Dear Casa San José Amigos,
Welcome back to our weekly message! Here’s what’s new:
Come visit us at our new office at our Open House this Sunday!
Come visit us at our new office at our Open House this Sunday!
- Where: 2116 Broadway Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15216
- When: Sunday, December 3, 2017
- Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm
- Come to the March on Washington for DACA and TPS on Wednesday, Dec. 6. We are going to join others from around the country from 12 - 4 at the US Capitol Building to demand protection for those who have DACA and TPS (see below). (Unfortunately our bus was filled before this notice went out.)
- DHS has begun its cancellation of TPS, or Temporary Protected Status, a humanitarian program. It protects foreign nationals from designated countries, who are already in the US, from being sent back to home countries that have become unsafe due to natural disasters, armed conflict, etc. The vast majority of recipients are from El Salvador (195,000), Honduras (57,000), and Haiti (50,000). The administration has just ordered all the Nicaraguans and Haitians sent back. Some have been here for over 20 years. The other countries await. It will help to: join the march (above) if you can, contact the White House and your congressional representatives, and share this information with others.
- Our new afterschool program at the Beechwood School is up and running! See photos below of the children, with our interns Katie Campagna and Rachel Almeida, and our executive director, Julian Asenjo.
- Pittsburgh’s Multicultural Liaison Unit launched Wednesday to help bridge the cultural and communication gap between the Department of Public Safety and immigrant and refugee communities.
- Monica will speak at a Discussion on Social Action and Policy Practice, Dec 7, 2017, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Fifth and Thackeray, Oakland.
- Sister Janice was profiled in the latest issue of Steel This Magazine.
