 This Week: College-Bound Youth Group, Teatro Americano and More!
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Empowerment through Education: Youth Event this Thursday! Plus, mark your calendar for upcoming events and our next community forum on September 26th.
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Youth Event
The College-Bound Youth Group Invites You to its
First Workshop of the School Year
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2007
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Big Picture High School
4946 S. Paulina St., Chicago, IL 60609
Let's grab some pizza and get down to business! All are welcome!
- Plan your Roadmap to College! Develop a plan to make sure that you are up to date with everything you need to do to get accepted to college!
- Make a difference! Updates on the DREAM Act, and how you can get involved in supporting this important law, to help immigrant students go to college
- Connect! Meet college and high school students from Chicago, and learn about their experiences.
For more information, contact Sarah at sarah@latinospro.org, or (312) 850-9376
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Teatro Updates
Teatro Americano Performs at Northeastern Illinois University!
Saturday, September 15, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Come see Teatro Americano perform a preview of their full-length production,
The Migrant Farmworker's Son!
3119 N. Pulaski Rd. (1 block south of Belmont)
Save the Date: Opening Benefit Performance of The Migrant Farmworker's Son!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
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Advocacy Update
LP Meets with Senator Obama's Office
Continuing our series of legislative meetings, Latinos Progresando staff and program participants visited Senator Obama's office last Friday (9/7) to discuss our policy advocacy agenda. We thanked Obama for his support of the DREAM Act, and urged him to do everything possible to ensure its passage this year. We also discussed the pressing need for other changes to the nation's flawed immigration system, which is outdated and wrought with procedural obstacles. Currently, family members of U.S. citizens are forced to wait up to 15 years to apply for a visa to legally immigrate to the United States, and are required to leave the country to adjust their status. We need our elected officials to help us keep our families together today!
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Community Partner Event:
Come Celebrate Chicago Artist Month!
Friday, October 5, 2007
Opening Reception
6pm to 10pm
Eastbank Artist Group Exhibit
DeLaTorre Fine Art Studio
1200 W 35th Street - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60609
773-927-7030
http://www.DeLaTorreArts.com
You can come and mingle with art lovers, meet the artists and learn about the INCREDIBLE work being produced in the Bridgeport neighborhood. There will be a variety of incredible work hanging on walls and easils. EXCITING NEW works featured by DeLaTorre, Cleeland, Gama, Noyes, Brasch, Ingold and Wyzensagel. DeLaTorre's Oil paintings on richly prepared wood panels and watercolor portraits will have you spell bound. Runs thru Oct. 31 by appointment.
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Save the Date: Community Forum!
"Know Your Rights: No-Match Letters and the Renewal of Green Cards without Expiration Dates"
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Toman Branch Public Library
2708 S. Pulaski, Chicago 60623
For more information, contact Sarah at (312) 850-9376 or sarah@latinospro.org.
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Important Legal Immigration Services Update
Replace your green card now!
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposal last week which will likely require all legal permanent residents carrying "green cards" (permanent resident cards) without an expiration date to replace their current cards.
Green Cards issued between 1979 and 1989 do not have an expiration date. These cards will become invalid 120 days after the new rule takes effect!
For more information or to apply for a new green card, contact the Legal Services Department at Latinos Progresando at (312) 850-0572.
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About Latinos Progresando
Latinos Progresando, a nonprofit organization based
in Pilsen and Little Village, serves immigrants through the
highest-quality, low-cost legal immigration services, community
education and engagement, and advocacy/organizing around just
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Visit Latinos Progresando online to learn more
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