'There weren't a lot of people that looked like me or came from my community in visible spaces.' For Teen Vogue and Sister_District's Historic Firsts series, Ruwa4Georgia shares her experience growing up in Georgia and her hopes for the state. ⬇️
, an organization working to build progressive power in state legislatures. Critical and life-altering policies, including abortion access, trans rights, voting rights, fair wages and conditions for working people and families are increasingly coming from often overlooked state legislatures rather than Washington, DC.
Romman, the granddaughter of Palestinian refugees, was born in Jordan and moved to Georgia at age seven. She calls herself a “Southern Arab” and jokes about the similarities between Arab culture and Southern culture, saying both are focused on hospitality, family, and religion.
, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib , Rep. André Carson , and Rep. Ilhan Omar . But in Georgia, Romman is the first.This interview has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.I always have to make the caveat that Georgia is an incredibly diverse place. It's huge. I happened to grow up in a place that was not diverse. At the time, me and two other girls were the only nonwhite people in my entire eighth-grade class. The first Black kid I met was my sophomore year of high school.
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