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African Services Committee Update
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Free Panel
Entrepreneurship + Innovation from Africa and the Diaspora
Join ASC and ASC's Immigrant Community Law Center for a spotlight on trailblazers in entrepreneurism + food + culture + hospitality from the Continent and the Diaspora.
"Purveyor of international cool", Claude Grunitzky, will moderate the discussion, featuring panelists: Chef Pierre Thiam + Hawa Hassan + Shimite Obialo
When:
Monday, June 4, 2018 6:00 to 8:30pm
Where: Troutman Sanders LLP
875 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10022
Refreshments: Appetizers + Wine and more
Free - space limited.
Click
here to learn more and register.
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Click here for a look at ASC's Health and Community Development Center in Ziwey, Ethiopia.
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Video Spotlights
Recent Trip to
ASC Ethiopia Clinics
African Services Committee Co-Executive Director, Kim Nichols and ASC Communications Director, Eirik Omlie, recently returned from a productive visit to ASC Ethiopia's Health and Community Development Centers in Addis Ababa, Ziwey and Mekele, including a detour to ASC's growing honey farms located in remote Gheralta in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, and a meeting with new U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia,
Ambassador
Michael Raynor.
Click here
to watch a video highlighting their trip to ASC's bustling Health and Community Development Center in Ziwey and stay tuned for more videos from the trip. Also, check out highlights from ASC's Health and Community Development Center in Ziway here, ASC's Health and Community Development Center in Addis Ababa here, and ASC's Health and Community Development Center in Mekele here.
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ASC Advocacy Director, Amanda Lugg, meets with NY State Assembly
legislators and legislative staff
at Legislative Office Building in Albany: "This is a reinstatement of the HIV ban."
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TheBody Oped
Drastic Impact of Proposed New 'Public Charge' Rule on HIV-Positive Immigrants
New Rules Would Force Eligible Immigrants to Choose Between Vital Lifesaving Services or Preserving Their Path to Citizenship.
Just when you thought it couldn't get much worse for immigrants, it could get much worse for immigrants.
In late 2017 the Administration announced its intention to impose harsher rules to determine when immigrants are considered a "public charge" - a determination in US immigration law that can block an individual's path to permanent residency (green card).
Click here to read the full ASC OpEd featured on TheBody.com.
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When: Support us this Sunday, May 20!
Please support ASC by registering or donating to AIDS Walk New York.
African Services Committee (ASC), Ethiopia is on the brink of losing two of its one-stop shop clinics for families living with HIV. ASC Ethiopia has not received critical support from international donors and the health status of Ethiopia remains poor, compared with other low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The population suffers from a huge burden of potentially preventable diseases such as HIV and other infectious diseases.
Please donate now and make a difference for families suffering with HIV, TB and malnutrition in Ethiopia. We appreciate your support!!!
Donate - Register here.
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ASC and ICLC attorneys recently appeared on call-in "Matters Arising" programs hosted by
Toyin Omolola. Both programs provided an in-depth look at important legal immigration topics. Click
here to watch ASC Supervising Attorney,
Corina Bogaciu.
Click
here for the program featuring ASC and Immigrant Community Law Center staff attorneys Deirdre Stradone and Jessica Greenberg.
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NY1 Spotlights ASC Family
Click here to check out this spectacular feature on ASC family, Ilfenesh Hadera, of ABC's Deception, on NY1 Spotlight.
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In Case You Missed It
ASC Staff Weigh in On NPR 2020 Census
Check out this great NPR "All Things Considered" piece, featuring African Services staff on the 2020 census. And big thanks to NPR reporter Hansi Lo Wang for stopping by ASC!
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Advocating to End TB in
New York City
ASC's Advocacy Director, Amanda Lugg, in
New York Daily News on the consequences of Tuberculosis funding cuts.
Click here to read the full story.
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Rallying for a Hepatitis
Free NYC
ASC also rallied for a hepatitis free NYC on the steps of City Hall May 15 with Health Chair NYC Council Member Mark Levine and fellow advocates.
ASC offers free and confidential health screening for HIV, hepatitis B & C, blood glucose, blood pressure, and STIs. ASC staff, who speak French, English, Arabic, Spanish and many African languages, also offer navigation to affordable health care, cancer screening and referral, and maternal infant health education - regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
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Volunteer Raises Support Highlighting
Tour of ASC Ethiopia
We are thrilled to spread the word about ASC's grassroots work in Ethiopia through the keen eye of gap-year volunteer, Yared (pictured front row left), who is spending the coming months writing about his experience at ASC's Health and Community Development Centers in Ethiopia. Thank you Yared and special partner
Blessed Coffee,
for raising much-need support for our centers in Ethiopia!
Click here to follow Yared's journey.
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ASC Hosts Dance Fitness and Boot Camp Shape Up NYC Exercise Classes
Fitness instructor, Beverly Brown's Shape Up NYC Dance Fitness exercise class at African Services Committee is free and open to the public every Wednesday at 6:30 pm and instructor Tobi Abegunde holds Boot Camp at ASC every Friday at 6 pm! Join us on ASC's 3rd floor.
All welcome! Free!
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DanceAfrica 2018 Performances
The nation's largest African dance festival returns to BAM for its 41st year, under the leadership of artistic director Abdel R. Salaam. This year's performance offers a taste of the rhythm and spirit of South Africa, acknowledging Nelson Mandela's centennial birthday and the contributions of freedom fighters past and present.
South African supergroup Ingoma KwaZulu-Natal Dance Company brings traditional movement idioms alongside the contemporary stylings of Durban-based Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre. They are joined by the BAM/Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble and, together, rejoice in the transcendent power of movement and music in a range of forms and traditions. This year's performance draws parallels between South African anti-apartheid and American civil rights movements, portraying the struggles for justice and, ultimately, serving up triumphant celebrations of culture.
When: May 25 to May 28
Free. Click here for more information.
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