Advocacy

African Communities Together Calls for an End to Denaturalizations

Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:33

January 14, 2021

African Communities Together joined over 40 organizations in urging the Biden-Harris Administration to take immediate action to halt the Trump Administration’s denaturalization apparatus.  In 2017 and 2018, the Trump Administration filed double the average number of denaturalization cases filed in the prior 12 years with apparent targeting of people of color and Muslims. See the letter here.

Principles for a Values-Based Budget for Immigrant Justice

Submitted by Assefash on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:28

January 14, 2021

 

African Communities Together recently contributed to the National Immigrant Justice Center and 

American Immigration Council FY2022 budget priorities document that was submitted to the Biden-Harris transition today.  The document, entitled Principles for a Values-Based Budget for Immigrant Justice, includes as a priority the funding of a White House Task Force on Black Immigrants.  See the full document here.

 

ACT on Change to Diversity Visa Online Application Form

Submitted by Assefash on Fri, 07/12/2019 - 11:13

Recently, the State Department announced a change to the Diversity Visa (DV) online application that would require applicants to provide their current passport information.  In the past, someone who wanted to register for DV didn't need a passport until he/she was selected to actually apply for the visa (only 100,000 out of the roughly 14 million applicants are selected to apply for a diversity visa.) This allowed applicants to avoid the expense and log

At Bronx Townhall, Ebola Stigma Stories Emerge - African Community Defense Project

Submitted by Amaha on Mon, 11/03/2014 - 23:30

At a Bronx townhall meeting about Ebola, Africans shared their experiences of being wrongfully targeted or harassed due to Ebola stigma. Civic leaders, including Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., condemned anti-African discrimination.

NY Hospital Worker Alleges Job Discrimination Over Ebola Fears - African Community Defense Project

Submitted by Amaha on Mon, 11/03/2014 - 23:18

NY1 tells the story of Fanta Toure, a certified nursing assistant who states that she was kept out of work at a Queens hospital because she recently traveled to Guinea- even though she wasn't exposed to Ebola and had no symptoms.

ACT at African Day Parade!

Submitted by Amaha on Mon, 11/03/2014 - 01:37

African Communities Together members had a great time at the African Day Parade and Festival, marching, dancing, and spreading the word about ACT's services and campaigns to the other participants.

Take a look at the photos from our contingent on Facebook.

If you took photos of ACT at the Parade, please send them to us and we will share them.

And if you want to be on the invitation list for future events like this, make sure to sign up below to get updates!

We Call it the "American Dream": African Immigrants & Ferguson

Submitted by Amaha on Mon, 11/03/2014 - 01:23

Ask immigrants why we came to America, and you will hear millions of different stories. But our many stories usually boil down to just a few shared reasons.

Safety, freedom, opportunity, and family.

When immigrants get to America, we often find realizing our dreams harder than we imagined. But immigrants persevere, and we keep fighting for the dreams that inspired us to cross borders and oceans and continents.

African Immigrants & Ebola Backlash

Submitted by Amaha on Mon, 11/03/2014 - 01:07

African Communities Together joins several other organizations that serve African immigrants in New York in a strong statement condemning discrimination against African immigrants due to the Ebola scare.

In Wake of New York Ebola Diagnosis, Coalition Warns Against Intolerance and Attacks on Immigrants

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