As 2023 rings in ECDC’s 40th year, the community-based resettlement agency is preparing to commemorate its 40th year through a series of in-person and virtual events involving its 22-plus resettlement network of agencies across the United States, the clients it serves, and the communities it operates in.
To increase its capacity to resettle more refugees in the coming years without overwhelming saturated resettlement sites, ECDC will expand its operations to five new locations this year.
We are celebrating one year since ECDC launched co-sponsorship programs at ten sites across our network. Hear what this program entails and the benefits it offers from both newcomers and co-sponsors in their own words.
The Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC) welcomes the commencement yesterday of the registration process of Ethiopians wishing to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) following the posting of a Federal Register notice by USCIS. This document provides information about registering for TPS under Ethiopia’s designation.
The Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC) welcomes the decision to re-designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for 18 months in response to the escalating humanitarian crisis and violence unfolding in the country. This designation will relieve thousands of Haitians in the country at risk of deportation and allow for an opportunity to seek employment authorization, which will reduce economic burdens on this community.
The Thanksgiving event to welcome newly arrived refugees hosted by ECDC's branch office in Denver, Colorado was covered by CPR News.
The Aurora Sentinel covered the Thanksgiving event hosted by ECDC's branch office in Denver, Colorado.
USA Today covered ECDC's Refugees' First Thanksgiving event which took place in Arlington, Virginia.
Rocky Mountain PBS covered the Thanksgiving event that ECDC's branch office in Denver, Colorado hosted for newly arrived refugees.
Voice of America produced a story about refugees from around the world who resettled in the Washington area getting together to celebrate their first Thanksgiving in the United States, hosted by ECDC's African Community Center DC Metro.
