Partnership Citizenship Program Launch
Updates:
1) Partnership Launches National Become a Citizen Now! Campaign
2) Register for the 2012 National Immigrant Integration Conference
3) Register for the Free Fee Waiver Webinar on April 18!
4) Winning a Deeper Commitment to Naturalization Efforts
6) New Americans Collaborative Webinar Trainings
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1) Partnership Launches National Become a Citizen Now! Campaign
On Saturday, March 24, 2012, the National Partnership for New Americans launched its Become a Citizen Now! national citizenship campaign by training hundreds of volunteers across the country to become citizenship coaches, who will volunteer at citizenship clinics and assist Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) through the citizenship process... Across the country, our partners hosted a variety of events and trained many volunteers.
Click here to read more....
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2) Register for the 2012 National Immigration Integration Conference!
The 2012 National Immigrant Integration Conference (NIIC 2012) is the signature event of the National Partnership for New Americans. The conference, now in its fifth year, has grown in size, scope, and vision each and every year since 2008. NIIC 2012 is hosted by CASA de Maryland and will be held at the Baltimore Hilton in Baltimore, Maryland, from September 22-25, 2012. Organizers are expecting between 800-1,000 participants, and aim to deepen the understanding and strategic thinking about what constitutes successful immigrant integration.
Click here to read more...
Register for the conference today!
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3) Free Fee Waiver Webinar on April 18th, 3 pm EST / 2 pm CST
Learn everything you need to know about fee waivers, from screening to helping clients filling out the form, and helping making the citizenship application process more attainable to eligible applicants. The fee waiver application is a crucial tool in helping qualified legal permanent residents afford the citizenship application. Don't miss this great opportunity for you and your organization.
Hosted by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and the Partnership. Space is limited, register now!
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4) Winning a Deeper Federal Commitment to Naturalization Efforts
While the efforts of U.S.C.I.S. to limit citizenship fee increases, eliminate backlogs, and standardize the fee waiver process are very important, it cannot be said that there has been a deep push in support of naturalization by the Federal government during the first term of President Obama.
The Partnership is working with the National Immigration Forum to initiate an effort to win deeper federal commitment to naturalization. The Partnership with members of the Naturalization Working Group, the New Americans Collaborative (NAC), and our philanthropic allies can work together to encourage a much deeper commitment to naturalization efforts should there be a second term. There are many ways that the Administration could work with policy and programmatic experts to facilitate naturalization.
Click here to read more.
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5) How to Obtain BIA Recognition & Accreditation & Overview of Citizenship & Naturalization Law
WHEN: Wednesday, May, 16, 2012, 9am—5pm
WHERE: International Institute of Connecticut, Inc., 175 Main Street, 1st Floor, Hartford, CT 06106
WHO: Hosted by New York Immigrantion Coalition, the Partnership, and The International Institute of Connecticut
Street parking and limited parking lot spaces are available.
TOPICS COVERED IN SESSION
The morning session of this training will provide an overview of the requirements for obtaining Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) Recognition for your non-profit agency so that it may provide immigration legal services through Accredited Representatives.
Click here to read more.
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6) New Americans Collaborative Webinar Trainings
Join the New Americans Collaborative for volunteer and partner webinar trainings as part of AILA’s National Day of Citizenship and the launch of ya es hora ¡CIUDADANIA! National Month of Citizenship. Register for the trainings below!
Monday, April 16th at 10am PST / 1pm EST
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/457203454
Thursday, April 19th at 10am PST / 1pm EST