Ethiopian Community Development Council - African Community Center

Our Vision: ACC's vision is to bring culturally and linguistically appropriate services to immigrant communities in the DC Metro Area. Our Mission: ACC's mission is to resettle refugees and immigrants and to promote the education, health, culture, and socio-economic development needs of the refugee community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Our Goals: To provide services and programs that help newcomers become self-sufficient, productive members in their new communities. To foster greater understanding among newcomers and their local communities. To conduct outreach and education to increase public awareness about refugees and immigrants. To participate in forums and community events that involve the interest of refugees and immigrants.

The African Community Center is the branch of the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) operating in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. ACC is operational from two offices located in Arlington, Virginia and Silver Spring, Maryland. With the main purpose of resettling refugees and asylum seekers, ACC provides various services to new comers to the United States. To pursue its mission, ECDC: provides programs and services that help newcomers to the country become productive, self-sufficient members of their new American communities; foster greater understanding among newcomers and the wider community; conduct outreach and education activities to increase public awareness about refugee and immigrant issues; promotes civic participation by newcomers in the decision-making process at the local, state, and national levels; and provides cross-cultural training to service providers' on the diverse cultural backgrounds of the clients they work with.