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.
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Deacon Paul Dorsinville, CMS’ Health Education Coordinator, spoke at St. Francis of Assisi/St. Blaise Church in Brooklyn. As part of the parish’s “Haitian Community Sunday,” Deacon Paul shared CMS’ immigration, employment, and housing legal services with Haitian parishioners and community residents. This is particularly important now, during the renewal period for Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Sunday, October 21, 2012
CMS hosted a legal clinic at the Immigration Fair held at St. Michael’s Parish in Flushing, Queens on Sunday. Along with Catholic Charities, Fidelis Care, and other organizations, CMS attended the fair to make their services available to Flushing residents.
