Organization Name: Farmington Community Library English as a Second Language and International Language Collection
Organization Overview: Books for Adults:
Materials are available in the languages listed below. They are physically located in the Main Library (12 Mile Branch), on the northwest (main parking lot) side of the 1972 building (Fiction Room).
Arabic
Armenian
Chinese
Czech
Egyptian
French
German
Greek
Gujarati
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Kannada
Korean
Macedonian
Marathi
Persian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Vietnamese
Language: Arabic,Armenian,Mandarin Chinese,Czech,Farsi/Persian,French,German,Greek,Hebrew,Hindi,Italian,Korean,Macedonian,Mandarin Chinese,Marathi,Polish,Russian,Spanish,Tamil,Telugu,Urdu,Vietnamese
Cultures: All
Street: 32737 W. 12 Mile Rd.
City/Township: Farmington Hills
State: MI
Zip Code: 48334
Country: USA
Phone: (248) 553-0300
Organization Name: Feel Like You Belong on-line English language show
Organization Overview: Feel Like You Belong tells the stories of newcomers to America. From poets and CEOs to engineers and seamstresses. All have rich personal stories to share about fitting in to a new culture and a new land. The internet-based TV show also shares tips on American English, culture, and humor.
Language: English
Cultures: All,American,Multicultural
Street: 11275 56th Avenue
State: MI
Zip Code: 49401
Country: USA
Phone: (616) 666-5676
Email: alan@headbloom.com
Website: http://www.FeelLikeYouBelong.com
Organization Name: Filipino American Community Council of MIchigan
Organization Overview: More than 60 Michigan Regular and Affiliated Members have made the decision to be PARTNERS with the Filipino American Community Council of Michigan (FILAMCCO).
FILAMCCO’s important objective is to provide a forum or information to achieve unity, understanding and cooperation among organizations. One way is through our newly established FILAMCCO monthly e-Newsletter. The monthly edition is here to support organization’s individual events and activities by providing the key source of the communicational and promotional gateway for the Michigan Filipino community. In addition, the FILAMCCO e-Newsletter will automatically update the calendar events for all organizations to resolve conflicting dates of activities in the Filipino community.
Staring on March 1, 2012, FILAMCCO regular members will have access to the new interactive FILAMCCO website. This new site will allow organizations to control their own pages, list their board of directors, update
their events and activities, and share their mission statement. If needed, FILAMCCO’s tech team will assist organizations with website training during the rollout period.
Your opinion matters—we want to know how we’re doing and what’s on your mind. To offer us a benefit or service idea, send an e-mail directly to Willie Dechavez, FILAMCCO PRO misterwd2001@aol.com or Jeanette Tanafranca, FILAMCCO Corresponding Secretary and e-Newsletter editor-in-chief, mjtanafranca@yahoo.com. Also, if you have a question or concern about FILAMCCO, please contact me by e-mail at ryanrosario6648@gmail.com.
In closing, we encourage all partners of FILAMCCO to share your organizational news and forthcoming events so we can include them in our next issue.
Language: English
Cultures: American,Filipino
State: Michigan
Country: USA
Email: ryanrosario6648@gmail.com
Website: http://www.filamccomichigan.org/
Organization Name: Société historique canadienne du Michigan
Organization Overview: The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) is an educational, historical, cultural, and genealogical non-profit organization, committed to make people aware of the rich culture and history of French Canadians in North America.
Articles appearing in Michigan’s Habitant Heritage (Our Journal) cover all areas of New France, including articles about French Canadians who lived in, explored, or travelled to all areas of Michigan, the Detroit River Region (which means both sides of the Detroit River), Michilimackinac, Fort St. Joseph, Southwest Ontario, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi Valley (Kaskaskia, Vincennes, New Orleans, Mobile), La Salle’s colony in Texas, Hudson Bay, and Acadia, as well as articles about our ancestors’ origins in France. Although the FCHSM is based in Michigan, members live throughout the United States and Canada. Please see our Acadia/Acadie Page, our Fort St. Joseph, Michilimackinac, and River Raisin/Frenchtown Page and our Mississippi Valley and Texas Page for examples of articles written about these areas, art, and maps, as well as links that can help you with your research. Visit us on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/109717099063919/
Our aims and purposes are:
To promote an awareness of and appreciation for our French-Canadian heritage.
To facilitate contact and interaction among people of French-Canadian descent, for the purpose of researching family histories.
