Our fall Lunch & Learn, Beyond the Border: Immigration in America Today, drew a capacity crowd to hear a panel of four experts in the field of immigration address topics surrounding immigration, including the politics of belonging, changes in refugee admissions, and how individuals who care about the future of our country can help.
Thank you to our panel: Greisa Martinez Rosas, United We Dream Deputy Executive Director; Farrin Anello, ACLU of New Jersey Senior Attorney; Rosa Huitzitzilin, Make the Road New Jersey Community Organizer; and Yalidy Matos, Rutgers University Assistant Professor.
The speakers shared their individual stories and urged attendees to sign letters in support of expanding access to driver’s licenses here in New Jersey.
We are all immigrants. Now we stand with those seeking better lives for themselves and their families.
A sincere thank you to everyone who attended and signed green cards in support of expanding driver’s licenses to all New Jersey residents. If you did not attend and want to join this effort, please contact Stephanie Abrahams, Director of Advocacy, at sabrahams@ncjwessex.org or (973) 488-0054 for more information.
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What can you do now?
Join us on Thursday, December 5, at 10 a.m. at the NCJW/Essex office for Advocacy-in-an-Hour.
We will be assembling correspondence packets so that male immigrant detainees, held here in New Jersey, can write to their families.
We are looking for blank greeting cards or those with messages (Happy Birthday,Thinking of You, etc.) that would be appropriate for men to send.
Bring them with you on December 5, or put them in the basket located on the small table in the reception area of the NCJW/Essex office.
Please RSVP to Stephanie Abrahams, Director of Advocacy, at sabrahams@ncjwessex.org or (973) 488-0054.