Adoubou Traore: working on behalf of African immigrants
Adoubou Traore was born in the Ivory Coast and is currently a language teacher at Cañada College as well as project director of the African Advocacy Network, located in San Fransisco. He originally came to the US with a Fulbright scholarship and after concluding his studies was granted permanent residency. He began to volunteer as a teacher for different organizations that worked on behalf of immigrants and eventually developed an interest in working for non-profits.
The African Advocacy Network provides counseling and support for a wide range of clients, is very involved in community building amongst the broad African community, and also connects leaders from the African community with leaders of other immigrant and non-immigrant communities.
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