Resources
Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders
In 2016, the Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders (The Coalition) started our journey with a handful of African Leaders committed to working together to share information across our communities and better leverage our scarce resources, while uniting as one voice. No matter our differences or the diversity of our communities, we should never forget the African Proverb,“Two spiders working together can take down a lion.” Solutions to our common challenges, will not come from City Hall, Olympia, or DC. Real change starts when community members work together for a better tomorrow.
The Coalition’s 2020 Strategic Goals are Economic Empowerment and Civic Engagement. Our current committees include: Census, Economic Empowerment, Education & Youth/Family Support, Media, and Voter Registration. We have internship and volunteer opportunities available for students interested in building healthy, wealthy, engaging African communities. Please fill out a membership application form https://wscacl.org/membership/ and indicate which 1) committee(s) you prefer 2) In Comment section of the form, please indicate “internship,” if you are interested in being an intern.
Contact Info
Website: wscacl.org
Email: communityleaderswa@gmail.com
Facebook: @wscacl
Mother Africa
Our mission is to provide the skills necessary for refugee & immigrant women and their children in Washington state to reach their highest potential. Our programs emerge from the needs of our community. We meet members where they are with resource referrals, direct support, space to connect with peers, opportunities to celebrate, and much more.
Contact Info
Website: www.motherafrica.org
Email: info@motherafrica.org
Instagram: motherafrica_wa
Facebook: @motherafrica.wa
Blaq Elephant Party
The Mission of the Blaq Elephant Party is to teach the youth of Afrikan descent their cultural, economic, and political history. This process is focused on preventing the growth of criminal or reactionary mentalities that can lead to division, poverty, incarceration, mental illness, and/or untimely death. By promoting self-determination through entrepreneurship and life skills, our programs are key to helping Afrikan students become healthy adults and progressive citizens.
Every 4th Sunday, we will have info sessions on what we are currently working on, and how volunteers and potential board members get involved. These will take place via zoom at 12pm noon.
Contact Info
Email: Blaqelephantparty@gmail.com
Instagram & Facebook: @Blaqelephantpartyorg
Nofy I Androy (NiA) program
Carefully designed to provide adolescent girls the life skills, awareness of their bodies, and educational support and sponsorship needed to remain in school. Our program allows young girls to resist pressure to enter into early marriage or premature pregnancy or sexual relationships, and to become confident change leaders.
Nofy i Androy is always looking for young aspiring leaders to participate in the development of our organization. There are many ways get involve on the field or volunteer remotely and / or on social media. We are currently looking for people to fill the roles of project leader, community engagement members, web designer, and board of directors.
Our long-term goal is to build partnership with the University of Washington’s Global Health Department to give American students the opportunity to travel to Madagascar to volunteer, conduct research, and gain transcultural experience living with NiA students/families). Through this we can expand the number of beneficiaries and educate more vulnerable women. We hope that Africa Now leaders can help reach these goals.
Contact Info
Website: https://www.nofyiandroy.org
Email: nofy@nofyiandroy.org
Instagram: @nia.dreams.nofyiandroy
Facebook: @NofyiAndroy
Center For Multicultural Health
The Center for Multicultural Health promotes the health and well-being of diverse communities—including individuals from communities of color, individuals with limited English proficiency, immigrants and refugees—through innovative health advocacy, health promotion, disease prevention, and immigrant and refugee service programs.
Contact Info
Website: www.cschc.org
Email: cmch@cschc.org
Facebook: @centerformulticulturalhealth
Afropedia
Afropedia’s mission is to become the largest human encyclopedia available for individuals all over the world by sharing valuable resources. Afropedia takes pride in engaging and empowering college students by connecting them with professional mentors and community organizations.
Community members who are interested in mentoring or receiving mentorship should sign up on our website. Additionally, we have volunteer opportunities open to community members.
Contact Info
Website: www.myafropedia.com
Email: Afropedia.contact@gmail.com
Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter: @myafropedia
Collective Justice
Collective Justice builds responses to harm that uphold the humanity of all those impacted by violence. We build tools for meaningful accountability, lead with racial equity, and foster healing for the communities experiencing the most violence without relying on prisons and police. Conference attendees can get involved through our internship program and occasional volunteer opportunities.
Contact info:
Email: info@collectivejusticenw.org
Instagram: @collectivejustice
Facebook: @collectivejusticenw