Publications & Literature

Publications and Literature

The Center for African Refugees and Immigrants (CARI) develops publications and working papers related to its public education and organizational capacity-building work.. CARI’s publications include:

African Refugee Network Newsletter

CARI publishes a monthly newsletter which makes a unique contribution to raising public awareness about African refugee issues. Each issue contains international and domestic refugee news, African CBO profiles, African community spotlights, best practices in refugee and immigrant programs, resources, and events. The newsletter is an effective medium for disseminating relevant information about African CBOs, service providers, and resources.

April-May 2008 Issue February-March 2008 Issue December 2007-January 2008 Issue October-November 2007 Issue August-September 2007 Issue June-July 2007 Issue March 2006 Issue February 2006 Issue April 2006 Issue May 2006 Issue June 2006 Issue

Conference Proceedings

The ECDC National Conference on African Refugees gathers experts from government agencies, academia, non-profit organizations, social service agencies, healthcare institutions, African CBOs, and the resettled refugee community. The conference examines changes within the African newcomer community, service delivery best practice, roots of crises, and solutions to displacement. The proceedings compile plenary and concurrent sessions into a single volume.

African Refugees: The Enduring Search for Durable Results
ECDC/ARN 9th National Conference 2003 (.pdf)

African Refugess: Re-examining Practices, Partnerships and Possiblities ECDC/ARN 10th National Conference 2004 (.pdf)

E Plubrius Unum? Africans in America
ECDC/ARN 11th National Conference 2005 (.pdf)

The Faces Behind the Numbers
ECDC/ARN 12th National Conference 2006 (.pdf)

Of Beetles and Angels is the autobiographical account of one boy’s perilous journey from war-torn Ethiopia to a refugee camp in the Sudan and finally to the United States.  Taking its title from his father’s advice to “treat all people—even those whom others may consider to be like unsightly beetles—as if they were angels sent from heaven,” the book is written by Mawi Asegdom, the Eritrean-Ethiopian  motivational speaker and educator who delivered the keynote address at ECDC’s 2006 nationa conference.

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Factsheets

At-A-Glance Factsheets

These factsheets educate practitioners working with refugee and immigrant populations. Information focuses on population and community themes. 

Capacity Building Factsheets

These factsheets are targeted to members of the African Resource Network and provide organizational development information.

Building Effective Collaborations

The Importance of Organizational Mission and Vision

Educational Brochures

The following brochures will be useful for any individual or organization working with refugees and immigrants. The brochures are both linguistically and culturally appropriate and cover a wide variety of subjects relevant to the African community.

Diabetes Prevention      Amharic | Arabic | English | French | Somali
Diabetes Management       Amharic | Arabic | French | Somali
HIV Prevention      English | Amharic | Arabic | Tigrinya
Domestic Violence       Amharic | English | Somali

African Newcomer Needs Assessments

In 1999, ECDC conducted a health needs assessment of Africans in the Washington, DC area that explored various demographic, social, and economical indicators and their relation to health status and health care access.

Health Needs Assessment of African-Born Residents in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area