Liberians in Portland, OR struggle with a double burden: fear for their families in Liberia, and Ebola stigma in the U.S.
Press Releases
Amaha Kassa, Executive Director of African Communities Together, appeared on the Africa Today show with Walter Turner to discuss African immigrants, the African Community Defense Project, and why we should be targeting Ebola- not Africans.
The African Community Defense Project is now online!
Amaha Kassa, Executive Director of African Communities Together, appeared on the Africa Today show with Walter Turner to discuss African immigrants, the African Community Defense Project, and why we should be targeting Ebola- not Africans.
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.
The Milford, New Jersey school district prevented a third grader from returning to school after a trip to Nigeria, even though Nigeria is Ebola-free. After the child's father filed a lawsuit, she was eventually readmitted.
A public outcry and petition campaign pressured an Oklahoma teacher to quarantine herself after a church mission trip to Rwanda- even though Rwanda is 3,000 miles away from the Ebola outbreak.
Two African students in NJ are being kept out of school for three weeks over an Ebola panic- even though they have no symptoms and visited Rwanda, which is 3,000 miles away from the Ebola outbreak.
Staten Island's Liberian community reports numerous incidents of Ebola-related discrimination, and fears that the stigma against West Africans will grow worse.
African advocates are fighting back against Ebola stigma with a social media campaign that asserts "We Are Not A Virus."
West African immigrants on Staten Island report that they have lost business due to Ebola fears, and that they encounter slurs and harassment on the street.