Tucson International Alliance of Refugee Communities, Inc. (TIARC) is a Mutual Assistance Association (MAA).
Our mission is to promote the integration and development of refugee/immigrant communities and mutual assistance associations (MAAs) in our community:
     -  Provide linkages between refugee and immigrant communities and llocal mainstream organizations   and associations. 
     -  Promote better understanding and cooperation within and among communities. 
     - Advocate on the local, national, and international levels on issues ofimportance to the refugee/immigrant populations. 
     - Build partnerships with government, private organizations, foundations and businesses. 
     - Promote civic engagement, cultural preservation and leadership development within refugee/immigrant communities.
Members of Vietnamese, former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Laos, and Angolan refugee communities organized TIARC in the summer of 1995, with the assistance of the Pima County Adult Education Program. The group came together
with the purpose of helping refugees adjust totheir new lives in the United States. Tucson International Alliance of Refugee Communities, Inc. (TIARC) was incorporated as a non profit 501 (3) c in March of 1997. TIARC is currently
serving refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, Former Soviet Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Liberia, Burundi, Congo, DR Congo, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Burma, Bhutan and others.