Filipino Shining Star
Ruth Samalca-Manligoy is profiled by Michelle Powers on what it means to be the recipient of the Filipino Shining Star Award.
See Currents NET TV’s coverage of the event: Filipino Shining Star
Ruth Samalca-Manligoy is profiled by Michelle Powers on what it means to be the recipient of the Filipino Shining Star Award.
See Currents NET TV’s coverage of the event: Filipino Shining Star
RSVP NOW for the 2016 Shining Star Award Dinner and celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Catholic Migration Services!
Dinner 1 will be held Friday, October 14, 2016, and will honor Shining Stars from the following ministries: Czech/Slovak, Korean, Vietnamese, Ghanaian, Indonesian, Nigerian, Irish, Mexican, Colombian, West Indian, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Ecuador and Cuban. The dinner will start at 6:30 and will be held at Gargiulo’s on Coney Island.
Dinner 2 will be held Friday, October 21, 2016, and will honor Shining Stars from the following ministries: Polish, Ukranian, Russian, Croatian, Italian, Chinese, Indian Latin Rite, Lithuanian, Filipino, Pakistani, Brazilian, Guatemala, Haitian and African-American. The dinner will start at 6:30 and will be held at Gargiulo’s on Coney Island.
Kenny Minaya, housing attorney and coordinator of the CMS Immigrant Tenant Advocacy Program (ITAP), was recently mentioned in an article by the New York Daily News. Read more about the work we are doing in support of affordable housing for low-income immigrant tenants by following this link.
Congratulations to Kenny and everyone supporting the incredible work of ITAP!
Almost 1,000 immigrants to Brooklyn and Queens joined Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishops Octavio Cisneros and Guy Sansaricq at the annual diocesan celebration of World Migration Day, April 30 at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights.
Read the full article in The Tablet: Unity, Diversity: Theme of Migration Day Mass
Matthew Desmond, author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” will be at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU on Wednesday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m.
The event, hosted by the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition, is free and will be followed by a cocktail reception. Desmond and his book were recently featured in The New York Times.
Details:
Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Institute for Public Knowledge
20 Cooper Square, second floor
Register here
Over the years, Catholic Migration Services has helped countless permanent residents on their path to become US citizens. Recently, two very special clients attended ceremonies to become proud new Americans.
Daniel Marshall and Monyfa Alexander, who both came to the US from Guyana as children and entered into New York’s foster care system, were referred to our Citizenship and Integration Program from Heart Share St. Vincent’s Services. Working together with their caseworkers from the foster agency, immigration counselors at CMS were able to help Daniel and Monyfa obtain fee waivers for the application and guide them through all of the steps in the naturalization process.
Now that they have become citizens, Daniel and Monyfa are able to further pursue their dreams of voting in the upcoming elections and working toward college degrees. Read more about these inspiring new Americans in a blog post by our partners at the New Americans Campaign.
Congratulations, Daniel and Monyfa! If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a US citizen, call us on our Citizenship Hotline at (646) 597-8797.
On Wednesday October 7th, Catholic Migration Services held their first monthly community meeting at St. Joseph’s Parish in Bushwick. There were over 80 Bushwick residents in attendance who heard from several community legal services organizations in the area.
Catholic Migration Services partnered with the law firm Virginia & Ambinder, LLP to give a training on basic labor rights. Our Housing Program Coordinator Kenny Minaya, and Senior Organizer Yolanda Coca, provide housing legal services to low-income tenants in the Bushwick and Ridgewood neighborhoods, holding legal clinics and tenant organizing meetings. To find out more about our Immigrant Tenant Advocacy Program (ITAP), click on this link.
Shining Star Dinners Oct 2nd and Oct 9th 2015
Cocktail Sponsor: Full page gold star ad; signage in cocktail reception; one table for 10 at one night of the event.
Photo Sponsor: Full page silver star ad; signage near step-and-repeat; one table for 10 at one night of the event.
Law Firm Sponsor: Signage at event; one table for 10 at one night of the event.
Table Sponsor: Table signage and one table for 10 at one night of the event.