Listen: On day 5 of 50, we hear from the Pan-African Community Association. While we think of ourselves as a city of diverse cultures, most folks in Milwaukee probably don't think of our city as a remarkably international place in terms of recent immigrants. And outside of our growing Hmong population, we probably read about displaced people more than we connect them to our own community. In these pieces Fessahaye Mebrahtu, executive director of the Pan-African Community Association, tells us about Milwaukee's African community and the challenges immigrants and refuges face in our community:
-Fessahaye explains how PACA evolved from a group designed to be a support group and how it evolved to provide essential services to immigrants and refuges: