African Communities Together
Sylvia Nyamuhungu currently serves as the National Lead Immigration Organizer at African Communities Together, a position held since January 2024. Prior to this role, Sylvia worked as the Interim Regional Community Collaborative Coordinator and Welcome Plan Coordinator for Kent County from November 2023 to January 2024. Sylvia's experience also includes serving as the Michigan Refugee Community Organizer at Church World Service from April 2020 to July 2023, and as a Community Connector at Treetops Collective between October 2017 and April 2020. Earlier positions include working as an Interpreter at Laison Linguistics from March 2017 to June 2019, and various roles at Calvin College from May 2016 to May 2019, including Orientation Assistant, Office Assistant in the Development office, Orientation Leader, Senator, and Vice President for the African Student Association. Sylvia graduated from Calvin University in 2019.
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African Communities Together
African Communities Together is a membership organization of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and their families. ACT is dedicated to helping the African immigrant diaspora in the US to integrate socially, get ahead economically, and have a voice politically. ACT connects African immigrants to direct services, develops African immigrants as grassroots leaders, and mobilizes African immigrants through campaigns for social change. ACT launched our first chapter in New York City in fall of 2012. In 2015, we expanded our work to the Washington, DC area.