For a while now I’ve been thinking about volunteering locally in Denver, and now that I don’t have to spend 3 hours everyday commuting to Boulder I think I can finally devote some time to it.
Yesterday I visited the African Community Center in Denver. The ACC is “Denver’s newest Refugee Resettlement program which welcomes newcomers who have had to flee persecution within their home country. Many of our clients arrive in the United States with little but possess great hope about their lives in America.”
The refugees come from all over:
- Ethiopia
- Sudan
- Bosnia
- Somalia
- Congo
- Seirra Leonne
- Cuba
- Iraq
- Iran
- Rwanda
- Mauritania
- Liberia
- Burundi
- Afghanistan
- Burma
- Vietnam
I met with two staff members there and we spent about an hour and half discussing the organization and how I might fit in to be of most use.
I think I have some interesting ideas on how I can leverage some of my skills to their advantage, and I hope to flesh them out here in another post.
