Welcome to CLESE.org

The Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly (CLESE) is a truly unique
.coalition of fifty agencies serving immigrant, refugee, and migrant older adults.

To improve the lives of limited-English- speaking elderly by providing advocacy, leadership and education.

We are our members! CLESE incorporated in 1989. Our founding members served as an advisory council to the Chicago Department on Aging’s ethnic elderly needs assessment in 1987. The assessment results showed that under-utilization of elderly programs and services were a result of language and cultural barriers. Those barriers persist to this day, and are a continuing focus of our efforts. More about CLESE.

CommunityTreasures Pictures

We Honor these People as Community Treasures. The Community Treasures left their home countries to pursue the American Dream

The Community Treasures courageously faced the challenges of beginning their lives in America while volunteering to help others. Download Community Treasures:
2006 | 2007
(As Adobe PDFs)

CLESE Annual Report 2007
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Member:                            Affiliation:
President:
Angel Kindo,                   Urhai Community Service Center
Vice President:
Liliana Popovic,                    World Relief DuPage/Aurora
Treasurer:
Sueylee Chang,               Chinese American Service League
Secretary:
       San O,                                 South-East Asia Center
Elizabeth Cagan,                       White Crane Wellness Center
Illeana Gomez,                                     Casa Central
Awilda Gonzalez,                                         Asi
John Paul Jael,                              Asian Human Services
Santosh Kumar,                  Metropolitan Asian Family Services
Oleg Malskiy,         Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries
Helen Nakayama,       Japanese American Service Committee
Sabina Pello,                                   Americans by Values
Marta Pereya,                           Polish American Association
Irina Polishchuk,                          Council for Jewish Elderly
Shoshan Sarkis,                 Assyrian National Council of Illinois
Kompha Seth,                      Cambodian Association of Illinois
Regina Svinkun,                   European American Association
Yman Vien,                               Ethnic Chinese Community
Paul Yun,                                     Hanul Family Alliance

Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly (CLESE)
53 West Jackson, Suite 1301
Chicago, IL 60604
312-461-0812 / 312-461-1466 (fax)
info@clese.org
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Coalition of Limited English Speaking