Resources for Communities
Legal Assistance Resources
African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States
US census bureau
https://www.census.gov
Immigration and refugee resettlement agencies
- The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/
- Nationalities Services Center http://nscphila.org/
- African Family Health Organization (AFAHO) http://www.afaho.net/
- HIAS http://hiaspa.org/
- PA IS Ready http://paimmigrant.org/pa-is-ready
Employment information
School district of Philadelphia
African embassies in the US
African community radios
Radio Xalaat http://www.radioxalaat.com/
Research Centers on immigration
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) https://www.migrationpolicy.org
- Pew Research Center http://www.pewresearch.org/topics/immigration/
- Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/research/topics/immigration
- Center for Migration Studies (CMS) http://cmsny.org/
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/
- National Conference of State Legislation http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration.aspx
- National Immigration Forum http://immigrationforum.org/
- National Immigration Law Center http://www.nilc.org/
- Center for Comparative Immigration Studies http://ccis.ucsd.edu/
- Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/research-area/immigration-policy
Health and family resources
- NNLM http://nnlm.gov/mar/
- Philadelphia Health Department http://www.phila.gov/health
- Office of Minority Health http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/
- National Center for domestic violence, trauma, and mental health http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org
- Domestic Violence and Drug Abuse https://addictionresource.com/addiction/domestic-violence-and-drug-abuse/
- Drugrehab.com https://www.drugrehab.com
AFRICOM’s vision is to build a strong and inclusive African and Caribbean immigrant and refugee community with all the nationalities. Our mission is to advocate and organize so that immigrants and refugees feel a sense of empowerment, belonging, and self-sufficiency.
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