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We are building the Oromo home the DMV never had.
The Dream Is Ours. Let’s Build Multipurpose Oromo Community Center (MPOCC) together.
GET INVOLVED
Make a difference today
Volunteer or partner
Teach a class, interpret at a clinic, run an event, or bring your employer, congregation or agency alongside us. Two hours a month changes a family’s year.
Give to the Center
Rent disappears every month. A deed does not. Your gift buys the very building our children will grow up in, and your name goes on its wall.
Become a member
Join the roster, vote at the general assembly, help shape next year’s priorities, and get first access to every class, clinic and celebration we host all year.
WHO WE ARE
Built in 1988, by the people it serves.
The Oromo Community Organization of the Washington Metropolitan Area was established in 1988 to help Oromo refugees overcome the barriers they meet in their adopted homeland: language, culture, work, health, immigration, isolation. We are a 501(c)(3) service organization, created to serve the interests of our members.
- Language & cultural support
- Employment & job assistance
- Immigration & legal guidance
- Community connection & belonging
38
YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE
MAKE A CHANGE
Help build our community center
The Oromo Community Center of the DMV is currently raising funds to purchase a multi-purpose community center. Support our mission by clicking Donate below. Increase your impact by making a weekly or monthly donation.
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Events
4th
JULY
July 4th Cook Out Day
- 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
- NW, Washington DC
I arrived in 2019 with no English and no family here. OCO put me in a class within a week and sat with me at my benefits appointment. I passed my citizenship interview last spring.
My daughter was born here. At the Saturday class she learned to read Afaan Oromoo before she learned to be shy about it. That is worth more to me than anything I have paid for.
I don't live in the DMV. I give monthly because a building lasts longer than I will, and because they publish where the money goes.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
What this community actually changes.
Get involved in our community and make a difference. We have a variety of volunteer opportunities available, from organizing events to supporting local causes.
OUR LATEST BLOG
Announcements & updates
Press Release: Ethiopia Releases Opposition Politicians From Prison
OCO DMV welcomes the release of several Oromo opposition leaders while calling for the release of tens of thousands of Oromo civilians still detained across Oromia.
Appeal to Secretary Blinken: Mr. Batte Urgeessa’s Assassination and the Danger Facing Oromo Opposition Members
Following the assassination of Oromo Liberation Front leader Batte Urgeessa, OCO DMV appealed to Secretary Blinken to press for accountability and the protection of Oromo opposition members in Ethiopia.
Letter to President Biden on the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit Invitation
Oromo community and civic groups asked President Biden to reconsider inviting the Ethiopian Prime Minister to the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, citing ongoing violence in Oromia.
Help Our Cause
Ten thousand of us are here. A few hundred of us are members. Change that today. Join as a member and be counted. Give once and be named. Give monthly and keep the lights on. Whatever you choose, choose something: the room we meet in next year depends on what we do in this one.