Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mallahan akatanga basa rake rezvematongerwe enyika muChicago paakanga achishanda saMutungamiri weCentury Supply Company. Ikoko Mallahan akabatsira kutanga United Power for Action and Justice uye akawana kudzidziswa uye kushanda semurongi wemunharaunda kubva kuIndustrial Areas Foundation. Mushure mekudzokera kuSeattle muna 2000 Mallahan akashanda pane imwe Indasitiri Nzvimbo Foundation alumnus Barack Obama mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika
asi kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira mumakwikwi a2009 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.