Zerqa Abid, Democrat Candidate for US Congress, Ohio District 15
Carolyn Harding with Zerqa Abid, Columbus community leader and Candidate for US Congress, Ohio District 15.\n\nZerqa Abid is a small business owner, an award-winning nonprofit leader, and a women\u2019s rights advocate. She is running as a Democrat for US Congress out of Ohio\u2019s 15th congressional district against incumbent Mike Carey.\n\nShe is the Founder, President and Executive Director of the largest Muslim Social Services Organization in Ohio, MY Project USA. She served as the Greater Hilltop Area Commissioner and as the Public Safety Chair and has served more than 300,000 Ohioans and has saved thousands of children. The impact of her work in the district is about $38 million.\nShe has received the national AARP Purpose Prize 2023 Award, the Benefit Mutual\u2019s Philanthropist of the Year Award 2023, The Columbus Foundation\u2019s Outstanding Philanthropist 2021 Award and Everyday Hero 2019 Award from the Dispatch Media Group for her outstanding work.\nShe is a Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude graduate of North Carolina State University.\n\nTalk about your community work on the West side of Columbus.\nYou\u2019ve worked hard in your Community. Talk about why you are running to represent Ohio Congressional District 15 in Washington DC.\n\nwww.zerqaabid.com\n\nGrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.\nEvery Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org,\nSundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and\nSundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.\nContact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local LP-FM community radio station.\nFace Book: www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/\nInstagram: www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/\nAll shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! @user-42674753\nApple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085\nYouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/\nIntro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8\nThere's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!