The Greater Los Angeles FGM Taskforce is a multi-disciplinary, community based coalition that advocates to end harmful traditional practices and prevents violence against girls and women. The Organization has been active since 2018, and continues to advocate and educate communities in Los Angeles and neighboring cities on the current issues […]
African Communities Public Health Coalition Takes Measures To Overcome Impact Of Covid-19 Racial Inequities Faced by African Immigrants
Written by Senait Admassu (MSW), President As a community-based nonprofit organization, the African Communities Public Health Coalition (ACPHC), for the past seven years, has primarily been the premier vehicle for providing mental health and social services to the African immigrant and refugee communities of the Los Angeles area. Located in […]
USC Annenburg Media: Immigrants in LA create mental health nonprofit focused on community well-being
A recent USC Annenburg Media story by Jackson Stephens, highlights the community approach of ACPHC and the impact it’s making in the lives of African and Caribbean communities around Los Angeles. “There [were] a lot of suicides back in 2008 to 2009,” Executive Director of the African Communities Public Health […]