by changer | Dec 5, 2012 | More News
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Queens Housing Coalition tenant leaders and community members at the Fairness Coalition’s meeting on Willets Point and Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
On Wednesday evening, Queens Housing Coalition coordinator Ivan Contreras and tenant leaders attended a meeting to discuss the development plans proposed for Willets Point and Flushing Meadows Corona Park with City Council Member Julissa Ferreras and State Senator Jose Peralta.
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by changer | Nov 30, 2012 | More News
Friday, November 30, 2012
On Friday evening, Queens Housing Coalition coordinator Ivan Contreras and Public Ally/Capacity Building Specialist Kimberley Kearns delivered donations to St. Camillus Church in Rockaway Park.
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by changer | Nov 28, 2012 | News
Catholic Migration Services is proud to be part of The New Americans Campaign, an unprecedented national effort that is paving a better path to citizenship and helping legal residents achieve their dream of becoming American citizens. (more…)
by changer | Nov 27, 2012 | More News
Saturday, November 24, 2012
On Saturday afternoon, Deacon Paul Dorsinville, CMS’ Health Education Coordinator, spoke at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn as part of the parish’s “Haitian Ministry Leaders Day.”
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by changer | Nov 27, 2012 | More News
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
On Tuesday, CMS immigration counselor/outreach specialist Megan Helbling, immigration counselor Marisol Canales, and Línea Laboral operator Rebecca Rybaltowski held a clinic for immigration and workers’ rights at the Maura-Clarke-Ita Ford Center in Bushwick.
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by changer | Nov 20, 2012 | News
September 28th Honorees
On September 28th and October 5th, 2012, nearly 800 attendees gathered to celebrate this years Shining Star Award recipients. Both dinners were held at the beautiful Gargiulo’s in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, NY.
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by changer | Nov 20, 2012 | More News
Saturday, November 10, 2012
On Saturday, Megan Helbling (Immigration Counselor/Outreach Specialist), Jeanne Sanon (Immigration Counselor/BIA Accredited Representative), and Kimberley Kearns (Capacity Building Specialist/Public Ally) volunteered at a Haitian TPS Application Assistance Day at P.S. 181 in Brooklyn.
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by changer | Nov 19, 2012 | More News
Saturday, November 3, 2012
On Saturday, CMS immigration counselor Megan Helbling, Queens office receptionist Nanette Morales, and Línea Laboral operator Rebecca Rybaltowski held a clinic for immigration and workers’ rights at Our Lady of the Angelus Parish in Rego Park, Queens.
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by changer | Nov 8, 2012 | News
Immigrant Tenant Advocacy Program manager Joshua Butnick with staff attorney Kenny Minaya.
CMS is currently accepting applications from first and second year law students for summer legal internships in the following three program areas: immigration legal services (affirmative filings and removal defense), immigrant tenant advocacy (housing legal services), and immigrant workers’ rights (employment legal services). (more…)
by changer | Nov 5, 2012 | More News
Sunday, October 28, 2012
On Sunday, Línea Laboral operator Rebecca Rybaltowski spoke to parishioners and community residents at St. Sebastian’s Church in Woodside, Queens. Following the church’s Spanish Mass, Rebecca gave a brief presentation about Línea Laboral, the toll-free worker’s rights hotline operated by Catholic Migration Services, the NY and US Departments of Labor, the NYC Comptroller’s Office, and the Consulates General of Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, El Salvador, and Honduras.
(left to right) Immigration counselor Marisol Canales and Línea Laboral Operators Rebecca Rybaltowski and Evelyn Ligardo at the CMS services table.
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