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Welcome to Acomi

Where diversity is our strength.

Join us in celebrating the vibrant tapestry of cultures within the African community in Manitoba. Together, we embrace our differences and unite in our shared journey towards empowerment and inclusion.

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Welcome to Acomi Website

Advancing Community Unity and prosperity

Welcome to the official website of the African Communities of Manitoba Inc. (ACOMI). Established as a non-profit, non-sectarian organization, ACOMI is dedicated to fostering a vibrant, engaged, and sustainable African Canadian presence across Manitoba. Our mission is rooted in the promotion of a culturally rich and economically prosperous, socially inclusive society, where the diverse voices and contributions of individuals of African heritage are celebrated and valued.

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Our Vision

At ACOMI, we envision a Manitoba where members of the African community thrive, empowered by their cultural heritage and united in their pursuit of common goals. We strive for a future where unity, friendship, brotherhood, and sisterhood flourish among people of African descent in Manitoba, fostering a sense of belonging and collective strength.

Our Commitment

Our commitment is deeply ingrained in the principles of unity, understanding, and service to our community. We aim to promote mutual understanding between individuals of African heritage and Canadians of diverse backgrounds, fostering a spirit of inclusivity and cooperation.

ACOMI is dedicated to ensuring that all members of the African community have access to essential goods and services necessary to address issues such as poverty, homelessness, education, health, nutrition, and social exclusion, delivered in a culturally appropriate manner.

Our Mission

Preserving Cultural Heritage

Central to our mission is the preservation of our common cultural heritage, while also acknowledging and respecting the unique identities within our community. We recognize the richness and diversity of our backgrounds, including the various languages spoken by our membership, and we celebrate these differences as sources of strength and resilience.

Activities, Event and Projects

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Events

“Empowering African Canadian Youth: ACOMI’s All That Kids Can Be Initiative”

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Programs

Building Inclusive Communities: ACOMI’s We Belong Initiative

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Courses

Celebrating Diversity: ACOMI’s Cultural Showcases

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Get Involved

Whether you’re a member of the African community in Manitoba or an ally interested in supporting our cause, there are numerous ways to get involved with ACOMI. From volunteering opportunities to community events and advocacy initiatives, your participation helps us further our mission of empowerment, unity, and social change.

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Join us

Join us as we work together to build a more inclusive, equitable, and prosperous future for all members of the African community in Manitoba. Together, we can make a difference. Welcome to ACOMI – where unity, culture, and community intersect.

Empowering Communities

Empowerment lies at the heart of ACOMI’s mission. Join us as we empower members of the African community in Manitoba by ensuring access to essential resources and services, addressing issues of poverty, homelessness, education, health, and social exclusion. Together, we can create positive change and uplift our community.

The ACOMI community wheels program resolves some of the transportation needs in running program within the community by providing access to a community van for the transportation of program participants to/from program activities. The program has these goals:

 (a) Short-Term – Families, students and community members have appropriate, accessible, convenient and safe means of transportation to fully participate in programs and activities such as after-school programs, community events and field trips.
(b) Medium-Term – Reduce the transportation barriers, cost strain on families, students and community members, to enable access to education, decrease school drop-out rate, increase sense of safety, and to facilitate student safe transportation when traveling through inner-city core areas. This will provide our community members with a vital and necessary transportation asset to facilitate student’s and community member’s safe transportation when accessing essential services at ACOMI.
(c)  Long-Term – Increase accessibility of transportation by families, students, community members, volunteers and our staff to improve safe transportation practices, reduce transportation costs; increase sense of safety; improve transportation service; and improve accessibility to ACOMI’s programs and activities.

A 15 passenger van is used by families, students and community members who access ACOMI programs and activities such as bi-weekly Winnipeg Harvest food bank pick up, children drop-in programs, after-school programs, youth mentoring programs, community activities, community field trips, site visits and general community use. ACOMI Staff and volunteers use the vehicle for transporting program participants, program shopping, transporting equipment (drums, audio-systems, educational materials, cultural artifacts and crafts, etc.) and other service-related activities. The van facilitates the day-to-day activities such as our healthy snacks program pickups; reducing the need for staff and volunteers to use personal vehicles during work/volunteering hours. The van promotes flexibility and accessibility among the many grass-roots ethno-cultural communities affiliated to ACOMI that are spread across the city. The van is at the core of all the programs, activities and services we deliver. This increases the capacity of our programs, especially our children and youth mentoring projects hosted in different community schools across the city, and it also enhances the quality and accessibility of our programming.