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Volunteer Opp: French Speaker Needed for Health Outreach

Published July 19, 2010 at 4:27PM

The Ethiopian Community Development Council is looking for a French speaker to communicate with recent immigrants about health issues. Specifically, the volunteer would help French-speaking African immigrants — mostly women — obtain screening for breast and colorectal cancer.

The organization, based near Columbia Pike, says the volunteer position would be ideal for a student or anyone else with a flexible schedule.

For more information contact Drishti Khatri at (703) 685-0510 x247.

Marching For Immigration Reform

By ARLnow.com

Published May 1, 2010 at 12:21PM | Updated May 2, 2010 at 2:32AM

Nearly a thousand people marched through Arlington today, following a six mile route from Alexandria to the White House for a May Day immigration reform protest.

The pro-immigration protesters held signs, quilts and American flags as they marched past Arlington National Cemetery and the Pentagon. Arlington police set up rolling roadblocks for the march, which was organized by the Alexandria-based group Tenants and Workers United.