To act as an educational and social group by sponsoring and participating in functions which further interest in and awareness of French-Canadian heritage and New France’s history.
Language: English,French
Cultures: Canadian,French
Street: P.O. Box 1900
City/Township: Royal Oak
State: MI
Zip Code: 48068
Country: USA
Email: fchsm1608@gmail.com
Website: http://www.habitantheritage.org/
Organization Name: Friends of Kenyan Orphans
Organization Overview: ABOUT US
Friends of Kenyan Orphans is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is registered in Michigan and founded in 2009 by Bud and Sue Ozar, former volunteers in Kenya, to promote the rescue and education of Kenyan orphans. Today Friends of Kenyan Orphans has an active Board and hundreds of supporters who are passionate about bringing the mission and vision to life.
OUR MISSION
Friends of Kenyan Orphans is dedicated to raising and granting funds and resources to grass root organizations in Kenya which support a dignified life for orphaned and abandoned children by providing basic human needs of food, shelter, clothing, education and healthcare within a safe and caring environment.
OUR VISION
Friends of Kenyan Orphans makes miracles happen for every Kenyan orphan and organization we support.
Click here to learn more about:
The situation facing orphaned and abandoned Kenyan girls today
Our work with St. Clare Girls’ Center in Nchiru, Kenya
How you can help by donating and/or sponsoring a girl.
Language: English
Cultures: Kenyan
State: MI
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 815-9900
Fax No: (313) 822-9380
Email: budozar@hotmail.com
Organization Name: Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative
Cultures: Central American,Hispanic,Latin American,Multicultural
City/Township: Flint
State: MI
Zip Code: 48506
Country: USA
Phone: (810) 624-0599
Organization Name: Global Detroit
Organization Overview: Global Detroit is an effort to revitalize Southeast Michigan’s economy by pursuing strategies that strengthen Detroit’s connections to the world, and that make the region more attractive and welcoming to immigrants, internationals, and foreign trade and investment.
Language: English
Cultures: All,American
Street: 4444 Second Ave
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48202
Country: USA
Email: info@globaldetroit.com
Website: http://www.globaldetroit.com
Organization Name: Global Talent Retention Initiative
Organization Overview: GTRI focuses on strengthening and diversifying the state's economy through the retention of top international talent. By retaining international students, GTRI is a catalyst to lessening the skills gap in the STEM fields especially, and cultivating a climate in which Michigan businesses can be competitive in the new economy. GTRI collaborates with the Governor's office, the Office for New Americans, Global Detroit, over 30 Michigan Universities, the University Research Corridor (URC), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Michigan's economic development agencies, ethnic chambers, professional organizations, and employers throughout the state.
GTRI is funded by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the New Economy Initiative (NEI), and is housed in partnership with Prima Civitas.
GTRI was originally formed as a result of the Global Detroit Study about the impact of immigrant talent on the region’s economy. Studies have shown that immigrants disproportionately contribute to economic growth, employment, and wage gains. In addition, more than 50% of PhDs and sometimes as much as 40% of master’s degrees in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) are awarded each year in the U.S. to international students. Since IT and engineering are the fastest growing industries, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find qualified candidates for high level tech positions if international students are not considered as part of an employer’s applicant pool.
Language: English
Cultures: International Students
Street: 4444 Second Ave.
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48801
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 687-4674
Email: info@migtri.org
Website: http://www.migtri.org
Organization Name: Global Ties Detroit (GTD)
Organization Overview: Global Ties Detroit (formerly International Visitors Council of Metropolitan Detroit) is a nonprofit organization that administers international exchange programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State & United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Language: Arabic,English,French,Russian
Cultures: All,American,Multicultural
Street: 111 E. Kirby
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48202
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 638-1626
Email: mail@globaltiesdetroit.org
Website: http://www.globaltiesdetroit.org/
Organization Name: Haitian Network
Organization Overview: Welcome to the Haitian Network Group of Detroit (HNGD) , a non-profit organization with 501© (3) status. HNGD is designed to give Haitians and friends in the Metropolitan Detroit area the opportunity to network; HNGD advocates the improvement of cultural diversity in the Detroit area.
Our mission is to promote Haitian culture, provide an environment for Haitians and friends of Haiti to network, and contribute to the welfare of Haitians worldwide.
Membership is open to anyone with a genuine interest in Haiti and its people.
