Marie-Rose Sirikari was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, came to the U.S. as a refugee and is now a U.S. citizen. While in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she was a delegate to the Pan African Christian Women Assembly, where she fought for the right of women to participate in public affairs and educated her countrymen on domestic violence and AIDS. Now a resident of Germantown and founder of the African Women Council Inc., she works to help her fellow immigrants.
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