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What's Happening at Citizenship Now!
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Volunteer of the Month
Every month we ask volunteers to submit their stories so that we can highlight them in this section of our monthly newsletter. This month we are giving everyone a voice, so we want you to nominate a fellow Volunteer Corps Member for Volunteer of the Month. Click here to nominate a volunteer. You can also continue to nominate yourself here. And don't forget to read about the volunteer of the Month, Sainslot Belizaire. 
CUNY/Daily News Citizenship Now! Call-in 2013 Recap
The totals are in! During the week of our annual CUNY/Daily News Citizenship NOW! Call-in, over 400 of you came out to volunteer to answer phone calls and provide information to New Yorkers. With immigration reform on everybody's mind this year, the call-in was even more crucial to immigrants in need. By the end of the week, success was evident: we helped 13,311 callers with their immigration questions! We truly cannot thank you enough for taking time out of your day to volunteer and improve the lives of thousands of people each year. View some videos and pictures of the call-in.
2013 Citywide Citizenship Application Assistance
Event Recap
On Saturday, May 11th CUNY Citizenship Now! held its annual Citywide Citizenship Application Assistance Event at John Jay College. Thanks to over 180 volunteers and CUNY Citizenship Now! staff, we assisted 366 participants establish their eligibility for United States citizenship. Participants at the event were very thankful for the service provided to them and were impressed with the organization of the event. Click here to view photos and a complete recap of the event.
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Unpacking the Legal Briefcase
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Board of Immigration Appeals
"The part of the Executive Office for Immigration Review that is authorized to review most decisions of Immigration Judges and some types of decisions of Department of Homeland Security officers." (Source: www.uscis.gov)
Click here to for more information.
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Participate in Our Poll
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You are volunteering at one of our citizenship application assistance events. A participant who is interested in applying for citizenship shows you her expired green card and asks you whether she can still apply for naturalization. How do you respond?
Click here to answer
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