American Middle East Christians Congress
Information on the purpose of your organization
The American Middle East Christians Congress (AMECC) is an umbrella of American Middle East Christian community organizations in the United States of America
Vision:
To bring together the diverse and unique Middle East Christians communities in the United States of America in the fields of Heritage, Government, Education, Commerce, Culture, Medical and Humanity.
Advance civic and public affairs and protect civil liberties.
Mission Statement:
AMECC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Michigan-based American community organization.
Michigan is home to the largest concentration of the Middle Eastern communities in the world living outside of the Middle East and is home to well over five hundred thousand Middle Eastern Christians locally.
There are over six million Middle East Christians across the United States including Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Coptic, Maronites, Syriacs and others.
The Middle East Christian communities are spread across the Arabian Peninsula, Asia Minor, Northern Africa and across the Globe.
Community Organization:
AMECC is a congress of unity, between the various Middle Eastern Christian Communities and organizations, that shares the same vision and mission under one umbrella.
Nationally:
AMECC establishes a dialogue with other Middle Eastern and NON-Middle Eastern Christian Communities.
Internationally:
AMECC supports and strengthen the relationship between the American Middle East Christian communities and the Christian communities in the Middle East and abroad.
AMECC Committees are Government, Civic and Public Affairs, Medical and Humanitarian, Heritage, Education, Cultural, Commerce and Public Relations.
AMECC coordinates and affiliates with other American- and non-American-based organizations to achieve its goals.
Information on your programmes and activities in areas relevant to the subject of the Summit and in which country or counties they are carried out.
AMECC has programs that aim to fulfill the goals of the post-2015 development agenda.
Humanitarian Affairs:
AMECC has planned programs to raise funds, utilize government, states, and other NGOs' programs to assist Middle East and non-Middle East communities in humanitarian fields, such as food, clothing, shelter, medicine, and economic relief.
Political Affairs:
AMECC, through its various committees, has developed bilateral and multilateral programs with political leadership and institutions, universities, academics, and religious and cultural organizations with the exchange of information regarding the background of the Middle East Christians, their aspirations in their new countries, and how to integrate. With this, the Middle East Christians have the opportunity to enhance their presence in their new countries and positively contribute.
Economic Affairs:
AMECC has planned programs that encourage the Middle East Christian communities to participate in universities, community colleges, and technical institutes in order to learn a skill or trade and be self-dependent and hence contribute economically to the society at large.
Youth Affairs:
AMECC has planned programs to develop education for youth members in the Middle East Christian communities, as well as social programs, to utilize the youth and re-culture them to the countries in which they are living and in the world. AMECC's aim is to develop the youth in the world ambassadors. The youth are the most important entity to be tapped for the future of humanity and the world.
Civic and Civil Rights:
With a series of books, booklets, lectures, and education in civic and civil rights of the country in which the Middle East Christians are in, AMECC has planned programs to assist them in integrating in the countries in which they have settled. AMECC has planned programs to assist the Middle East Christians in believing they belong to that country and not to be segregated into small communities or ghettos.
Information on activities at the national or international levels
In 2013, AMECC participated in the opening of the United Nations General Assembly prayers in New York City, New York, through invitation from the Apostolic Nuncio of The Vatican.
From November 4-6, 2008, AMECC President, Dr. Ramsay F. Dass, MD, participated in the Catholic-Muslim Forum at The Vatican. This forum was held to discuss issues of commonality and diversity of Christianity and Islam. The Forum developed a joint declaration and an environment for a better understanding between the members of the two major religions.
In 1997-1998, AMECC members discussed with delegates of the Security Council, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, France, and Russia, as a guest of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson, regarding the economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations on Iraq with its effect on the Iraqi people, especially elderly men, women, and children.
In 1991-1992, AMECC members participated in the United Nations General Assembly.
AMECC also has continuous national and international programs that assist Middle East Christian refugees around the world in the areas of health, food, clothing, and social welfare.
Organization have an annual report? (YES/NO) (should contain financial statements and a list of financial sources and contributions, including governmental contributions)?
Yes -
AMECCAnnualReport.pdf
List of members of the governing body of your organization, and their countries of nationality
American Middle East Christians Congress (AMECC) Board of Directors:
Dr. Ramsay F. Dass, MD, President, Nationality: United States of America
David Enwiya, First Vice President, Nationality: United States of America
Asoma Karana, Second Vice President, Nationality: United States of America
Milad Zohrob, Third Vice President, Nationality: United States of America
Reda Megally, Secretary, Nationality: United States of America
Nadia Sukkar, Treasurer, Nationality: United States of America
Nazar Boghassian, Chairperson of the AMECC Auxiliary, Nationality: United States of America
Copy of the constitution and/or by-laws of the organization (WORD or PDF only), or a weblink to it
AMECCConstitutionandBy-Laws.pdf
