Shoqata Kastrati

Shoqata Kastrati is an Albanian-American cultural and community organization based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. It sits within the network of hometown and regional associations that Albanians in Metro Detroit have built to keep ties to specific areas of origin — in this case, the Kastrati region in northern Albania.

The group is chaired by Valentin Lumaj. Public records don't lay out a full board or a founding date, and the organization has not published a formal mission statement, but it is recognized in community directories and referenced alongside other Michigan-based Albanian associations such as Shoqata Dukagjini and Shoqata Lazerati.

One documented activity gives a clear sense of how Shoqata Kastrati operates. In May 2025, the association organized a fundraising campaign, "Dhuroni për Kishën e Bajzës," to support the Catholic church in Bajzë, in the Kastrati region. The effort connected Michigan-based Albanians with clergy and activists in Toronto, Boston, and New York, pointing to the diaspora-wide relationships the group draws on.

That pattern — Michigan Albanians with Kastrati roots pooling support for religious and community needs back home — is the clearest picture the public record offers of Shoqata Kastrati's role. It functions as a bridge organization: local in its base, regional in its heritage focus, and transnational when a cause in the home region calls for it.