Our Members
MCC is comprised of three community-based organizations, each led by and based in communities of color; each a vital cultural anchor for immigrants, refugees, and people of color throughout Southeast Seattle and King County. Our organizations have been collaborating for over ten years and have joined together to create a vibrant and welcoming cultural home and community center for the more than 15,000 people who rely upon our coalition members for vital services and cultural connection.
MCC member organizations include the following: Horn of Africa Services; Oromo Community Services of Seattle; Eritrean Community in Seattle and Vicinity. Individually, our organizations face the growing threat of displacement; of losing our place in the very community which we have helped shape and enrich over the past several decades. However, together, we are a formidable force that has the strength, the resources, and the resolve to hold our ground and build our common future. This is at the heart of our displacement strategy: the enduring belief that we are stronger together; the conviction that a threat to any one of us, is a threat to all of us, and that working together, we have the capacity to achieve our shared vision.
At a time when organizations faced with common struggles are competing for scarce resources, we should point out just how extraordinary−how revolutionary−it is for individual organizations to join together to build a common space and to create a shared ownership stake. Indeed, as a coalition, our efforts reflect a belief in the proverb “if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
It is also important to note that the work of each of our MCC organizations is steeped in equity, inclusion and social justice. These are the organizations to which people turn when faced with eviction, or threatened with deportation, or taunted and harassed in an act of hate. And these are the organizations which are most effective in convening communities around addressing urgent needs and emerging trends; in bringing voice to concerns and shared struggles; in bringing shape to new ideas and inspiring community visions.
Horn of Africa Services is a nonprofit that serves the East African immigrant and refugee community in Seattle. HOAS was established in 1992 by a group of East African immigrants and refugees, and concerned volunteers. For over 20 years, HOAS has been serving the East African immigrant and refugee community in Seattle. Their services include social services, educational assistance, youth programs, and economic empowerment to address the needs of the community.
The Eritrean Community in Seattle and Vicinity (ECSV) is a non-profit organization established in 1983. ECSV has served the Eritrean refugees and immigrants as a bridge to adjust to the culture of their new home here in the United States.
The mission of the Eritrean Community in Seattle and Vicinity is to promote, through its members, the social, economical, educational and cultural interests of Eritrean refugees in Seattle while conserving and passing-on the Eritrean culture and tradition to the children. Volunteerism, members' participation and involvement are the backbone of achieving our goals.
The Oromo Community Service of Seattle was established in 2014 to serve the as a place where Oromo can congregate, participate in workshops, take classes, and participate in other activities of the like. The Oromo population is the second largest group from the Horn of Africa Communities residing in Seattle.
The Oromo Community Service of Seattle mission is the empowerment of the Oromo community especially the youth in education, social integration for life, liberty and happiness as active citizens. serves all Like communities without discrimination on legal guidelines.
“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” ”