The Center

Create! The Center's services create welcome & opportunities for all new neighbors & the community. Earlier this year, in collaboration with the Department of Health, City of Utica, Oneida County, Tabernacle Baptist Church & Chobani, The Center helped to create equitable COVID-19 testing. ... Photo: Chobani President, Peter McGuinness, The Center Executive Director, Shelly Callahan and Chobani Senior Director, Public Affairs Mark Broadhurst at the July 15, 2020 COVID-19 Testing site held at Tabernacle Church, Utica, NY. Consider The Center in your holiday giving: https://www.thecenterutica.org/donate/

We are excited by the news that the CDC has accepted NY’s suggested changes to protect data sharing in the vaccine distribution plan. A vaccine should be accessible to all. Thank you Governor Andrew Cuomo for your leadership in protecting our immigrant populations and for fighting with us. ... Watch the update below:

Thank you International Institute of Buffalo & Erie County Department of Health (ECDOH) for translating New York State COVID-19 information into Karen. This chart explains the red, orange, and yellow zones + Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent tweet on the vaccine.

Compass Interpreters, bringing language access with phone, video & in-person appointments to the Mohawk Valley and beyond! Learn more about language services: https://www.thecenterutica.org/our-services/interpretation/

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Available in more than 500 languages, it is the most translated document in the world. Learn more: https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day

The Center wishes all who celebrate a peaceful and joyous holiday season. #HappyHanukkah