Mental Health Awareness Month – May 2025
“Turn Awareness into Action – In Every Story There’s Strength! Mental health matters—everywhere, for everyone. For the communities we serve—especially refugee and immigrant families—mental wellness is often shaped by experiences of trauma, displacement, and cultural adjustment. This month, we stand in solidarity with everyone navigating these challenges, and we reaffirm our commitment to creating safe, healing…
Read MoreClarkston Showroom Displays Women’s International Talents – The Champion
Click Link – Article By Gale Horton Gay – The Champion. Vibrant colored cloths, beads, and patterns dominate in a small showroom in Clarkston, where the handiwork of women who once fled their homelands are now on display. Dresses, wine tote bags, napkins, table runners, necklaces, earrings, pillows, and other crafts are among the items…
Read MoreSEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH – APRIL 2025
“We find hope in the strength of our community” Education is the first step to empowering our communities to be part of the solution – “More than 1 and 4 non-Hispanic Black women (29%) in the United States were raped in their lifetime (Basile et al., 2022).” About SAAM 2025 The theme “Together We Act,…
Read MoreSewing Their Way To A More Promising Future!
Click Link – The Champion Article. In skilled hands, fabrics—some with bold prints, others with soft pastels—are turned into useful items such as pillows, totes, necklaces, dresses, skirts and more in Clarkston. Not long ago, these hands of refugee women often stayed idle with few ways to earn a living to help support their…
Read MoreAWC Celebrates 30 Empowered ASA Graduates – Class of 2024
“For many, sewing was not just a skill they sought to learn but a metaphor for stitching together a new life.” For twelve months, the women are bound by stories of survival and hope, attending weekly classes, mastering sewing techniques, sharing laughter, and supporting one another through the challenges. The program didn’t just teach…
Read MoreRefugee Women Reap What They “SEW” as AWC’s Workforce Development & Small Scale Manufacturing Gains Momemtum!
Amani Women Center’s (AWC) workforce development and small-scale manufacturing arm Clarkston Ga, is experiencing remarkable growth as socially responsible companies seek to partner with the organization for its exceptional production of upcycle and ethically produced goods. AWC believes that true empowerment means providing refugee women with the necessary tools for employability and quality job opportunities…
Read MoreAnother Year of Success for our “Best Foot Forward Campaign”!
Together we gave over 300 pair of shoes to more than 100 refugee families in Clarkston. We paired up with Samaritan’s Feet and the Decatur Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, to provide much-needed shoes to the refugee families we serve. Our new goal is to raise $10,000 by May 2025 The more we can raise…
Read MoreAmani Women Center (AWC) – Proud to receive the Center for Civic Innovation’s 2024 Good Trouble Honors!
Team AWC is thrilled to celebrate with other 9 honorees at the 2023 Good Trouble Honors (GTH) Event! The Center For Civic Innovation ends each year with the Good Trouble Honors where the work of incredible community leaders, entrepreneurs and movement builders who are making a difference in Atlanta, are recognized and honored. The GTH…
Read MoreAWC – NON-PROFIT RECIPIENT OF THE SIGGIE AWARD.
Amani Women Center (AWC) was the Non-Profit recipient of the 2023 “Siggie” Awards. The Award is named in honor of Sig Mosley, who is known as the “godfather of investing” in Atlanta. Hosted by TiE Atlanta, in partnership with Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, and other partners, on November 1st at Emory’s Hatchery. Siggie Awards…
Read MoreWorkforce Development Program Graduates 25 Refugee Women!
This year’s Sewing Academy graduates have even more employment opportunities to look forward to as AWC’s small-scale manufacturing program gains momentum. Several of the graduates are already members of the production team that is serving small business needs in the community and beyond. Friends, family, supporters, and Amani staff cheered as the graduates were honored…
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