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Gov Paterson announces NY Bridge Plan

New temporary statewide insurance option for uninsured legal residents who have medical conditions is New York’s version of the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan that was created under federal health care reform.

A Tribute to H.E. Alfred Sallia Fawundu
UAC President Sidique Wai remembers a cousin, friend, diplomat, intellectual, family man and world leader, the late Excellency Alfred Sallia Fawundu.

African Business Roundtable 2010
The African Business Roundtable is the foremost continent-wide association of businesses and business leaders.It is an independent non-partisan; non-profit private sector organization committed to fostering economic growth and social development.
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Africa investor Agribusiness Projects Summit to be held in Tanzania
The Africa investor Agribusiness Projects Summit will convene major investors, agribusiness project promoters and African Ministers of agriculture. The Summit, which is an integral part of Ai’s road show of events profiling African investment opportunities to the investment community, will take place the day before the official opening of the World Economic Forum Summit, also in Dar es Salaam.
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Highbridge activist helps other African immigrants
"New Bronx African council bears local leader’s signature."
Neighborhood Beatbox profiles Naby Niambele.
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No Military Solution to the Conflict Pandemic in Guinea Conakry
UAC Executive Director, Spencer Chiimbwe, speaks to the Guinean community in New York, and writes in the current issue of the Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa.
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Dept of Homeland Security Town Hall Meeting

The UAC is bringing together African Diaspora communities in New York, the Bronx Borough President’s office, the Council of African Imams who officiate in 47 mosques around the City, interfaith and community leaders, the African Advisory Council of the Bronx, Highbridge Community Life Center, and our coalition partner Give Them a Hand Foundation to welcome Ms. Margo Schlanger, Officer of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the United States Department of Homeland Security to an unprecedented town hall meeting at the Futa Islamic Center mosque at 3400 3rd Ave in the Bronx on Friday August 27th, 2010 at 2:30PM.
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Legal Training on the Census:
Confidentiality, Rights, Responsibilities, and Benefits for Immigrants
Training for immigrant service providers, attorneys, and community leaders with attorneys from the The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Wed., March 3, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Kaye Scholer LLP
425 Park Avenue, betw 55th & 56th Streets
New York, New York 10022-3598
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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Sunday, January 31, 2010
3:30 P.M.- 6:PM
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Community Holiday Festival
Thurs, Dec 17, 2009, 5:00pm to 8:30 pm
New York City College of Technology Klitgord Center · 285 Jay Street · Brooklyn, N.Y 11201
United African Congress joins the New York City Police Department Community Affairs Bureau New Immigrant Outreach Unit, the Milestone School and Hanover Childcare for an evening of holiday cheer, free food,entertainment & children’s gifts.
Registration Deadline: December 7th
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Leadership Awards Dinner and Fundraiser for Humanitarian Projects
November 19th, 2009 at 6:30,
Baruch College Vertical Conference Center, New York, NY
To honor six outstanding individuals who have contributed to the advancement of Africa and the Diaspora. In collaboration with the Earth Rights Institute and the Give Them a Hand Foundation.
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