MISSION

To provide culturally sensitive services to individuals and families that help them focus on their quality of life; specializing in substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment.

VISION

To live in a world where all individuals, families, and communities are healthy, safe and prosperous.

The NGUZO SABA “SEVEN PRINCIPLES” ARE THE GUIDING VALUES FOR ADDISON

Umoja (oo-MOE-jah) Unity
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race

Kujichagulia (koo-jee-cha-goo-LEE-ah) Self Determination
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.

Ujima(oo-JEE-mah) Collective Work & Responsibility
To build and maintain our community together and to make our brother's and sister's problems, our problems and to solve them together

Ujamaa (oo-JAH-mah)Cooperative Economics
To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them

Nia (nee-AH) Purpose
To make as our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness

Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah) Creativity
To do always as much as we can, in the way that we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful than when we inherited it.

Imani (ee-MAH-nee)  Faith
To believe with all our hearts in our parents, our teachers, our leaders, our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle

PROGRAMS

SERVICES

Agency Code #2775

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