The Arab American Family Support Center - Brooklyn, NY
Lena Alhusseini, Executive Director
150 Court Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201-6244
718-643-8000
718-797-0410 fax
lena@aafscny.org
www.aafscny.org
Since 1994, the Arab American Family Support Center (AAFSC) in Brooklyn, NY has been serving newly arrived and low-income Arab Americans in New York. AAFSC provides a variety of services to the community, including child welfare preventative services, ESL and citizenship classes, youth programs, Arabic language and cultural programs, legal services, domestic violence prevention and health programs.
Arab American Association of New York - Brooklyn, NY
Linda Sarsour, Director
7111 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11209
718-745-3523
Fax: 718-745-3070
lsarsour@yahoo.com
www.arabamericanny.org
Established in 2000, the Arab American Association of New York (AAANY) is located in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York. The AAANY provides assistance with immigration services, medical and mental health services, ESL, after-school programs, employment skills and social services. The AAANY receives funding from the community and a local community health center to provide primary health care for the Arab-American community.
ACCESS of Western New York
Muna Munassar
President
P.O. Box 333
697 Ridge Rd.
Lackawanna, NY 14218
716-332-5901
716-332-5924 fax
accesswny@yahoo.com
www.accesswny.org
The mission of ACCESS of Western New York is to promote understanding and strengthen the bonds of faith and friendship between members of the Arab American community and people of other nationalities and cultures living within America; to help newly arrived immigrants adapt to life in America; to inform the American public about the traditions and customs of the Arab community; to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of Arab culture within the American public; to promote the common good and general welfare of the Arab American community; and to foster tolerance of Arab American people in the United States.
The American MidEast Leadership Network – Astoria, NY
Rami Nuseir, President and Founder
25-82 Steinway St., Suite 2R
Astoria, NY 11103
Phone: 347-432-4464
Fax: 917-591-2177
raminyc@gmail.com
www.AMLN.org
The American MidEast Leadership Network (AMLN) is a nonprofit organization established to enhance cultural, economic and political understanding between educators and students, journalists, professionals, officials, civic and religious leaders and all interested citizens in the Middle East and in the United States by providing resources and leadership development programming that allows future leaders in both regions to explore the salient issues that divide and unite them. AMLN pursues its mission through an annual, three-week cultural exchange between American and Middle Eastern students; family services addressing the needs of the U.S.'s underserved Arab immigrant community by providing advocacy, legal assistance and information referral; and AMLN's Student Resources, an information hub on scholarship and internship opportunities for American and Arab American students wanting to study the Arabic language or Middle Eastern affairs in the United States. This division also provides information for Middle Eastern students wanting to pursue higher education opportunities in the United States.
