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2012: The Year of Community Change for A Difference
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Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963 |
The Pioneering Continental African
Leadership Dinner Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Theme: Upholding the Torch for a New Generation.
Acknowledging Civil Rights Gains That Paved Our Way,
Contributing to the Dream for Posterity.
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 7:30pm.
Random Act of Service and Leadership
Begins on Martin Luther King Holiday Monday January 16, 2012
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February 23, 2012 |
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Greetings!
Wishing you and yours the best in 2102,
And looking forward to Unprecedented Difference
in Community Development,
The courtesy of your company and patronage at pioneering
Continental African Leadership Dinner Tribute to
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
and
Heralding Black History Month
Honoring African American Civic Leadership in the community will make this milestone a cornerstone in public service.
The appreciation ushers a new era of community consciousness and leadership that address the fundamental of Dr. Martin Luther King's Call for Social Equity:
Practical Services that Improve Quality of Life.
Keynote Speaker
Councilman George Leventhal, Mongomery County Council
Chairman, Health and Human Services
Date: Friday 24, 2012
Time: 7:30pm to 2:00am.
Venue: Crystal Restaurant and Lounge
1401 University Boulevard, Hyattsville, Maryland 20783
Reservation by Sponsorship of CACC.
With Dinner Tribute Gala and Cash Bar
Preview of 2012 Martin Luther King Lead by Example Contest for middle and high school students.
Theme:
"A Thousand Fools proclaimed themsevles leaders and into obscurity; one reflective man forgot himself to service and into legacy."
RSVP
Continental African Development Services and
Gerty Service Volunteers: 240-706-6885
240-706-6885
Joe Eyong: 301-233-7527
Barack Obama Campaign Coordinator for Continental African Community, Montgomery County
301-233-7527
Ben Bamba.703-717-8715
Community Outreach for Community Difference
703-717-8715
Christian Leintu: 301-401600
Corporate Responsibility for Self-Reliant Development
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With a Vision in Mind
With a growing multigenerational population and un-addressed needs, moments of reckoning ignited the drive to establish the Continental African Community Center (CACC). The vision inspires community consciousness and responsive leadership that address real needs in the community, engage constituents in self-reliant solutions; and foster the inclusion of the community as a valuable contributor and stakeholder in public outcomes.
The Mission in Active Service
Guided by articulated and published needs assessment that are presented to local governments, the mission of CACC is to provide a one-stop center at a community hub that provides services to improve the welfare of constituents through diverse, reliable and accessible programming.
Our Philosophy
CACC has a humane orientation and approach to service design and delivery. Human life is the priority in community development that includes all aspects of social, economic, and cultural enhancements. We place emphasis on low-income families having timely access to resources and newly arrived immigrants adapting to life in the United States. To ensure effective delivery, services are culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate, and language specific. In the final analysis, a responsive community and accountable leadership must demonstrate care by tangible actions to empower individuals and families to lead informed, productive, and fulfilling lives.
Creating A Functional Community Identity Through Services.
 A Welcome Center where you feel the warmth of a community that strengthens and enriches lives. The Welcome Center offers a clearinghouse service on information and community resources; links constituents to opportunities; facilitates contacts between service providers and service consumers; and provides connections to social networks. What's happening? You can also get community news and keep abreast with events and featured attractions for individual and family pleasure.
 At the Welcome Center, the Friends and Cheers program offers new residents scheduled orientation and adjustment service. New residents can ask questions and get reliable answers from professional experts in various fields or social guides in networking and navigating the systems. The hospitality outreach includes coffee and dining, tour of the city, and movie night with laughter. Yes, life in a new locale is easier when you have dependable guidance and even friends/mentors who are committed to your successful integration in mainstream society.
