Dear Crossing Borders Advocates,
Welcome to the eighth issue of COLLECTIVE VOICE,
Immigration News You Can Use!
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NEW CLEARINGHOUSE RESOURCE |
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Crossing Borders Project goes online, offering you more than 200 compiled resources to support your DV/SA advocacy work in immigrant communities! Click HERE to see what is in store! |
| UNDOCUMENTED? |
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Undocumented survivors are often stuck between a rock and a hard place. "Ways to Work with Undocumented Immigrant Survivors of Sexual Assault" is super helpful and the recorded webinar is available online. |
| NEW DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE! |
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Immigration Options
A new video presentation by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and other friends of WSCADV walks you through the different legal remedies that undocumented survivors have based on their domestic violence situations. Lessons include practical tools and exercises that will help you support clients through their immigration process. Create a user name and password for our new distance learning center to get set up, then enroll in "Immigration Options". |
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NATIONAL DIRECTORY. ACT NOW! |
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The National Directory of Programs Serving Immigrant Victims is the first database of programs all over the US of DV/SA and Trafficking advocacy providers. Could this directory help your work? Is your organization listed? Find out here! |
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HELPING LAW ENFORCEMENT HELP YOU
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Check out the U-Visa Law Enforcement Tool Kit. This publication outlines why and how Law Enforcement uses U-Visas as a powerful crime fighting tool and helps survivors get safe.
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WHAT SURVIVORS CAN EXPECT
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Now survivors can find out what to expect from advocacy services on our website in Russian, Vietnamese and Spanish!
Lea esta página en español (Spanish)
Прочитайте эту страницу на русском языке (Russian)
đọc trang này bằng tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
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CIVIL RIGHTS = LANGUAGE ACCESS. A GIVEN OR A DEBATE?
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Registration for this year's WASCLA Language Access Summit VII is open!
The Washington State Coalition for Language Access (WASCLA) Summit VII will occur October 14th and 15th in Olympia, Washington. Conference attendees may participate in trainings and discussions on improving access to services for LEP people in a variety of settings and by employing a variety of strategies. Continuing Education Credits will be offered (more information can be found here). |
