The Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley (AACC-SV) was founded in 1989 by a group of mainly immigrant Arabs from a number of different countries with the aim of fostering the social, cultural and civic engagement of Arab-Americans in the San Jose area. The founders were keen to create a community organization that could represent and serve as a civic voice for Arab-Americans and be a vehicle for the preservation and promotion of Arab culture (including music, poetry and dance) and the Arabic language. The Center became a non-profit organization in 1996 under the umbrella of the Arab American Congress and, since June 2004, has been an independent 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
The AACC-SV has provided assistance to new Arab immigrants by providing them with referrals to available social services and legal assistance. This has been especially relevant for the large number of Iraqi refugees and immigrants arriving in California since the early 1990s and, in the last few years, for Syrian refugees and immigrants as well. Our work in the area of social service referrals, however, has been sporadic over the years and we have sought to make this effort more systematic.
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