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. The AAFSC has 20 full-time staff members and two AmeriCorps members. The AAFSC receives public and private funding and currently has eight individuals serving on their Board of Directors.
Arab American Association of New York - Brooklyn, NY
Linda Sarsour, Director
7111-5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11209
718-630-6919
lsarsour@lmcmc.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 has two paid staff members, 11 board members, four AmeriCorps members and over 10 active community volunteers. The AAANY receives funding from the community and a local community health center to provide primary health care for the Arab-American community.
TAMKEEN
Anny Bakalian, Board Chair
Azza Manassah, Board Treasurer
P.O.Box 1588
New York, NY 10028
212-817-7571
www.tamkeenny.org
TAMKEEN-Center for Arab American Empowerment is community development and advocacy organization committed to social change in the Arab American community in New York City (NYC). TAMKEEN was founded in November 2004 by a group of professionals in mental health, social development, philanthropy, education and research that strongly believed that empowerment is the key to integration and success in America. Our mission is to enable Arab Americans to expand their choices, claim their voices, and take their place in American society. In particular, we are committed to the empowerment of women based on evidence that when women are healthy, educated, socially integrated and civically engaged, they raise healthy children, nurture families, and strengthen communities.
Since summer 2006, we have focused our programming on domestic violence (DV) by launched our outreach campaign, STOP Family Violence in the Arab American Community. Our goal is to raise consciousness among Arab Americans so they no longer tolerate domestic violence in the same way the majority of Americans no longer tolerate smoking or drinking and driving. TAMKEEN employs the only full-time Arabic-speaking DV Case Manager in the City thanks to funding from the New York Women's Foundation (NYWF). Our clients come to the Family Justice Center (FJC), a one-stop shop and national test model, under the aegis of the Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence.
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
ACCESS of WNY, Inc. was established in 2005 by concerned community members to provide vital programs and services for the greater good of the community, specifically designed to target the needs of the Arab American population of Western New York.
In addition, ACCESS of WNY, Inc. serves as a bridge, linking the Arab American Community, and the overall community at large, with essential tools and services required to improve their quality of life.
