Welcome to Lowell!

This Welcome Guide was created by the African Community Center of Lowell (ACCL) in partnership with Mindich Service Fellows at Harvard University. The guide contains important resources about housing, healthcare, education, family services, and more for new immigrants and refugees in Lowell. All resources and services are available to all residents, regardless of immigration status, unless indicated otherwise.To make this guide, we conducted eight focus groups with members of Lowell’s African community. Working with Gordon Donkoh-Halm and the ACCL Board, we asked recent and not-so-recent arrivals some simple questions: What do you wish someone had told you when you first arrived in Lowell? What advice would you give someone who just moved to Lowell from abroad, either as a refugee or immigrant? Shown here are pictures from these focus groups as well as walking tours, meals, and even a dance!