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Service Providers
  • Ashiyanaa - has provided culturally sensitive support services since 1989 to South Asian people facing gender and interpersonal violence (also known as domestic violence), empowering them to become self-sufficient.
  • AAMUJobs - an employment agency associated with one of Kama's past storytelling night speakers
  • Ayuda - legal, social and language services in DC, Maryland and Virginia
  • The Asylum Seeker Assistance Project - legal, social, and employment services for asylum seekers
  • Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School - ESL classes, career training, citizenship prep, GED program, ServSafe in Spanish, skills training
  • Catholic Charities, Migration and Refugee Services (MRS) (Arlington, Alexandria, Manassas, Annandale, and Fredericksburg, VA) - refugee resettlement and employment services for refugees and asylees
  • Dafero - employing vulnerable refugee women and former trafficking victims, providing sustainable employment and English training. Dafero Life Skills app (on Google Play) being translated into Arabic, Spanish, Albanian, and French. 
  • Ethiopian Community Development Council (Northern Virginia and Silver Spring) - immigrant and refugee assistance
  • Foodhini - Hiring immigrant and refugee chefs and prep cooks
  • International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Silver Spring, MD) - refugee resettlement, economic empowerment, community integration and development, health and wellness
  • La Cocina VA - bilingual culinary training program and food assistance program
  • Literacy Council of Northern Virginia (LCNV) - ESL instruction
  • Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (Northern Virginia, Maryland) - social services and employment development for refugees, asylees and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders
  • Mary House (Washington DC) - provide transitional housing for refugee and immigrant families in crisis, food and clothing program, kids program
  • Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) - social services, advocacy and outreach, health and wellness, and legal services for asylum seekers and survivors of torture
  • Upwardly Global- focused on training recent immigrants and refugees to adapt their education, skills, and professional career abroad into the U.S. workforce
U.S. Refugee Resettlement Voluntary Agencies
  • Church World Service (CWS)
  • Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)
  • Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC)
  • HIAS - The Global Jewish Nonprofit
  • International Rescue Committee (IRC)
  • Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)
  • U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
  • United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
  • World Relief

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Advocacy Groups
  • Protecting Immigrant Families: Community Resources
  • Refugee Council USA (RCUSA)
  • Migration Policy Institute
  • Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
  • Refugees International
  • Refugee Alliance Network
  • Capital Area Immigration Reform (CAIR) Coalition
  • CASA de Maryland
  • Human Rights First
  • Vets for American Ideals
  • National Immigration Forum
  • RUMI Forum for Interfaith Dialogue and Understanding
  • Northern Virginia Friends of Refugees
  • Emgage - Empowering Engaged Muslims

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Legal support​
  • Ayuda - legal, social and language services in DC, Maryland and Virginia
  • The Asylum Seeker Assistance Project - legal, social, and employment services for asylum seekers
  • Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) - social services, advocacy and outreach, health and wellness, and legal services for asylum seekers and survivors of torture
  • Executive Office of the Mayor Muriel Bowser - Immigration Resources
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Citizenship Classes and Test Preparation
  • Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) (Washington DC) - quarteryly 12-week citizenship classes
  • LSSNCA (Fairfax, VA) - $50 every Saturday 10am-12:30pm
  • Carlos Rosario Citizenship Test Preparation (Washington DC)
  • Montgomery College Citizenship Preparation Program
  • Citizenship Prep Class at St. Mark ESL Program (Vienna, VA)
  • Citizenship Toolkit - Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
  • Study Materials - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Find a Citizenship Prep Class - USCIS
  • DC Public Library Resources
  • CASA Citizenship Services (Rockville, MD and Woodbridge, VA)
  • Arlington, VA Citizenship Classes

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  • About Us
    • Our Core Team
  • Podcast
  • Immigrants of the DMV
  • Blog
  • Storytelling
  • Classes
  • Donate
  • Resources
  • Get Involved