2021-2022 Knapp Fellow recipient Rayaan Ahmed is creating a bridge between the Lutheran Social Service (LSS) Imhotep Freedom School in Minnesota and the Al-Aqsa after school program, a similar school program in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Imhotep Freedom School built a year-round youth center dedicated to helping encourage young people to look beyond themselves to make a difference in their communities. Over the course of the upcoming year, she plans to work with students in this center to deepen their understanding of how community service can fundamentally shape the future of their communities.