Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our July 16th, 2020 meeting will be hosted on a conference/video call instead of a face to face meeting. 

The NAIC is excited to present our 2019 Annual Report! Alongside stakeholders and volunteers from across our state, NAIC remains committed to uplifting, empowering, and advocating for the African immigrant families in Ohio to achieve self-sufficiency. 

NAIC Commissioners will discuss and vote to adopt the 2019 annual report at a special meeting on Saturday June 27, 2020 starting at 1 pm.

The next NAIC meeting will be on April 18, 2020. 

The NAIC is happy to present its inaugural report for 2017-2018! We are encouraged by the sustained response of community leaders and stakeholders from across the state to the work of NAIC in this first year. We are looking forward to capitalizing on opportunities to solve challenges and improve the lives of all Ohioans. 

Over the past several months, NAIC  worked diligently to engage communities across the state, from Cuyahoga County to Hamilton County, through its various listening tours to get a pulse of the African immigrant communities needs and challenges. As we enter the new year, the standing committees are staffed with community volunteers across multiple counties, to turn grassroots challenges into statewide solutions, and connect communities to state institutions for more empowered, engaged, and self sufficient communities.

The Report is available for download here.

October's meeting will be held on October 18, 2018 in Columbus.

A listening event is scheduled in Cleveland on October 6th from noon until 2:00 pm.

The Cincinnati Listening Tour is September 15th from noon to 2pm at Union Hall.

Listening tours coming to Cincinnati and Cleveland in September. 

The African Immigrants Commission held a Meet, Greet & Listen on June 23^rd to listen to the Greater Columbus Area stakeholders. The event was well attended and salient issues raised and discussed. Minutes are included here.

HB 624 [NAIC Funding was introduced by Rep. Bernadine Kent and was heard in State and Local Government Committee (Chairwoman Marlene Anielski). NAIC Chairwoman Rosaire Ifedi and Commissioner Ibrahima Sow offered testimonies on June 13, 2018 in support of the bill which is to create an account with the State Treasurer’s Office, to make functional parts of ORC 4112.31.

The African Immigrants Commission meeting April 19th offered an opportunity for
Commissioners to listen to stakeholders in Dayton, Ohio. As the first of its statewide
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Welcome to the website of the New African Immigrants Commission (NAIC).

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