Video | 02:27 | European, Latinos, Mexican, Multiple Immigrant Groups | Hollywood, CA
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The 300-plus people who attended the meeting Saturday at St. Pius Church in the Pilsen neighborhood were sending a reminder to President-elect Barack Obama to keep his promise to address immigration reform.
Hospitals serving a significant immigrant population find ways to connect with prospective patients across the cultural spectrum.
For the 10th year, San Francisco State students are helping older immigrants in their quest to become U.S. citizens. The path to citizenship can be a daunting one for elderly immigrants as they prepare for interviews, a civics exam and English language tests. Thirty students are volunteering in community-based English and citizenship classes this semester as part of Project SHINE. Their support will be especially useful this fall as citizenship applicants now face a new civics test introduced Oct. 1.
Read more at SFSU Web site.
A new blog from the Immigration Policy Center to check out.
Video | 07:44 | African, Asian, Cambodian, Caribbean, Chinese, East African, Ethiopian, European, Filipinos, Haitian, Hmong, Indian, Khmer, Koreans, Laotian, Latinos, Liberians, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Mixtec, Multiple Immigrant Groups, Muslim, Russian, Somali, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Vietnamese
Penn State University Dickinson School of Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights will host its first immigration symposium. The theme of this day-long symposium is “Immigration in a New Administration.”
The Newcomers Health Program is a clinic-based and community-based health program that has been serving refugees and immigrants in San Francisco since the late 1970s. Newcomers Health Program is a program of the San Francisco Department of Public Health implemented in collaboration with the International Institute of San Francisco, Refugee Medical Clinic and Bay Area Community Resources and Ocean Park Health Center. Through community collaborations and a range of clinic- and community-based programs and services, they promote the health and well-being of refugees and immigrants in San Francisco.
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Topics: Community Health, Health Care, Health Care Access, Language, Public Health, Refugees
Topics: Community Health, Health Care, Health Care Access, Language, Public Health, Refugees
Many low-income Americans were wary of banks even before the latest round of failures and takeovers. Is a semi-reformed payday lender the right guy to bring the urban poor into the banking system?
This New York Times story takes a social marketer's perspective in looking at the positive and negative role pay day lenders play in meeting the financial needs of immigrants and other low income people. Read More
The Kaiser Media Internships Program, established in 1994, is an intensive 12-week summer internship for young journalists interested in specializing in health reporting, with a particular commitment to coverage of health issues affecting diverse and immigrant communities.
Deadline: December 4, 2008 (print applicants) January 8, 2008 (broadcast applicants)
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Topics: Awards, Capacity Building, Health Care, Immigrants, Journalism, News, Training, Youth
Topics: Awards, Capacity Building, Health Care, Immigrants, Journalism, News, Training, Youth
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A national program of the