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1914 translation by H. Rackham

“But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?

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Project Consultant (Short term contract)

Project Coordinator (Short term contract)

For more information about available positions please click on the links above.

Questions about positions can be forwarded to john@eastafricancs.org

Youth & Education

• After-School Youth Tutoring – We offer free, drop-in after-school tutoring & homework assistance to approximately 25 youths a day through a the Refugee School Impact grant. The session runs from 4:00-6:00 PM Monday through Thursday.

• In-Home Tutoring – We are able to provide in-home tutoring for eligible youths through the Supplement Education Services contract with Seattle Public Schools.

• The African Eagles Project – African Eagles is a youth leadership and college/career mentoring group for Cleveland High School students. Through the project the teens learn valuable leadership skills, develop their own college or career plan, and build work experience through a summer internship.

Citizenship & Naturalization

• Citizenship Classes -Eligible applicants for the Naturalization process are able to receive free test preparation and citizenship education through contracts from the USCIS & DSHS of Washington State. The classes are offered Tuesday to Thursday at two separate times: 10:00-11:30 AM and then again at 6:00-7:30 PM.

• English as a Second Language - English languages skills are a requirement to complete the US Naturalization Test. To assist eligible applicants EACS provides ESL classes that are aimed at helping adult refugees and immigrants improve their English reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.

• Naturalization Services – EACS is able to offer a variety of naturalization services to refugees & immigrants that are eligible for the citizenship. Services include fee waiver application, registration for the citizenship test, etc. Please contact Trina Clay at 206-721-1119 ext 102 or trina@eastafricancs.org to schedule an appointment.

Social Services

• Case Management - Support for issues such as immigration services, job placement, health care access, affidavit documentation and referral to appropriate legal services.

• Senior Services - EACS provides assistance to East African elders with social and medical referrals to Aging and Disability Services.

• Interpretation – Medical and social interpretation services including Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Arabic, Farsi, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Tagalog, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish.

Community Capacity Building

• Cultural Competency Workshops – EACS offers a variety of trainings that teach non-East Africans about the culture, sensitivities, needs, and hurdles faced by the East African community. These workshops help creating mutual understanding by breaking down cultural barriers and building bridges between mainstream and East African communities.

• Health, Education, & Civic Empowerment Workshops – East Africans face numerous hurdles and barriers to achieving sustainable, prosperous lives. In an effort to educate the community about opportunities and methods for improving their lives EACS holds numerous free workshops in both English and the four main native languages of our community: Oromo, Amharic, Tigrinya, and Somali.

The mission of EACS is to increase the well-being and capacity of East Africans and their families – whether living in Washington State or in the Horn of Africa – by providing them the knowledge, support, and guidance that they require to overcome the hurdles to prosperity.

King County, WA

Since 2000 EACS has continued to provided culturally appropriate and ethnically specific advocacy, information, referrals, and direct social services to Somali, Oromo, Ethiopian and other East African refugees living in King County. Through our services we provide our clients with the tools they need to successfully adjust to their new lives in the United States while simultaneously preserving their diverse cultural heritages.

The East African Refugee Situation

East African resettlement in the United States has occurred in numerous waves over the last 30 years. The first wave of East Africans came following the Refugee Act of 1980 that allowed numerous Ethiopian asylum seekers to escape persecution and violence in their home country. Following the violence and civil war that erupted in Somalia in 1991 thousands of Somali refugees were brought to the US by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. In response to the strife and famine that currently is gripping the Horn of Africa Washington State has accepted nearly 1,500 Somali, Ethiopian, and Eritrean refugees over the last four years. Today, nearly 30,000 East African refugees & immigrants have made the King County their home.

History

EACS was created in 2000 as a response to the lack of sufficient culturally appropriate services for the growing East African community. That year four Somali refugees began a long process of developing their capabilities, establishing an organizational foundation, and  building crucial collaborative relationships with government & other non-profit agencies throughout King County. Over the last 10 years this small organization as grow into one of the premier service providers for East Africans living around the Puget Sound.