Somali Bantu Community Association of Onondaga County

It's finally here! Hear Haji's personal story and follow along to see how SBCA's development was impacted by Community Foundation programming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNEUv2T863w&feature=youtu.be

Looking for something to do this weekend? Come out to Schiller Park on Saturday and help us celebrate our incredible refugees in Syracuse for World Refugee Day.

Thank you so much to Eric Horvath, Rachel Peller, Weiwei Wang, Dr. Rebecca Peters and Dr. John McPeak from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs for the fantastic capstone presentation yesterday. We greatly appreciate all of the hard work you've put into it. It will be instrumental in moving our organization forward. Looking forward to reading the final report!

Happy Friday! Needing a little bit of inspiration? Check out this article by UNHCR. It has links to some great TED talks highlighting the resilience of refugees. http://innovation.unhcr.org/15-ted-talks-on-refugee-resili/

Check out the article the Community Foundation wrote about us in their Spring 2015 Newsletter. Thanks to their generous support and the partnership of the Onondaga County Public Library 25 students completed the first computer literacy class and more than 20 are signed up to begin the second class this week. http://issuu.com/cnycf/docs/spring_2015_singles/1

Please keep our friends in Nepal in your thoughts and prayers. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32476820

Executive Director Haji Adan and Employment Specialist Joanna Kitts visited the office of Congressman John Katko on Friday to discuss issues facing refugees living in his district. Thanks for your support of the refugee community in Syracuse!

Our awesome clients completed the first Computer Literacy course, learning basic computer skills to help them out in today's digital world. A new round of classes will begin next week! Thanks to Onondaga County Public Library for partnering with us on this great program!

Just created a twitter account! Head over to twitter and follow us @sbcaofsyr for news about events, programs and the other great things happening at SBCA

Congratulations to our Executive Director Haji Adan for receiving the YWCA Diversity Achiever's award for all of the incredible work he has done in Syracuse's refugee community!

This weekend we joined our Bhutanese friends in celebrating their community and their arrival into the United States. http://www.syracuse.com//bhutanese_community_in_syracuse_c

Check out the Women's Fund of CNY's annual report. Included is an article about the amazing work SBCA has been able to do through their generous grant!

United Healthcare came to visit to discuss medicade and obtaining health insurance and even brought a friend and some gifts along with them!

Thank you to Upstate Medical University for coming out to visit us last week! We appreciate the support and we're looking forward to working together more in the future.