Browse through and subscribe to our newsletters to learn more about us, our accomplishments and events.
We appreciate your donations in support of the different HNGD projects.
Language: Creole,English,French
Cultures: Haitian
Street: 60 E. Milwaukee (P.O. Box 2106)
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48202
Country: USA
Phone: (248) 231-5767
Organization Name: Hamtramck Drug Free Community Coalition (HDFCC)
Organization Overview: Focusing on staying healthy and drug-free! Substance abuse prevention: information, education, prevention, particularly for youth.
Also: prescription drug disposal (drop-off) box in Hamtramck Police Department.
Language: Arabic,English,Polish
Cultures: African-American,All,American,Arabic,Bangaladeshi,Bosnian,Polish,Ukrainian,Yemeni
Street: 11633 Caniff
City/Township: Hamtramck
State: MI
Zip Code: 48212
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 733-4535
Fax No: (313) 733-4527
Email: info@hamtramckdrugfree.org
Website: http://www.hamtramckdrugfree.org/
Organization Name: Hellenic American Bar Association
Organization Overview: In February 1951, a group of Greek attorneys founded the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois ("HBA"), the largest and oldest Greek-American bar association in Illinois. Most of the early members were born in Greece, came to this country as young immigrants and were educated in colleges and law schools in Chicago, while in most cases, working their way through school. As time went on, first generation Greek American lawyers became more prevalent as members as they were products of an ethnic culture that mandated learning and education. Nowadays, the Hellenic Bar Association consists of multi-generational Greek Americans and Philhellenes.
It is of significance to note that long before our national awareness of civil rights, the founders of the Association included in their original charter the following:
"The purposes of this organization are: to promote friendly relations among its members and the members of the Bar generally, the Courts, and the public; to cultivate respect and esteem of the public for the legal profession, and to do all things necessary and proper for the advancement and improvement of the law and the administration of justice; to be consistently on the alert in protecting the interests of the general public against legislation inimical to its welfare; to oppose anti-social and discriminatory legislation; to champion the cause of American traditions and ideals; to diligently strive for the betterment and the welfare of the people of the United States; to advocate and uphold the ideal of equal rights of all mankind; to oppose any and all attempts by the persons within or without to overthrow our form of government by force."
While the impetus for forming the Hellenic Bar Association was primarily for professional and social reasons, it quickly emerged as a force for electing Greek American lawyers to the judiciary. In 1952, just one year after its formation, member James Chelos, became the first elected Greek American judge in Cook County, Illinois. Since then, dozens of distinguished members have been elected or appointed to the judiciary.
Originally, as with most lawyers in Chicago, most members were primary solo and small firm practitioners. Nowadays, the membership of the Hellenic Bar Association is diverse as members can be found in all strata of the law including: government, judiciary, corporations, small firms, regional firms and international firms.
From its humble beginnings as professional and social organization, the Hellenic Bar Association now promotes many events throughout the year. In fact, the HBA now promotes legal education seminars and social events, sponsors and annual banquet to raise money for its charitable arm, the Hellenic Bar Foundation, and co-sponsors other events throughout the year with other organizations.
The Hellenic Bar Association has always given back to its community. Through the Hellenic Bar Foundation, members organize an Annual Law Day Essay Program for elementary school children and give scholarships to deserving law students.
Language: English,Greek
Cultures: American,Greek
State: MI
Country: USA
Phone: (586) 574-0916
Fax No: (586) 574-2157
Email: kosto1@comcast.net
Website: http://www.hellenicbar.org/
Organization Name: Honorary Consul of Barbados (Consul of Barbados)
Language: English
Cultures: Barbados
Street: P.O. Box 361179
City/Township: Grosse Pointe Farms
State: MI
Zip Code: 48236
Country: USA
Phone: (3133) 885-6614
Fax No: (313) 885-6614
Email: lwalke@cc-mich.org
Organization Name: Honorary Consul of Belgium (Consul of Belgium)
Language: Dutch,English,French
Cultures: Belgian
Street: 30 Edgemere Rd
City/Township: Grosse Pointe Farms
State: MI
Zip Code: 48236
Country: USA
Phone: (31) 530-4436
Email: dcornille@cc-mich.org
Organization Name: Honorary Consul of Belize (Consul of Beliz)
Language: English
Cultures: Belize
Street: 24984 Glen Orchard Dr.
City/Township: Farmington Hills
Country: USA
