The committee began its work in 2016 as an advisory group to facilitate better communications
between our immigrant communities and Erie County government, and has helped our community to lead the way for the resettlement of thousands of refugees to WNY.
«Senator Ball seems not to be aware that municipal IDs have been used for years in cities from New Haven, Connecticut, to San Francisco, California, where they have greatly improved cooperation
between immigrant communities and law enforcement.»
An increasing level of mistrust
between immigrant communities and the Trump administration in recent months has only exacerbated concerns that DACA recipients could be easily targeted for deportation, according to Reaz Jafri, an immigration attorney at the firm Withers Bergman.
Not exact matches
«Such a divide
between the local police and
immigrant groups will result in increased crime against
immigrants and in the broader
community, create a class of silent victims, and eliminate the potential for assistance from
immigrants in solving crimes or preventing crime.»
The aim of these dialogues is to help new
immigrants to Canada understand the Canadian business environment and culture, while bridging a gap in communication
between new - comers and local
communities.
The New York Times: Seeking to Clear a Path
Between Yoga and Islam As a
community activist in Queens, Muhammad Rashid has fought for the rights of
immigrants held in detention, sought the preservation of local movie theaters and held a street fair to promote diversity.
We can not allow the cooperation
between ICE and the DOC to continue tearing families apart and destabilizing
immigrant communities that pose no threat to public safety.»
The schism
between Boughton and the
immigrant community has largely healed and he continues to be re-elected by wide margins in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans.
Speaker Quinn's actions are a strong and confident indication that our great city will not stand for collaborations
between agencies that target
immigrant communities.
A member of the steering committee of the One New York Coalition: Fighting for Fairness, which promotes dialogue
between immigrants and the African - American
community, he is also on the board of directors of the New York Immigration Coalition.
Some opponents previously spoke at a recent county budget hearing or signed a Nov. 7 letter that said it would hamper trust
between law enforcement and the
immigrant community.
«What the borough president and I wanted to do was simply have an event where people could just meet each other, get to know each other, and build relationships,» said Council Member Greenfield at the event, who noted that there is a «commonality of interests»
between the Jewish and Latino
communities, especially as both share the
immigrant experience.
Secure
Communities erodes trust
between local government and
immigrant communities because
community members perceive that local police are funneling
immigrants into a broken immigration system.
Nurturing trust
between law enforcement and the
immigrant community is an essential component to that objective.
The links
between undocumented status and present and future outcomes are irrefutably and overwhelmingly negative for
immigrant families and the
community at large.
Ferede, a former fourth - grade teacher for first and second - generation
immigrant and refugee children in a high - needs area in Toronto often saw a disparity
between her students»
community and the education system.
The report offers a number of concrete solutions for building stronger and more meaningful partnerships
between schools,
immigrant parents, and
community leaders....
Under Templin's leadership the college created a strategic plan to increase college access and student success for 25,000 additional students drawn primarily from low - income and
immigrant communities through a collective action strategy that champions closer working relationships
between NOVA and the region's high schools,
community - based non-profit organizations, universities, and employers.
The report concludes with recommendations that focus on training teachers, building relationships
between schools and
immigrant communities, and encouraging more varied, culturally sensitive learning experiences.
Immigrant Movement International is a
community space in Corona, founded in 2011 as a partnership
between artist Tania Bruguera and the Queens Museum, with support from Creative Time.
Between 2012 and 2016 Nisenbaum painted portraits of undocumented
immigrants from Mexico and Central America whilst teaching English at an
immigrant community space in New York, using the process of portraiture to get to know her students.
Grounded in Parlá's personal first - generation Cuban American
immigrant family story and an ever - evolving practice that concerns exiled
communities and their contribution to America, Roots offers a new visual relationship with its pictorially contemplative environment in order to consider connections
between local history and the past, present, and future.
January 26, 2017 — «At a time of uncertainty and anxiety in
immigrant communities here and across the nation, a merger
between Neighbors Link in Mount Kisco and the Pace
Community Law Practice in White Plains will formalize a partnership
between two nonprofit service organizations with overlapping missions.
One way to address the effects of historical trauma on Pacific Islander
communities» perceptions of research is through CBPR.70 71 CBPR shares power and builds trust
between academic researchers and the
community.72 73 There is evidence for the effectiveness of using CBPR to engage minority,
immigrant and migrant populations in research to reduce health disparities.74 — 79 In addition, there is evidence for the effectiveness of using CBPR to reduce health disparities in populations that have experienced historical trauma.80 To date, no published article has synthesised the best practices for CBPR practices with Pacific Islanders.
Our comparative, multivocal ethnographic study of teachers in five U.S. cities in a number of early childhood settings suggests that
immigrant teachers often experience difficulty applying their cultural knowledge to the education and care of young children of
immigrants because they face a dilemma
between their pedagogical training and their cultural knowledge;
between the expectations of their fellow teachers and of parents; and
between the goals of being culturally responsive to children, families, and their
community and being perceived as professional by their fellow teachers and their superiors.
CCRC recommends a combination of targeted initiatives to remove barriers for specific groups, such as Aboriginal children, children with disabilities, newly arrived
immigrant children and children in remote
communities, with support for broad - based
community programming that reduces inequities
between individual children.