Local and National People and Organizations Working to Combat Barriers
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Amaha Kassa divides organizations that work with African immigrants into four categories:
- MSPs, Multiracial Service Providers, nonprofit agencies whose diverse client base includes African immigrants;
- ASPs, African-focused Service Providers, nonprofit agencies led by, originating with, and directly serving African immigrants;
- MAOs, Multiracial Advocacy Organizations, explicitly political nonprofit community organizations who advocate for racial minorities including Africans;
- ESAs, Ethnic Specific Organizations, organizations focusing on Africans from a single ethnic or national background, usually volunteer-run and democratic.
Kassa also described four categories respondents used to assess the efficacy of their organizations: resources, responsiveness, commitment, and cultural competency.
The main goals of Liberian-American organizations are aimed at strengthening community ties, helping new arrivals adjust to life in the U.S., and supporting their relatives back in Liberia – issues relating more to immigration than to political participation in the U.S.