Explore businesses and organizations from diverse cultural communities in Mississippi. Find law firms, medical practices, restaurants, retail stores, nonprofits, and community organizations owned by or serving multicultural populations. Connect with establishments that bring global perspectives and celebrate cultural diversity in their services.
In addition to the Embassy and eight Consulates General, there are also many honorary consuls in the U.S. ready to assist you with advise and counsel. Honorary consuls are called „honorary“ because they perform their work on an honorary basis and are not paid a fee for their services. Many of our honorary consuls are not German citizens; compared with the foreign missions, they have only limited consular authority and thus also only limited official means to provide assistance. For example, only some are able to accept passport applications from you, notarize signatures, or perform similar functions. Because they frequently practice their consular office alongside a main profession, it is not reasonable to expect that they are always present or available by phone. If there is an honorary consul at your vacation site and you require assistance, you should nevertheless initially contact them because they best knows the local situation. Honorary consuls will, if necessary, refer you further to the competent German foreign mission if they themselves cannot assist.
The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA, Inc.), is a nonprofit membership association dedicated to bridging the opportunity gap for black professionals in the accounting, finance and related business professions. Representing more than 200,000 black professionals in these fields, NABA advances people, careers, and the mission by providing education, resources, and meaningful career connections to both professional and student members, fulfilling the principle of our motto: Lifting As We Climb.
NABA Greater Jackson is committed to professional and academic excellence in the Greater Jackson, MS area. NABA Greater Jackson strives to be a catalyst for positive change for minority accounting professionals in the State of Mississippi. NABA Greater Jackson became an officially chartered chapter on June 6, 2017 at the National Convention in New Orleans, LA.
Mississippi Women Lawyers Association (“MWLA”) is comprised of women representing all facets of the legal profession including private, corporate, and government practice, judiciary, academia, and law students. MWLA was founded in 1976 by a group of thirty women attorneys from throughout the State of Mississippi to enhance and develop the image of lawyers in Mississippi, promote fellowship among the members of the legal community, and advance women in the legal profession. Today, there are approximately 1500 women lawyers practicing in Mississippi in all sectors of the profession, many of whom are members of MWLA. Community involvement and philanthropy are significant parts of MWLA’s involvements. The Association emphasizes the importance of the attorney’s role in giving back to the community through projects that benefit charitable organizations, the provision of scholarships to outstanding law students, and pro bono work.
The Magnolia Bar Association was organized in the fall of 1955. The purpose of this Association shall facilitate the administration of justice, promote reform in the law, uphold honor and integrity of the legal profession, provide an agency to articulate the various problems confronting blacks and other minorities in the State of Mississippi, provide a forum for the intellectual growth of its members, and ensure that justice prevails in the State of Mississippi.
Our mission is economic security for women. We are the only Grantmaker in the state focused entirely on women and girls. Because of that, we are uniquely positioned to make strategic investments, conduct research, and provide community engagement and education opportunities throughout Mississippi that put women and girls at the center – lifting up families and communities. When Women Thrive, Mississippi Thrives.
Women’s Foundation of Mississippi grants deploy research-based strategies to projects that create generational impact for women and girls in Mississippi.
Women’s Foundation of Mississippi programs offer something for women in every sector: workplace, policy advocacy, nonprofit, and personal development.
The mission of the Mississippi Hispanic Association is to encourage, support and promote cultural, educational and community service activities in order to facilitate the integration of Hispanics into the state’s mainstream. Additionally, MHA also aims to awaken concern and interest for the history, traditions and current issues regarding the Hispanic community in Mississippi.
MHA was founded in 1995, and started its functions in 1996. MHA is a nonprofit organization, incorporated under the by-laws of the state of Mississippi and registered under section 79-11-137 (code of 1972) since January 2, 1996, and in recognition of tax exempt status, under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Gulf Coast Equality was established on August 14, 2016 in Gulfport, Mississippi. A nonprofit organization comprised of LGBTQ+ individuals and allies whose purpose is to bring the Mississippi Gulf Coast community together with resources in an effort to foster and encourage equality while celebrating our diversity.
The vision of Gulf Coast Equality is to open a community center for the LGBTQ+ community that will provide outreach and services to LGBTQ+ people, allies, families, and friends. The center will also be used to educate the general public and the LGBTQ+ community about needs, issues, and various aspects of our culture. This is a current project we are working on.
PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. With nearly 400 chapters and 250,000 members and supporters crossing multiple generations of families in major urban centers, small cities, and rural areas across America, PFLAG is committed to creating a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed.
PFLAG envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Our mission is to build on a foundation of loving families united with LGBTQ+ people and allies who support one another, and to educate ourselves and our communities to speak up as advocates until all hearts and minds respect, value and affirm LGBTQ people.
“PFLAG” is Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays. We are a national support, education and advocacy organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people, their families, friends and allies. With 200,000 members and supporters, and local affiliates in more than 500 communities across the U.S. and abroad, PFLAG is the largest grassroots-based family organization of its kind. PFLAG is a non-profit organization and is not affiliated with any religious or political institutions.
We, the parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively. PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize this vision.
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG Gulfport seeks to be a force uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy.
The Law Offices of Joel E. Cohen was established in 2005 and seeks to help clients who live in Arizona, Arkansas, D.C., Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, S. Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas. The law office provides the residents of these jurisdictions with the highest level of employment discrimination legal representation, especially in the sexual harassment sector. The firm represents clients in state and/or federal court. The firm also offers mediation services.
Assma Ali is the leading immigration attorney at Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A. Ms. Ali committed to providing each and every client with an exceptional level of legal service and representation that their case needs and deserves. Due to her zealous representation of her clients, she was recognized by the Association of American Trial Lawyers as being within the Top 40 lawyers under the age of 40 and was the only immigration attorney in the State of Mississippi to receive this honor. This recognition is given to less than 1% of attorneys in the United States. She has also received the Avvo’s Client’s Choice award. Ms. Ali understands that immigration can be a complicated and cumbersome process and her goal is to try to simplify and ease it for her clients.
Ms. Ali has experience working in the fields of Immigration, Family and Criminal law. She worked at an immigration firm where she handled detained and non-detained cases. She prepared and filed petitions with USCIS and filed various motions with Immigration Court. She also attended interviews with her clients at USCIS and with ICE. While working in Immigration, Ms. Ali became a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and was selected to be the DMV AILA Liaison for the state of Mississippi.
Prior to working for a private immigration firm, in law school, Ms. Ali interned for an Immigration Office where she was exposed to a wide array of immigration cases, including asylum, adjustment of status, and VAWA. Ms. Ali also prepared motions and assisted with translating documents from English to Arabic. Prior to that, she interned for the Hinds County District Attorney’s office where she worked with a Hinds County Assistant District Attorney, representing youth at their court hearings.
Ms. Ali interned for a private Criminal Defense firm in Rankin County, where she gained most of her criminal law experience. She has also interned for a Madison County Chancery Judge at the Madison County Chancery Court. While interning for the judge, Ms. Ali was exposed to a wide variety of cases relating to wills, estates, and family law.
Ms. Ali is widely involved in the community. She is a member of the Jackson Rotary Club, Jackson Public School Dictionary Project, and the Stop Hunger Now Committee. She is passionate about her community and volunteers within different school districts around Mississippi and has volunteered in many Know Your Rights Presentation within the State of Mississippi.
Ms. Ali is also a proud member of the following organizations: the American Bar Association, the Mississippi Bar, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Association of American Trial Lawyers, Top 40 under 40, Arab Lawyers Association, Jackson Young Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Muslim Lawyers.