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Hundreds of Taxicab Drivers are providing free transportation on Election Day
to senior citizens or to those who don't have access to cars. To get free trasnportation,
call the following community based organizations before the election day.
Maryland Casa de Maryland 301-431-4185 District of Columbia African Resource Center 202-332-1233 Virginia, Alexandria Union Taxicab Cooperative 703-683-1200 Virginia MAS Freedom Foundation 703-998-6525 For further information, call African Resource Center at 202-332-1233. |
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An African Refugee in the USA Abdul Kamus |
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Abdulaziz Kamus was born in Harar and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
He received his Masters of Industrial Management degree from Plzen Technical
Institute, Plzen, Czech Republic. Mr. Kamus has over sixteen years of experience in refuges resettlement programs in the United States. He started his profession as a job developer with the International Rescue Committee and assisted over a thousand refugees in direct job placement services. He played a key role in brining the African refugees to the main stream America job market. He participated in the formation of the first Ethiopian Community Based Organizations in New York City. |
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New African Diaspora in Washington, DC Interviews |
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In the Fall of 2004, several students in Professor David Gordon s African
history class at the University of Maryland took part in a service-learning
project. The program was designed to help them understand the experiences
of the New African Diaspora. With the ultimate goal of understanding how
dreams have met with reality for these immigrants, twelve interviews with
African immigrants were conducted. The interviewees were selected from several
different organizations whose goal is to aid African immigrants in the District of Columbia.
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Dr. A. Knighton Stanley has served as Senior Minister of Peoples
Congregational United Church
For the Black History Month Celebration, African and African American
youth participated in boat building at the Peoples Church.
Mayor Williams Signs Language Access Act (Washington, DC) On Wednesday,
April 21, 2004 Mayor Anthony A. Williams signed
into law the Language Access Act.
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