The goal: Enhance the culture of disease prevention and health promotion, education and care among the African refugee and immigrant communities through advocacy, outreach and research..

So basically Margaret Korto, member of the OMHRC HIV Capacity Building Team, would like to see all African communities working together to accomplish their goals.

She's looking to communities in Seattle, D.C., New York, Massachusetts and Atlanta to network and share ideas. While they range in levels of organization, Margaret will be working with each group to organize a regional summit, leading to a 3-day summit in Washington, D.C. Leading the way will be a two-day summit in Atlanta.

And this blog will chronicle that process while acting as the place to post ideas, organizational tools and learning tools that have worked for you and your community. As Margaret would say, she wants this to be your market place where you can come and get good ideas without having to sign up, pay for and travel to some training. So post away and let us know what’s worked for you and what you would like to see on this blog.