Founded in 1982 by Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown, the Center has provided more than 8,000 immigrants and refugees with free services that include English language classes, emergency housing, adjustment counseling, job training, job search and placement assistance, counseling, referrals, cultural orientation, and crisis intervention. These essential services have enabeled our clients to better adjust to their new home.

 

 

Executive Director
Adoubou Traore
auraytra@airrc.org

 

 

Paralegal
Joe Sciarrillo
jls6400@gmail.com

 

 

Secretary
Isabel Marques
lebasiis@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

In keeping with its African emphasis, though an American organization, AIRRC staff members are conversant with non-English languages spoken on the African continent that include Amharic, Tigrina, French, and Arabic.

The Board of Directors is predominantly African-American; the board has an African council of Liberian refugees and former clients.