TURNER — The Voices of Leavitt, the Leavitt Area High School civil rights group, continued “The Voices of Leavitt: We all Have a Story to Tell,” a series of talks that recognize the different strengths and backgrounds that residents bring to the Leavitt community.

Zam Zam Mohamud, a Lewiston resident who was born in Somalia, spoke on Feb. 26 at the Leavitt Area High School auditorium. She spoke about immigrating to the U.S., raising her children and living and working in Lewiston. Students were interested in the differences between living in America and in Somalia.

Mohamud was the third speaker in the series. In the fall, Leavitt graduate Jacqueline Briggs Martin, a children’s book author, discussed growing up in this community and how it shaped her. Tim Byrne, a 2004 Leavitt graduate, spoke about living with a disability and how his physical limitations don’t keep him from living life.

Future talks in the series will be from Leavitt graduate Greg Dube, who is now a priest, and the Out & Allied Youth Theatre, a group of middle and high school students, most of Waterville, who use theatre to educate others about the everyday experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth. These talks will take place this spring with the times to be announced.

The goal of the civil rights group is to foster a tolerant, welcoming community at Leavitt.

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