2026-09-23T10:28:08-07:00 2024-06-30 813720108 GRACE NEGGIE CPA 369 Lexington Avenue Ste 255 New York NY 10017 990 2023-07-01 823539502 YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC YEME 7182380033 3305 WALLACE AVENUE BRONX NY 10467 FATEH ALAYAH PRESIDENT 7182380033 2024-11-12 true true GRACE NEGGIE P01972332 9174826816 2026-09-21 X 2023 X FATEH ALAYAH 3305 WALLACE AVENUE BRONX NY 10467 1009171 false X WWW.YAMAUSA.ORG X 2017 NY THE YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION (YAMA) SEEKS TO EDUCATE AND ELEVATE YEMENI-AMERICAN MERCHANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY, BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT. 7 7 14 25 0 0 1562448 1009171 0 0 0 0 1562448 1009171 1357762 60123 0 530157 659563 0 46943 434811 448600 2322730 1168286 -760282 -159115 694720 500047 203127 167569 491593 332478 THE YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION (YAMA) SEEKS TO EDUCATE AND ELEVATE YEMENI-AMERICAN MERCHANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY, BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT. false false 306150 19127 0 * Educate: Educating the Yemeni American merchants through programs, campaigns, and collaborations. We aim to enhance, strengthen, and train the Yemeni American community to be professional in their interactions, self-sufficient individuals that improve the makeup and development of their communities. We also provide programming for merchants wives on parenting, health/wellness, and the importance of education. Our goal is to help merchants wives and daughters to become self-sufficient and financially independent through ESL classes for women college and career readiness, and leadership programs. 222162 13879 0 * Advocate: Advocating on behalf of Yemeni Americans to protect their rights, empower them, and build coalitions that promote justice as well as encouragement to the Yemeni American community to be more civically engaged. We advocate on behalf of Yemeni American clients to elected officials to reunite separated families with senators and congressional leaders. We work to challenge hate, e.g., our merchant-led boycott of the New York Post, and decrease hate crimes. YAMA has partnerships with a lawyer who provides pro bono consultation and assistance for clients at our office biweekly. Also, we hired a part-time immigration attorney, and a full-time immigration case manager to help merchants and their workers with any immigration assistance they need. 434055 27117 0 * Elevate Organizing trades and business deals among the Yemeni American communities and the outside world to obtain financial and service privileges that facilitate the advancement of Yemeni American society as a whole. We also strive to keep pace with commercial industry changes and create new opportunities for small business owners. We are also supporting Yemeni women to start their own businesses by supporting Yemeni women-led bazaars being held across the city. This program has not been fully launched yet as we are still exploring means to execute it. In the meantime, we only provide Business related assistance, especially after COVID. Like, apply for loans, or government relief grants for small businesses. 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