Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago

A leader in the Chicago African community for over thirty years, the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago, Inc. is a community-based nonprofit organization committed to serving the educational, cultural, psychological, and socio-economic needs of vulnerable immigrant and refugee populations, and is one of only six organizations resettling refugees in Chicago. With this award, the Ethiopian Community Association responds to changes in federal immigration and refugee policy by educating its own staff and volunteers, affected refugee and immigrant populations in Chicago, and the broader public.