Volunteer Guide

United African Organization

  • Location:
    6042 S. Indiana Ave
    Chicago, IL 60637
  • Phone:
    (312) 949-9980
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website, Phone and online intake / services available, WhatsApp (773) 420-8976
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

United African Organization is a dynamic coalition of African community-based organizations that promotes social and economic justice, civic participation, and empowerment of African immigrants and refugees in Illinois.

State served: Illinois

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews)
Non-legal services: Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Individuals who are not in legal immigration status
Languages spoken: Akan-Twi, Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Igbo, Sudanese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, Mandingo, Moore
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Citizenship/Civics classes, Job fairs, Know Your Rights Presentations

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 4

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Legal Protection Fund, Access to Justice

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Stella Okere
3129499980
Other Information Fasika Alem/ fasika.alem@uniteafricans.org