At ECDC African Community Center of Denver (ACC), we believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. Since 2001, it has been our mission to help refugees and immigrants rebuild safe, sustainable lives in the Denver area.
We welcome individuals fleeing persecution, ensuring they are supported with basic needs like housing, education, employment, and healthcare while on their journey toward meaningful integration in their new community. We believe that helping refugees and immigrants is not only the right thing to do, but that it helps build Colorado into a rich, diverse, and vibrant state.
In 2025, ACC welcomed over 1,300 refugees and immigrants to Denver from 21 countries who speak 30 languages.
URGENT: WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER
It is crucial that we continue to stand up for those fleeing war, persecution, and violence. The de-facto suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) has already caused harm to thousands of vulnerable individuals, including children, denying them the safe refuge they desperately need. Policy changes are coming extremely quickly and many of our fellow community members no longer feel the security they once did. Rather than backing down, ACC is leaning into the challenges, providing support to those already here.
We need your help to continue providing critical services to our refugee and immigrant community members. We refuse to let these challenges stop us. But we can't do it alone. Now, more than ever, we need YOU.
Every gift, no matter how small, helps make Colorado a home for all.
Helping refugees and immigrants rebuild safe, sustainable lives in Colorado.
ACC was established in May 2001 by our parent organization, the Ethiopian Community Development Council. Our vision is to be an integrative center of multicultural exchange where community members feel a sense of belonging and actively contribute to an inclusive society.
With a diverse staff and the help of faithful volunteers and interns, we conduct educational and social service programs that help newcomers rebuild their lives in their new community, navigate U.S. systems and cultures, achieve economic self-sufficiency, and become confident, thriving, integrated members of society.
ACC's Values:
Belonging: We foster security and trust by building welcoming and diverse communities based on relationships of reciprocity.
Empathy: We offer friendship, compassion, and understanding to individuals from all communities.
Imagination: We are committed to creative pursuits that exceed the status quo.
Integrity: We consistently exhibit honest and just actions that affirm our promises.
Organization name
ECDC African Community Center
other names
Ethiopian Community Development Council
1983
Category
Human Services
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
925 S. Niagara Street, Suite 200Mailing
925 South Niagara Street, Suite 200Headquarters
901 S. Highland StreetDenver County, CO, US
VA, US