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Center for Well-being of Africans in America

3rd Annual 'Beyond High School' College Fair

College Fair targeting children of African immigrant and refugee families.

Last year's Participating Colleges and Universities

This year's Participating colleges

Saturday November 17th, 2007 

The fair will be held in the neighborhood familiar to members of the target population. The goal is to increase the number of immigrant and refugee high school graduates by encouraging them to think beyond high school. The fair also targets immigrant and refugee children who will be first generation college bound. The event is open to the public and interpreters for the target population will be available. CWAA encourages participation of the entire family, parents and siblings of high school students.

Click here for more resources on high school programs, financial aid and scholarship information

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 Time: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

 Contact us:  206-925-4800 or  collegefair@cwaaUSA.org
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Monday, October 29th, 2007                                                                          Download Flyer


The People of Color in Philanthropy Network (POCPN) presents

the 4th Annual
Meet the Funders
Meet the Funders is an opportunity for nonprofit staff serving communities of color to meet grantmaking staff in an informal setting. Funders , through speed meeting sessions, provide brief overviews of their organization, guidelines/funding priorities, and upcoming deadlines and process. Grantseekers are given the opportunity to speak directly with funders regarding their organization and programs. Grantseekersalso learn about various fundraising and grantwriting resources and training opportunities.

Location: 2100 Building/ 2100 24th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144
 When:  Monday, October 29, 2007
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Contact: info@pocpn.org.  Download Flyer

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Saturday July 21st, 2007                                                                                 Download Flyer

Your Count Matters
The Importance of Census Participation

If you are counted, the federal, state and local governments will include you in the budget. It is therefore very important that each one of us gets counted in order for these governments to have an accurate estimation of members in the community for the available money to be distributed. Your count benefits you and your community.

CWAA in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau has organized a presentation aimed at increasing awareness on the importance of census participation. We believe there are more immigrants and refugees in King County than are recorded by the census bureau. Undercount of ethnic, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. census may be a result of misunderstanding the relevance of the census, its confidentiality, immigration threat and language barrier.  Please come to this presentation given by the U. S. Census bureau officials and learn more about the importance of participating in the census and recent changes (American Community Survey) in the census process (ACS Q&A). Local government officials will be available to connect the relevance of census data and fund allocation.

Where: Van Asselt Community Center, 2820 South Myrtle St., Seattle, WA 98108
 When:  21-July-2007,  Saturday
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
Contact: 206-925-4800  or  events@cwaausa.org

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UPDATE June 20, 2007: 

Mayor Nickels announced the Immigrant & Refugee Report and Action Plan

Please follow the link below

http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/issues/rsji/immigrants/

Monday March 5th and Thursday March 8, 2007                                            Download Flyer

City of Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Action Plan

The City has developed an Action Plan that sets forth next steps in its effort to change the way it does business so that immigrants and refugees are included in the life of the City. Please join the City as they share the report from the community engagement process and the action plan that the City intends to implement.

Location: New Holly Gathering Hall 7054 32nd Ave South, Seattle, WA 98118 (Monday & Thursday)
Monday March 5th- Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM.
 Thursday March 8th- Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM.
Contact:  Haddis.tadesse@seattle.gov

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Saturday March 3, 2007                                                                        Download Flyer
Minority Participation in Research

This event intends to educate the minority community and especially the immigrant and refugee members about the benefits of their participation in research. The goal is; to inform (for those who are unfamiliar with research participation), validate fears and dissatisfactions (for those who are aware of past history and potential unethical practices in research), then give updates on the vast improvements in ethical conducts and laws that have thus far been created and implemented to protect them. The event is organized by the Center of Well-being of Africans in America, CWAA.

Speakers;

Steve Wakefield, Director, the Legacy Project

Gaston Djomand MD, MPH, Senior Clinical Trial Physician and Interim Assoc. Director of Community Education, Fred Hutch/HVTN

Liliana Lengua, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical Child Psychology, University of Washington http://depts.washington.edu/cfnkw/

Rebecca Cortes, PhD, Research Scientist, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Location: Franklin High School, 3013 S. Mount Baker Boulevard, Seattle, WA 98144 map
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon.
Contact us:  206-925-4800 or  events@cwaaUSA.org 
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