Dominican Groups

Available data from the New York City Department of City Planning indicate that Dominican and the Chinese communities are the top two immigrant groups in the city.
The Dominican group has a population strength of 380,200, compared to that of the Chinese which is about 350,200, according to a December 18, 2013 Press Release from the agency. Sub-Saharan African population is about 4% of the total immigrant population in the city.
I have profiled organizations with services in politics, legal, language, higher education, financial, social services, child care, and religion/cultural/spiritual that give support to the members of these immigrant groups. Arguably, these areas form the crust of any credible literature that focuses on the socioeconomic
dynamics of any group and are by extension essential to the determination of the upward social mobility of the group.
My preliminary study of the three groups shows a wealth of literature on the top two groups.
Each group, especially the Chinese and Dominican, has a significant amount of organizations that serve its members with these needs. However, in the case of the Sub-Saharan African group, not as much information can be obtained as in the case of the top two.
Political platforms have been used by groups that feel sidelined or discriminated against in the society. Hundreds of examples of how these platforms have culminated into strong political action and pressure groups exist. In most cases, these platforms have been used by immigrants to gain representation in local, state, or federal assemblies. MinKwon Center for Community Action is an Asian political action group and is currently speaking forcefully against the federal government’s immigration policy that targets cities like New York, which is estimated to be hosting 78% of the Asian immigrant population in the U.S.
Legal funds and bar associations have been established by some immigrant groups to cater for their legal needs. For example, the Dominican Bar Association is an organization for legal professionals and law students whose membership is open to persons of Latino
descent.
Language/Education is important to the assimilation of the immigrant populations in the U.S., especially those that use English as a second language. Asian Language Exchange and Social Network are a network of Asian associations with emphasis on language. One of its members is the Asian Educators Alliance New York (AsEANY), dedicated to creating opportunities for Asian Pacific American K-12 educators, addressing the many challenges they face in their professions and providing support to Asian Pacific American families in their schools.
Social service providers such as African Hope Committee Inc. play a vital role in creating health risk awareness and providing immigration services to African immigrants and other ethnic groups. African Services Committee in collaboration with many health centers in the city also runs a program in HIV case management for people living with HIV.
Gay & Lesbian Dominican Empowerment Organization (GALDE) seeks to increase the political visibility of the Dominican LGBT community and create health/HIV awareness by conducting periodic health screening and counseling for members of the community. In addition, it will organize and advocate on behalf of the LGBT community in the political arena.
Last but not the least in the organizational profiling section of the literature review assignment is the issue of child care. Support for child care is unquestionably pivotal to the success of every social support system put in place for the immigrant family.
The services offered at the Chinese Methodist Center Corporation (CMCC) provide clear examples of the kind of child care services that support the typical immigrant family in question. The programs offered at CMCC include day care and after school programs, youth programs, English as a Second Language and Summer Day Camps