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APPENDIX ESUMMARY OF IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEESCOMMUNITY SURVEYIn 2014, the Urban League conducted a community survey of Black Immigrant and refugee Oregoniansin an effort to go beyond the limited data that are available. There were a total of 134 surveyscompleted. Out of 134 participants, 82 were male, 50 were female and two declined to answer thegender question. The demographic percentages only take into account those who answered singlequestions, not whether they filled out the survey completely.BETTER SURVEY & DATA COLLECTIONThis survey had certain limitations due to a lack of sufficient resources and time. First, it was availableonly in English with the intention of working with community translators—which proved morechallenging than anticipated due to lack of funding and community translators. Consequently, theresults are biased toward immigrants able to read and write in English.Future surveys/data collection should be translated into one or more languages spoken by Africanimmigrants. Additionally, translators and/or community members should be recruited to supportcollection of data from non-English-speakers as well as those with limited reading abilities.Due to limited access to computers and other technology, it is critical that adequate funding beallocated for survey/data collection. The survey was statewide, but due to our limited abilities to travel,a majority of responses came from the Portland metro region. In order to capture a statewide snapshotof African immigrant and refugee communities, resources should be allocated in additional geographicareas.192