Alliance Francaise de DC
L’Alliance Française de Washington, D.C. was founded in 1949 as a social club and became an officially incorporated organization in 1965. The AFDC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-governmental organization that is not subsidized by the French government. It is an educational, cultural association headed by a Franco-American Board of directors.
The AFDC is the leading center in the Washington, D.C. metro area for French language services and francophone resources. The goal of the Alliance is to challenge and enrich the lives of the D.C. community by offering the chance to connect with people of different backgrounds and cultures in order to better understand and appreciate the greater global community.