Organization Name: Ukrainian American Archives & Museum
Organization Overview: The purpose of the Museum shall be to educate and inform the general public about the culture, art, and history of Ukrainians, their immigration to the United States and the contributions of Americans of Ukrainian descent to America; to engage in research in these areas; to maintain archives for the deposit of documents and other records relating to these topics; to acquire, preserve, exhibit artifacts of artistic, historical, and scientific value relating to these subjects; to sponsor public programs in order to study and preserve the heritage of Ukrainian Americans.
Language: English,Ukrainian
Cultures: Ukrainian
Street: 11756 Charest
City/Township: Hamtramck
State: Michigan
Zip Code: 48212
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 366-9764
Organization Name: Underground Railroad Living History Museum
Organization Overview: The Underground Railroad Living History Museum Flight to Freedom Tour is a ʺstory-tellingʺreenactment of the original Underground Railroad passage that operated 1840 to 1863.
Language: English
Cultures: African-American,American
Street: 33 East Forest Ave.
City/Township: Detroit
State: Michigan
Zip Code: 48201
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 831-4080
Website: http://www.friendsoffirst.com/
Organization Name: Vice-Consul of Iceland
Organization Overview: Welcome to the website of the Embassy of Iceland !
The mission of the Embassy of Iceland in Washington D.C. is to promote the political, security, economic and cultural relations between Iceland and the US. Here you can find information on the Embassy´s work, Icelandic-US relations and on Iceland in general.
Language: English
Cultures: Icelandic
Street: 73 Kercheval Ave.
City/Township: Grosse Pointe Farms
State: MI
Zip Code: 48236
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 886-2596
Fax No: (313) 886-7150
Organization Name: Vietnamese American Association of Michigan
Organization Overview: The Vietnamese American Association of Michigan (VAAM) was established in 2008, through a public election by Vietnamese Americans in Michigan. VAAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the Internal Revenue Code. VAAM’s mission is to preserve the Vietnamese culture and heritage, to assist underprivileged Vietnamese Americans with healthcare, social and civic issues, and to accelerate the integration process into the mainstream American society.
Language: English,Vietnamese
Cultures: Vietnamese
Street: P .O. Box 183204,
City/Township: Shelby Township
State: MI
Zip Code: 48318
Country: USA
Phone: (248) 921-3140
Email: info@vaamichigan.org
Website: http://www.vaamichigan.org/
Organization Name: WDET Radio "This Island Earth" show
Organization Overview: Hosted by the community member Ismael Ahmed, This Island Earth will bring you the music lighting people up all over the world. Ismael will connect his playlist to our Detroit metro communities and keep you current on where you can see the best music in town.
Saturdays 5 pm - 7:00
Language: English
Cultures: All,Multicultural
Street: c/o WDET Radio; 4600 Cass Ave
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48201
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 577-4146
Fax No: (313) 577-1300
Email: iahmed@wdet.org
Organization Name: Welcoming Michigan
Organization Overview: When it comes to immigration, it’s easy to let differences separate us. Michigan thrives when we bring the best of what has been and the best of what can be together to create a stronger, more vibrant Michigan for all. At Welcoming Michigan, we seek to build mutual respect among foreign-born and U.S.-born people who call Michigan home today. Together. It’s better.
Language: English,French
Cultures: All,American
Street: 4605 Cass Ave,
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48201
Country: USA
Phone: (734) 845-8695
Fax No: (269) 492-7198
Email: csauve@lsscm.org
Website: http://welcomingmichigan.org/
Organization Name: West Side Detroit Polish American Historical Society
Organization Overview: The West Side Detroit Polish American Historical Society was formed to function as an educational, historic, cultural, literary, and scientific organization, acting as a medium for research, public education, preservation, dissemination and publication of Polish and Polish American history and culture, specifically as it pertains to the immigrants who settled on Detroit’s west side and the neighborhoods they built, which the Board of Directors has defined as the area from the Ambassador Bridge to I-96 to Evergreen Road, south on Evergreen Road to the Rouge River, from the Rouge River to the Detroit River, and back to the Ambassador Bridge. Our work includes the study of the immigrants’ descendants, their neighbors, and those of other ethnic groups. The organization commemorates historic buildings, churches, and individuals and functions as a repository of historical archives, including artifacts, documents, oral histories, photographs, audio and videotapes, documentary films, and other significant records relative to the organization’s mission and purposes. The organization disseminates its work through public programs, films, publications and other media.
Language: English
Cultures: Polish
Street: 17600 Newburgh Road
City/Township: Livonia
State: Michigan
Zip Code: 48152
Country: USA
Phone: (855) POLONIA (765-6642)
Email: Info@DetroitPolonia.org
Organization Name: WNZK Radio
Organization Overview: The Station of the Nations
Language: Arabic,Bosnian,Chaldean,Gaelic
Cultures: Arabic,Armenian,Bosnian,Bulgarian,Chaldean,Copt,East European,Irish,Lithuanian,Macedonian,Multicultural,Polish,Serbian,Ukrainian
Street: 21700 Northwestern Hwy * Tower 14 * Suite 1190
City/Township: Southfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48075
Country: USA
Phone: :(248) 557-3500
Fax No: :(248) 557-2950
Email: sima@birach.com
Website: http://www.birach.com/wnzk.html
Organization Name: Zimbabwe Cultural Center in Detroit
Organization Overview: Zimbabwean Cultural Centre of Detroit (ZCCD) has been founded for and by artists living in Zimbabwe and outside its borders. The organization serves to dismantle naturally occurring as well as constructed boundaries, both physical and otherwise with a view to promote community with the global and local in mind. Working of two domestic spaces that we have re-imaged as cultural consulates, one situated in Detroit, U.S.A. and the other is in Harare, Zimbabwe. Recognizing our role as cultural ambassadors we endeavor to foster a culture of research, dialogue, and production across geographic boundaries of Detroit, Michigan and Zimbabwe. We acknowledge the current situation of economic crisis and a range of social issues that individuals in both these spaces grapple with. Our goal is to encourage strong ties between culture producers and residents in both Zimbabwe and Detroit acting as catalysts for critical artistic production as well as cultural exchange between these two diverse communities.
Language: English
Cultures: African,African-American,American,Central African,Zimbabwe
Street: 3341 Cody St.
City/Township: Hamtramck
State: Michigan
Zip Code: 48202
Country: USA
Website: http://zccd.org/
Organization Name: Королевский, the Royal Eagle Restaurant Tea Room and Gardens
Organization Overview: The Royal Eagle offers a full dinner every Thursday from 5 to 10pm, and a
Russian Tea Luncheon on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 to 2 pm.
Our guests are welcomed to walk the grounds and enjoy the beautiful gardens, but please remember that we are located on the grounds of a monastery and that, in order to preserve the unique atmosphere for which our guests have been known to travel hundreds of miles, we ask that standards of dress and behavior be observed:
No shorts, capri pants, or tank-tops, please; no smoking, gum chewing or ringing cell phones; and please maintain control of young children. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Language: English,Russian
Cultures: Russian
Street: 18745 Old Homestead
City/Township: Harper Woods
State: MI
Zip Code: 48225
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 521-1894
