Mahmoud Ahmed

Mahmoud Ahmed is the Community and Outreach Program Coordinator, James H. Binger Center for New Americans at the University of Minnesota Law School. In his current role, Mahmoud coordinates the Center's Programs and Outreach, working and collaborating with Law School faculty, staff and students as well as local, regional and national nonprofit and pro bono immigration legal service providers, including social workers, doctors not to mention attorneys.

After graduating from St Olaf College in 2020, Mahmoud worked in Refugee Resettlement having served as the Resettlement and Placement, as well as Housing, case manager at the International Institute of Minnesota. Mahmoud navigated and coordinated with a variety of local, federal, and international organizations - including the SSA, IOM, USCIS, and various branches of the MN Department of Human Services  - to provide Refugees with comprehensive services and resources needed to transition to and navigate life in the Twin Cities.

In 2019, Ahmed, as a member Sudanese activist cohort, co-founded the Sudanese American Collective to mobilize in support of the Sudanese Revolution The collective partnered with the office of Rep. Ilhan Omer on bill S.Res.188, which was passed to support the Sudanese Revolution and its people in realizing civil and sustainable democracy and self-governance.

Ahmed also worked with the University of Bahri’s Center for Peace and Development Studies. Where he collaborated with staff and faculty in conducting research on recurring armed conflict, public health crises and poverty, in addition to coordinating peace-building, and economic development projects and programs across Sudan. Ahmed worked on project implementation and managing communications between the center and partners institutes and organizations. Ahmed supported the groundwork underlying the many relationships established with policy makers, government agencies, and NGOs, such as the UNHCR and the Carter Center.