WIMAM HISTORY
The Wisconsin Mandingo Association of Milwaukee (WIMAM), Inc. was founded in the year 2000 by Liberian Mandingo residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
for the purpose of grouping Mandingo to attend to the needs of one another as a community and to preserve the Mandingo culture and traditions.
During this time, this organization was called the Liberian Mandingo Association of Milwaukee LIMAM. As the community gets larger through new Mandingo descents every day from other West African countries, the association was restructured and centralized to include other Mandingo, and then the name LIMAM was changed to the Wisconsin Mandingo Association of Milwaukee (WIMAM), Inc in 2002.
Since the formation of WIMAM, she has served as the corner stone for uniting the Mandingo community in Wisconsin and bridged with similar brother associations nationwide. WIMAM has engaged in community activities such as baby showers, graduation programs, inaugural programs, charitable contributions, social and non social events, to meet the needs of her members and the community at large for the betterment of the community.
WIMAM is also engaged in bigger dreams and looking forward to better futures such as extending the association worldwide, reaching her helping hands to suffering brothers and sisters back home in Africa.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Wisconsin Mandingo Association of Milwaukee-WIMAM, Inc a non-profit organization registered in the state of Wisconsin, founded in response to identified community needs, in the area of community peace, unity and prosperity.
WIMAM exists to make a positive difference in the Mandingo community and lives of members and our community, with special concern for those who are vulnerable at home and here in the United States. We at WIMAM are committed to providing high quality, accessible, values-driven programs and services in immigration, integration and resettlement, healthcare, education, translation, social and cultural events etc.
VISION
WIMAM envision very strong and professionally run organizations that serve the best interests of its members and the community, and the City of Milwaukee and our Mandingo community. To achieve those goals, the Association shall:
Promote unity and understanding among its members.
Provide conflict resolution services to the community.
Bring together, as members, those residents of
Milwaukee and surrounding areas who, through birth, descent or marriage, have a common African interest and relationships.
Conduct cultural, social, educational and religious activities for its members and friends.
Serve as a social and support network for its members.
Welcome and assist new members through quality initiation such as resettlement and integration, transportations, translation services etc.
Render assistance to our displaced and non-displaced compatriots in need here in the
United States of America and in
Africa in time of joy and distress.
Fundamental to our Mission
and Vision are WIMAM Core Values of:
SERVICE Connecting with another person and organization through an act of assistance or benefit.
INTEGRITY Honesty, openness and sincerity.
RESPECT A high regard for the worth, dignity and uniqueness of each person regardless of his/her sex, affiliations and social status.
EXCELLENCE: A commitment to the highest standards delivered with competence and pride in whatever activities we under take.
CREATIVITY: Actions that are marked by innovation, flexibility, openness to change, and imagination.
