[fsf60k] Fwd: Immigration issues
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Subject: Immigration issues
PREPARING FOR THE CITIZENSHIP INTERVIEW
WHAT MAKES PEOPLE IMMIGRATE?
COME FIND OUT
12:00 pm Thursday, October 25
The Freeport Trailer
www.colokiinc.com
Eastern end Bennington Ave. Freeport
(for GPS purposes put 103 Bennington Ave.)
Witness for Peace â Claudia Ana Rodriguez, Walker Grooms
(www.witnessforpeace.org)
Leonila Romero of Las Patronas de Veracruz & Catholic Migrant Ministry
(http://inthesetimes.com/main/article/13505)
will report from the frontier region of southern Mexico about the conditions
forcing
desperate migrants north in search of work and survival. Discover what the media
overlook and downplay in their news coverage of this issue.
Light refreshments will be served during the Q&A session.
For more info call: (516) 996-9298
Please rsvp Lizosh@xxxxxxxxx
7:30pm Thursday, October 25
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington
109 Browns Road, uufh.org
Witness for Peace â Claudia Ana Rodriguez, Walker Grooms
(www.witnessforpeace.org)
Las Patronas de Veracruz â Leonila Romero
(http://inthesetimes.com/main/article/13505)
will report from the frontier region of southern Mexico
about the conditions forcing desperate migrants north in search of work and
survival. Discover what the media overlook and downplay in their news
coverage of this issue.
Light refreshments will be served during the Q&A
session.
For more info call: (631) 940-5538
This event is part of UUFHâs ongoing congregational
study action issue of immigration and humane policy reform.
ESL Classes Offered at Soup Kitchen in Riverhead
âFeeding The Mind,â an English as a Second Language program,
was started as an extension of the Bread and More/INN during the winter of
2008. This year, they are beginning our fifth year and are under the auspices
of the Interfaith Nutrition Network to teach local resident immigrants
functional English language skills, so that they may better assimilate into
their communities. Instruction is provided to all with dignity and respect in a
friendly, non-judgmental environment. The ultimate goal of the program is to
provide all learners with knowledge of the basic customs, behaviors, and
responsibilities to become productive citizens of our country. Feeding The Mind
classes meet on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:15 to 7:45 in the Sunday
school room of the First Congregational Church of Riverhead (103 First Street).
Classes begin in November and culminate in mid-March. For more info, contact
Deedee Newcom at 631-369-9379.
âEveryone's Talking About It" Nov. 9 at Touro Law Center
Raising Awareness about Language Access
for a Better Long Island
The Long Island Language Advocates Coalition (LILAC) is proud
to announce our first conference, "Everyone's talking about it: Raising
Awareness about Language Access For A Better Long Island."
The conference will take place on Friday, November 9, at Touro
Law Center in Central Islip from 8am-2:30pm.
The purpose of this conference is to raise awareness about the
need for language access services in our communities. The conference will
address the legal obligations of government agencies and community service
providers, such as the police, the courts and social service agencies. It will
examine the impact felt by local residents when services are not provided, and
promote strategies to successfully effect change. We hope that participants
will leave this conference with a better understanding of these issues and
acquire the tools and resources necessary to meet the needs of Limited English
Proficient populations on Long Island.
You can register at
http://www.longislandlanguageadvocates.org/. On our website you will also find
more information about the speakers from the federal, state and local
governments and the workshops that will be offered. For further information,
please contact Sylvia Baruch at supportimmigrants@xxxxxxxxx
DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILD ARRIVALS
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which will allow qualifying
undocumented youth to temporarily live and work in the US, has officially begun.
Click here for details about how to apply and where you can find help.
CARACEN, and Jobs with Justice are offering workshops on Deferred Action.
Hosting such a workshop is a great service to those who may be eligible for
this program and a great way to invite immigrants youth and young adults to
your congregation. Weâd be glad to pass the word about such workshops.
Hereâs info on the workshops that Jobs with Justice is doing:
INTERRELIGIOUS VISITS
A recent Pew Report noted that more immigrants came to the U.S. in 2010 from
Asia than from Latin America, which suggests that we may all need to get to
know some new neighbors.
The LICCâs Dialogue Committee wants to encourage inter-denominational and
inter-religious visits to houses of worship, which is one way to create
communities that welcome immigrants. When Christians meet local Sikhs, Bahais,
and Jains, they are reminded that not all recent immigrants are from Latin
America. And Latinos often find they need a little help in understanding Long
Islandâs astonishing religious diversity.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, someone remarked once at a meeting of
the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum, a visit is worth a thousand pictures. Would
your church, synagogue, mosque, gurudwara, temple or fellowship welcome
interfaith visitors? If so, what are good times to come and whom should we list
as a contact for visits? Is there anything you would like visitors to know
about where they should sit, what they should wear, and what you would prefer
that they do or not do? The Forum has done more than 275 educational programs,
mostly in English but also some in Spanish to help Latinas get to know people
they are likely to encounter on Long Island.
You might also consider hosting the Forumâs âBuilding Bridgesâ program or its
âWhatâs My Faith?â game show. Both are great ways to help your congregation or
community group to understand your immigrant neighbors. For more information,
please visit www.liccny.org. To request a presentation, contact Bernice Suplee
at jbsuplee@xxxxxxx or (631) 665-7033. Michael Fairchild, who produced the
half-hour âFaiths of Long Islandâ video for the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum
has loaded it onto YouTube. You can see the video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncnn5pd6Gu4 and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOsL0LaClgU
HELP FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS
The State Department of Labor has a host of free programs designed to help
immigrants break into the workforce. The New York State Department of Labor is
addressing the language/employment barrier with a new program designed to help
immigrants navigate the working world and learn English as well. Immigrant
workforce counselors are set up at the State Labor Department's one-stop
centers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Flushing, Patchogue, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse
and Utica and they can provide assistance in a wide variety of languages. They
also refer clients to English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. All of the
Immigrant Workforce Project programs are free. For more information, visit
http://www.labor.ny.gov.
The Rev. Thomas W. Goodhue
Executive Director
Long Island Council of Churches
1644 Denton Green
Hempstead, NY 11550
516-565-0290 ext. 206 (voice)
516-565-0291 (fax)
tomgoodhue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.liccny.org
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