The Fishing Pole for Economic Independence:How many are we in the workforce, including the public sector? Drawn from the proverb of teaching a person to fish for self reliance, the Fishing Pole for Economic Independence is a job search and readiness, career guidance and preparation; and procurement alert services. CACC works with public and private employers and other organizations to obtain job listings, information on internships and training programs, procurement and bidding requirements in order to provide notices to constituents in a timely manner and to them with questions in accessing the sources. Click two examples: Fishing Pole
Social Service Advocate Program: We work and interface with individuals and families to ensure that they obtain the public benefits that they are eligible for. In cases where persons are not eligible for services, other non-profit resources are identified. Individuals and families receive professional and confidential consultations, and cultural relevant and developmentally appropriate counseling in order to tailor assistance to meet their particular needs.
Immigrant and Citizenship Service: The African immigrant is typically hardworking in pursuit of the American dream. Low-income individuals who are unable to find affordable and accessible legal services either choose not to file for adjustment status, succumb to paying high legal fees, or fall victim to predatory practitioners. Making the dream possible, the program offers charitable coordination of service-delivery and legal support to individuals and families in need of residency and naturalization application assistance. The program also provides English and citizenship classes to prepare immigrants for the citizenship test and promotes civic participation.
Crisis Transition Line:
Families at-risk need transitional assistance to prevent a fall into a chronic cycle of poverty. Interventions are provided through individualized case management that includes:
Employment Preparation Program and job referral service.
Assistance filing for public benefits such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI ), State Health Insurance, Food Stamp Assistance, lower utility bills.
Access to supportive services, including adequate clothing; transportation; hygiene products; computer, voice mail, and mail services; mental health and social needs that enable effective transition from crisis.
Health Literacy and Preventive Health Series:
Public health service is dedicated to risk-reduction measures to prevent health crisis. The community health advocate serves as a fundamental link between the community and the public health and health care systems. We promote healthy living through teaching disease prevention and by connecting the community to formal health and human service systems. CACC uses innovative, non-judgmental approach, including drama and mobile clinics, to offer health literacy programs on HIV/AIDS, diabetes, cancer, heart diseases, high blood pressure, mental health, nutrition, wellness and fitness.
Through the Matching Health Services, volunteer medical practitioners provide clinical services to uninsured or under-insured clients. Staff will provide assistance with identifying and gaining access to health because removing obstacles to needed services is a timely intervention that can make a big difference, including life and untimely death. Free monthly pediatric care is offered to uninsured children by Gerty Services.
Basic Communication Literacy: In an information age, basic computer skills such as email, word processing, job search and submitting electronic applications are handy tools of communication. English as Second Language acquisition is vital for new immigrants whose first language is not English. Constituents can avail themselves of one or both opportunities to acquire the basic communication skills.
African Cultural Heritage Education: For all ages, experience African Arts and Humanities by exploring the skills and beauty of African traditions. For example, try out a theatrical folklore, story telling, visual arts, and venture out into the community with resident artists. You can visit cultural Africa through a virtual tour. The community cultural calendar will provide you with information on performances, sites and tastes of the Africa world and influences on world cultures.
Youth Programming:
Through a Life-long Journey of Excellence: From a place to channel creative energies to learn and have fun; organize meaningful activities; engage in team and individual sports and recreations; meet other youths and foster their African identity; to a venue to "chill out," youth programing is designed to provide high quality options and opportunities in skill-building, mentorship, study of African History, academic development, cultural arts appreciation and holistic growth of each child to become a productive member of society.
Pathways With Community Partnerships
In order to leverage resources and maximize opportunities for the benefit of constituents, CACC builds mutual partnerships to match needs with resources for solutions. Accordingly, some services may be provided as a collaborative undertaking or at the facilities of mutual partners and through public-private partnerships. Public health service is dedicated to risk-reduction measures to prevent health crisis. The community health advocate serves as a fundamental link between the community and the public health and health care systems. We promote healthy living through teaching disease prevention and by connecting the community to formal health and human service systems. CACC uses innovative, non-judgmental approach, including drama and mobile clinics, to offer health literacy programs on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, diabetes, cancer, heart diseases, high blood pressure, and mental health. |
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For Choosing Good Time for Good Cause
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Keep the Flame of Service Alive Throughout 2012 |
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