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KAREN CULTURAL CELEBRATION 2-8-25, Saturday 2-6pm
food service 2 to 4, proceeds to Pastor Somo Mission
Southwest Lutheran Church, 5120 Homestead Rd Fort Wayne. Activities 2-6pm, No charge, donation accepted
MON NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION 2-9-25,1pm, Sunday
2702 Spring St. Fort Wayne IN North Campus welcome Ctr.
CHIN-ZO CELEBRATION, 2-22-25, Saturday, Freemason Hall
1pm, 216 E. Washgington St. 5th Floor Fort Wayne IN
Mr. Fred Gilbert spent 4 1/2 years in Turkey with the U.S. Air Force (public health) and operated the Turkish-American Association of Adana, Turkey with the State Department for one year. Upon returning to the U.S., he spent 36 years as a social worker with a special service to 29 refugee communities in Fort Wayne, Indiana and remains active in advocacy. He holds a B.A from Indiana University and M.A. from Wayne State.
Work with immigrants began in 1975 with the Vietnamese and Laotians and most recently with the Karen-Burma wave of late 2008. The Somali-Bantu from Somalia via Kenyan refugee camps represented the last major group. The Burma community's nearly 30 year experience continues to be populated by new immigrants and refugees representing the ongoing governmental damages. Mr. Gilbert has assisted many of these communities in gaining self-sufficiency and empowerment in Fort Wayne, nationally and Internationally.
Mr. Gilbert's advocacy includes governmental and local liaisons including most of the immigrant communities in the city. Governmental contacts include local, state and national and extensive agency contacts for community empowerment.
Mr. Gilbert reminds advocates, "We really do nothing, THEY do it."
The secret to successful work with ANY group is empowerment and listening. The community has the best recommendations for their own needs as well as recruiting resources to accomplish this, IF WE LISTEN. For assimilation, our American rules must be communicated by respecting language and cultural bases for resistance and understanding.
Policy makers who plan programs without the DIRECT involvement of the community and collaboration with similar programs tend to waste funds, especially in the non-profit area. The COMMUNITIES must assess the efforts at all levels in an OPEN fashion as minority interests in the communities is often discouraged in a cultural context. As with all policy making, minority interests often most honestly offer needs and solutions. Mr. Garrett Johnson's work in "Abandoned on Arrival" (on the homepage) portrays this need. businesses make better decisions through accurate and reliable information. Today, we are a leading provider of information services, serving clients from a variety of industries.
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