Vietnamese-American Civic Association, Inc. (VACA)

1452 Dorchester Avenue, 3rd Floor
Dorchester, Massachusetts 02122
(617) 288-7344 phone
(617) 288-4860 fax
office@vacaboston.org
www.vacaboston.org

Area of Inerest:
Organization - Community service and empowerment

Ethnic Community Served:
Vietnamese

Description:
The Vietnamese-American Civic Association, Inc. (VACA) is a multi-service Mutual Assistance Association (MAA) founded in 1984 by Vietnamese refugees. Our mission is to promote family self-sufficiency and well-being, and to facilitate community empowerment among the Vietnamese population of Boston and Greater Boston. Located in Fields Corner, the heart of Boston's Vietnamese community, VACA meets this mission by providing a wide array of services, including English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), citizenship and civics classes, health awareness education and outreach, youth programming, and employment services.

Staff:
Duy V. Pham - Executive Director
Lenore Myka - Program Planning and Development Director
Toby Maguire - Education and Employment Services Director
Khiet Luong - English Literacy and Civics Coordinator

Source:
http://www.asiansinamerica.org

Submitted by:
AIA Staff

New - 03/10/03