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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Women HerStory Raw Deals


March 5, 2015 Women HerStory the challenges associated with being a women are numerous and often dangerous. Women's Way 12th Annual Women & Influence Conference bought voice to women, families and immigration. Heartbreaking the information i absorbed at the conference. This conference is important to me because i have been looking for a way to asisst immigrant women ever since 2000, when my neighbor from a Asian country reached out to me for assistance. We could only try to communicate when her husband left to go to work. I found a hooked on phonics at a gargage sale and bought for her thinking that if she learned our language she would be more empowered. Unfortunately the hooked on phonics set was not complete and i could see the frustration in her eyes and feel the pain in her heart. Her husband moved the family shortly after that, and i have been wondering and hopeing that she was able to get asisstance and not be so controled by her husband.




I've been to several actions for undocumented citizens (citizens in my eyes because some work and pay taxes just as legal citizens do and the rest live in this country and have been for decades) and i reach out to see how we can work together and i always get this is our issue. The truth is issues like undocumented is the undocumented community issue but ICE and Stop and Frisk is all of our issues.

The 12th Annual Women & Influence Conference bought us together and allowed us to share a space and information. i met two beautiful and courageous young women during the Education/Youth: Girls Leadership 
 


Ms. Angy Rivera has strenght out of this world when sharing her story. Raw deal is what she accepted to get on the road to citizenship status here in The United States. One of my biggest question in my life is why do we always have to go through traumatic events before someone or program will asisst in making life better for us. Ms. Angy Rivera has accepted a U Visa with agonizing pain. U Visa are granted to vicitims of crime who look to escape the crimes against them. For more information about U Visa please visit:
 https://www.victimsofcrime.org/docs/Toolkit%20Bulletins/u-visa-toolkit-final-%282%29.pdf?sfvrsn=0

To learn about DACA and DAPA please visit
New York State Youth Leadership Council at  http://www.nysylc.org/

Ms. Angy Rivera also has an ask Angy link so those who are undocumented can get assistance and advice from her at: http://www.nysylc.org/category/askangy/

Hosting with Ms. Angy Rivera is Ms. Melissa Garcia Velez from Immigrant Justice Corps http://justicecorps.org/. Immigrant Justice Corps offers fellowships and aims to asisst immigrant families out of poverty.
Please visit these websites and learn more about their resources. 

Women's Way continued the conversation on immigration with a brown bag lunch the following Wednesday.
 i learned about the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society HIAS Pennsylvania from staff atorney Stephaine Costa and her collegue.
 
HISA Pa is a great organization in Philadelphia, growing in Chester and starting to reach Bucks county also.

Services

Since 1882, HIAS Pennsylvania has aided more than 300,000 new Americans, representing more than 100 nationalities, to be integrated into our region and make the United States their permanent home. 
Immigration Legal Services are provided to those who seek asylum, family unification, permanent legal status and citizenship. 
Our Refugee Resettlement Program works with newly arrived refugees from the moment they step off the airplane until they are self-sufficient. This work includes: finding and furnishing homes, providing comprehensive case-management and social services, and connecting to employment services and English language programs. 
The Pennsylvania Asylee Outreach Project provides case management, legal representation and referral services to asylees. 
Staff members of HIAS Pennsylvania build capacity to serve  immigrants and refugees by training other service providers, through technical assistance to providers such as domestic-violence advocates, non-profit legal-service providers, social workers and many other agencies.
HIAS Pennsylvania engages in education and advocacy to create a just, welcoming and secure environment for immigrants and their families. The agency partners with other organizations to address issues such as access to government services, immigration reform and fair treatment of the foreign-born.
- See more at: http://hiaspa.org/services#sthash.Wdnvep6l.dpuf

Nationalities Services also asisst the immigrant community, i was introduced to the DREAM ACT because of Nationalities Services. http://www.nationalitiesservice.org/

Please share this information and support the immigrant community for we are all immigrants in this country and the abuse against women immigrants has to end.





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  1. Mission IncorporatedMarch 5, 2015 at 9:40 PM

    Love and appreciate the work you are doing simply because you have been called to do it! We need to connect soon about some things I have on the burner.
    -Lawanda

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    1. redhenexploringMarch 5, 2015 at 10:06 PM

      thanks Lawanda, we do need to connect soon and i want an interview when you get a chance!!

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