Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mallahan akatanga basa rake rezvematongerwe enyika muChicago paaishanda saMutungamiriri weCentury Supply Company. Ikoko Mallahan akabatsira kutanga United Power for Action and Justice uye akawana kudzidziswa uye kushanda semurongi wemunharaunda kubva kuIndustrial Areas Foundation. Pashure pokudzokera kuSeattle muna 2000 Mallahan akashanda pavamwe Industrial Areas Foundation alumnus
Mushandirapamwe waBarack Obama wenyika asi kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira muna 2009 mumakwikwi emukuru weguta reSeattle kuti akamhanya nokuda kwebasa rezvematongerwe enyika. Mukuwedzera kubasa rake rokutanga nebasa reMumiriri Al Swift Mallhan akazoshanda semubatsiri wezvemitemo kuWashington Republican Senator Slade Gorton. Kubvira paakadzokera kuSeattle ndokunyoresa kuvhota muna April 2000 zvinyorwa zvesarudzo muKing County zvinoratidza kuti Mallahan akanga avhota musarudzo 12 dzinosvika 25 dzaakakwanisa kutora rutivi madziri.