Ribbon Cutting. Pictured from left are Djimet Dogo (from Chad) – Africa House coordinator; Karifa Koroma (from West Africa), chairman of the Africa House advisory board; IRCO board president Duke Tran (Vietnamese immigrant); and Sokhom Tauch, IRCO executive director (former refugee from Cambodia). The new Africa House Refugee Center, located in the Montavilla neighborhood, drew community leaders, volunteers and African refugees and families to its Open House and Ribbon Cutting. The latest accomplishment of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), Africa House provides culturally specific services to African refugee families. Karifa Koroma, chairman of Africa House’s 16-person advisory board, and IRCO executive director Sokhom Tauch will be profiled in the next edition of Colors of Influence . In recent years, the African population in the Portland metro area has grown considerably. More than 20,000 Africans from 25 different countries now make Portland their home. Afri...
Book reviews by Maileen Hamto focus on racial identity, social justice, decoloniality, indigeneity, and spirituality.