March 2014

Issue No. 36

Volunteer Corner

Volunteer of the Month

Geovanni Gutierrez is one of our newest members of the Volunteer Corps. As an immigrant himself, Geovanni understands the obstacles many immigrants face in becoming U.S. Citizens. Click below to learn more about Geovanni's story and what he had to say about his volunteer experience with CUNY Citizenship Now!

Director's Corner

In April, we will be holding the 2014 CUNY/Daily News Citizenship NOW! Call-in. With each year that passes this event continues to grow and expand. Our Director Allan Wernick writes about the call-in and how this year we hope to increase the number of people helped. Read Allan's column for more information.

What's Happening at
CUNY Citizenship Now

Recent Events:

We recently held two Citizenship Application Assistance Events in February. On February 8, we teamed up with MOIA to offer a NYCitizenship event in Brooklyn. We helped 104 participants, out of which 74 completed their application for naturalization. Click here to view photos of this event. On February 22, we held our second event in Manhattan, At this event we assisted 44 participants and the event was featured in an article with the Manhattan Times which you can read here.

Poll Question

Part 8.3 of the revised Form N-400 asks you to list all trips of 24 hours or more an applicant has taken abroad in the past five years."

True or False? You do not need to list trips more than five (or three) years ago because by statute the applicant for naturalization need only demonstrate trips outside the United States for her/his statutory period of continuous residence.

Click here to answer

Mark Your Calendars

April 5th, 2014

Citizenship Now! Application
Assistance Event in Brooklyn
Register Now!

CUNY/Daily News
Citizenship NOW! Call-in
April 28th - May 2nd, 2014

Manhattan
Registration Open

Bulletin Board

Announcement:

For those who have registered to attend
the 2014 Call-in Training, please note
that the training will take place on
April 16th 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. at a new location this year:

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Lecture Hall, Rm. L63
524 W 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Get Directions

Fun and Stuff

Arts, Artists, and de Blasio's New York: The Arts and Profound Change

27th Biannual International Electroacoustic Music Festival

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Managing Editor
A. Sofia Carreno

Legal Editor
Allan Wernick, Esq.

Editor
Gabriel Espinal

This Month's Newsletter and
Member Network Contributors

Tom Shea, Esq.
Tamara Bloom, Esq.
Stina Rosenquist
Vikramjit Gill
David Sturniolo