About Us

AKWAABA QC was founded based on the Community Navigator Model. The Community navigators are Individuals from the community trained to disseminate trustworthy and accurate information and connect our immigrant population with essential resources. They also provide invaluable outreach, education, document preparation, naturalization assistance and much more to the Quad Cities'' many ethnic communities. By doing so, they serve the large and diverse number of immigrant populations in the Quad Cities. Through the Community Navigator model with the intense training provided, highly motivated volunteers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, South America, become skilled leaders in the larger immigrant rights movement supporting efforts at city, state, and national levels. So far 15 languages are spoken among the Community Navigators. All of our navigators are trained and have to attend a Train the Trainer that covers Know Your Rights, the Unauthorized Practice of Law, and Making Legal Referrals. The training the community navigators get, allows them to train their community in return on topics relevant to them. The Community Navigators are carefully picked to reflect the diverse population served.