the power of social media communication necessary to get your message out. Hopefully, you walk away from this convo reflecting on your wants and needs inspired by Melat's journey.

Let us know what part spoke to you in the comments ❤️

Follow Melat on Socials:

@melatmoh on Instagram

@melatmoh on TikTok

@melmoh25 on Twitter

Melat's Work:

Ahwatna Relief Organization - charity work in Tigray

Tegaru Muslims of North America - exec board member and community organizer

Event organizer - Tigray Festival, National Protests, TMH anniversary, concerts and community events

Timestamps:

2:20 Hanna welcomes Melat

6:09 Melat introduces herself

9:35 checking in with Melat to see how her heart is

11:32 Melat shares what she’s giving herself grace for

14:00 discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic affected our lives

16:30 transitioning into how the Tigray genocide affected us, our families and work as soon as it started

23:35 Melat shares how she has been able cope and manage

29:45 Melat shares how Ahwatna Relief Organization came to fruition

37:45 discussing the lack of work-life balance for the past 3 years

45:25 Melat shares how she uses social media and her experience with it

50:00 touching on community work and organizing

55:30 Melat talks about the network and organization Tegaru Muslims of North America

1:03:00 we discuss our upbringings and experiences within our community

1:07:00 bridging the gap between generations

1:11:56 Melat shares what she wants to reroot herself in

1:14:00 Melat closes with what seeds she’s planting now and what seeds she’d like to leave behind