La Asociación Mutual de la Comunidad Etíope (Ethiopian Community Mutual Association) celebra el Año Nuevo en su flamante centro comunitario el 11 de septiembre de 2010.

  • By Catherine Hinchliff
  • Posted 11/17/2010
  • HistoryLink.org Essay 9616
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La noche del 11 de septiembre de 2010, la comunidad etíope celebra Kiddus Yohannes, el Año Nuevo etíope, y la adquisición por parte de la Asociación Mutual de la Comunidad Etíope de un centro comunitario en 8323 Rainier Avenue S, en el vecindario Rainier Beach del sudeste de Seattle. Aproximadamente 1,000 personas se presentan para la celebración de Año Nuevo, pero cerca de la mitad no pueden ingresar, al verse colmada la capacidad máxima del nuevo centro comunitario. El centro comunitario es un edificio de casi 10,000 pies cuadrados que una vez alojó a la Iglesia Comunitaria Templo de Fe (Faith Temple Community Church). Será un lugar de reunión para los más de 25,000 jóvenes, padres y ancianos etíopes que viven en Seattle en 2010, y servirá como espacio para tutoría, clases, festividades etíopes y celebraciones.


Sources:

Scott Gutierrez, "Local Ethiopians Seek Help to Open a Community Center," seattlepi.com, August 5, 2010 (http://www.seattlepi.com); Matthew Craft, "Ethiopian Christmas Celebrations Begin -- Central Area Church Provides ‘Little Bit of Home’ for Members," The Seattle Times, January 5, 2003 (http://www.seattletimes.com); Catherine Hinchliff interview with Ezra Teshome, September 29, 2010, Seattle, Washington; Catherine Hinchliff interview with Sultan Mohamed, September 28, 2010, Seattle, Washington; Catherine Hinchliff interview with Dr. Alula Wasse, September 27, 2010, Seattle, Washington; Catherine Hinchliff interview with Mulumebet Retta, September 27, 2010, Seattle, Washington; Catherine Hinchliff interview with Assaye Abunie, September 15, 2010, Seattle, Washington; "African Immigration" in In Motion: the African American Migration Experience, ed. by Howard Dodson and Sylviane A. Diouf (Washington D.C.: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, National Geographic, 2004), 198-215;  "Ethiopia," in CIA World Factbook website accessed September 29, 2010 (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html); Ethiopian Community Mutual Association website accessed September 2010 (http://www.ecmaseattle.org/).


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