NahWeYone

What's New

Women's Wellness Group Please join friends old and new for another afternoon at the Women's Wellness Group. Our next meeting will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. We will meet at The Cathedral Church of St. Thomas the Apostle. Address: 147 W. 144th Street, New York, NY 10030. For more information, click on the title.
A New Direction The 10th milestone of NWY’s existence proved to be a defining one—one that encountered many challenges as well as successes. Board members and stakeholders have had several meetings to discuss the way forward for NWY. Through the support of a scholarship from Community Resource Exchange (funded by NY Foundation), Board members have been able to articulate a new vision for Nah We Yone’s future. Effective July 1, 2007, Nah We Yone will become a volunteer-driven organization with a web-based office (http://www.nahweyone.org). Four programs will form the core of Nah We Yone’s services. They include: i) brunches combined with a general meeting, ii) detention center services, iii) women’s wellness group, and iv) Camp de Fambul. We are encouraged and excited at the responses received from stakeholders who are committed to our new vision. CRE has given us the tools to move forward in a different and progressive direction. It’s up to us all to utilize these tools to better the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in the NY metropolitan area. Peace and Blessings.

Women's Wellness Group

Please join friends old and new for another afternoon at the Women's Wellness Group. Our next meeting will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. We will meet at The Cathedral Church of St. Thomas the Apostle. Address: 147 W. 144th Street, New York, NY 10030. For more information, click on the title.

A New Direction

The 10th milestone of NWY’s existence proved to be a defining one—one that encountered many challenges as well as successes. Board members and stakeholders have had several meetings to discuss the way forward for NWY. Through the support of a scholarship from Community Resource Exchange (funded by NY Foundation), Board members have been able to articulate a new vision for Nah We Yone’s future.

Effective July 1, 2007, Nah We Yone will become a volunteer-driven organization with a web-based office (http://www.nahweyone.org). Four programs will form the core of Nah We Yone’s services. They include: i) brunches combined with a general meeting, ii) detention center services, iii) women’s wellness group, and iv) Camp de Fambul.

We are encouraged and excited at the responses received from stakeholders who are committed to our new vision. CRE has given us the tools to move forward in a different and progressive direction. It’s up to us all to utilize these tools to better the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in the NY metropolitan area.

Peace and Blessings.

Mission Statement

Nah We Yone (which means “It belongs to us” in the Krio language) was created to provide culturally informed programs for displaced Africans to facilitate adjustment their adjustment to life in the United States. We do this by providing psychological and social support, including the provision of pertinent information, the strengthening of community ties, wellness activities, and crisis intervention for adults, children and families.

Our Vision

Nah We Yone envisions itself as an established organization in the New York metropolitan area for distressed and displaced African citizens and those amongst the Diaspora. Nah We Yone is committed to helping/enabling refugees and asylees become informed, independent, and self empowered residents by providing:

1) a physical and psychological space to find peace, hope, and support from stakeholders and other members;

2) a network of support from mental-health and legal professionals; and

3) connections to educational and occupational opportunities.

Nah We Yone - The Community

Three Suitcases set for Camp

Aunty Diana and young ones at Camp

Playing soccer at Manhattanville College

Driving at the Manhattan Children's Museum

Links To Our Partners

WITNESS
Human Rights First
African Services Committee
Sierra Leone War Trust
Sauti Yetu

WITNESS

Human Rights First

African Services Committee

Sierra Leone War Trust

Sauti Yetu

Contact US

The membership of this group is open to anyone who is interested in our cause. Any donation is appreciated.

Tel: 1-646-417-5676; E-mail: nahweyone@gmail.com

Nah We Yone, Inc. has an active membership of about 75 people, and over 500 supporting members within the NY metropolitan area, in other states, and abroad.

Our Board

Board Members

Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith, Ph.D

Millicent Akinsulure, MLS

Natasha Dachos, MSW

Patty Hadson-Taylor, Emerita

Wilma Jones, Treasurer

Sarah Lilly, MD

Susan Wilcox, Ed.D., Recording
Secretary

Judy Rogers, LCSW, Emerita

Hawthorne Smith, Ph.D., Emeritus

Announcements

Nah We Yone at Work

NWY's Forum on Detention at the Schomburg. Judy Rogers, Exec. Director, speaks to Will Coley as Panelist Abdulai Bah looks on.

At Korto's Restaurant on Staten Island

Fundraiser in Japan