Safe Passage Project

We are so proud of Steven Vivas for landing a new position as an @IJCorps 2020 Community Fellow. Steven joined Safe Passage Project as an intern and later became a paralegal. We are so appreciative of Steven’s hard work and advocacy during his time with us and wish him well in his future endeavors. Read more about Steven’s story:

This #GivingTuesday we are giving thanks for everyone in our community who makes our work possible. So far in 2020, we've: Filed 98 green card applications for our clients... Opened 273 new cases Made almost 500 referrals, connecting young people to resources like medical care, health insurance, and food assistance. Our work is only possible because of the generosity of our community, from pro bono attorneys to volunteer translators and generous donors. We are grateful that you enabled us to advocate for the young people we serve. With your help, we can commit to doing even more good in 2021. https://www.safepassageproject.org/donate/

Reminder - webinar tomorrow! (If you can't make it to the live presentation, you can still sign up and we'll send you the recording after.) https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_0e-rugz1T-ipGDm3P8SRsA

Join us this Friday at 1 pm (EST). Safe Passage Project Founder and New York Law School professor Lenni Benson will moderate a panel discussion with immigration experts Rex Chen, Director of Immigration at Legal Services NYC, Nicole Johnson, Managing Attorney at Safe Passage Project, and Eve A. Stotland, Program Officer at The New York Community Trust. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_0e-rugz1T-ipGDm3P8SRsA

Tuesday, 10/13, Safe Passage Project Executive Director Rich Leimsider will join Maria Woltjen of the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights and Wendy Young of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) for a webinar on helping immigrant children. Sign-Up: http://ow.ly/3b5G50BNIXC... #Immigrations #Children #MigrantChildren #Migrants #Immagrants

Lo mejor de crecer en una familia latina ha sido la bendición de estar rodeada de amor, asegura #DesireéHernández (@desiree.c.hernandez), quien atesora el rec...uerdo de su infancia en Puerto Rico, compartiendo celebraciones e historias con sus padres y hermanas. Tal vez por eso, hoy, como abogada de inmigración para la organización Safe Passage Project, dirige un equipo de abogados, personal de apoyo y voluntarios, que brinda asesoramiento legal a cientos de niños que, de lo contrario, debieran enfrentar solos un proceso de deportación, y quedarían privados de crecer junto a sus seres queridos. Mi trabajo con Safe Passage Project empezó cuando era estudiante de derecho. Pero fue en 2014, durante la crisis humanitaria que trajo a más de 65,000 niños a nuestra frontera, cuando supe que tenía que hacer un cambio permanente para ayudarlos a obtener estabilidad legal en los EEUU, recuerda esta #MujerImparable, quien trabaja desde una oficina en un sótano de New York. Pese a su difícil tarea, Desireé, quien ama los libros y los paseos al sol, no pierde su calidez caribeña y la tenacidad para ayudar a los más vulnerables. Mi motivación viene de contar con el privilegio de tener un impacto positivo en la vida de un niño y trabajar con un equipo de profesionales que se esfuerza a diario con dedicación, compasión y optimismo, concluye. #mujeresimparables #unstoppablewomen #quenadatedetenga #juntosimparables El Poder En Ti Telemundo (: Anthony Randazzo | 1028 Photography LLC | @1028photo)

On September 21st, the Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative @immigrant_arc is hosting a panel discussion on The Role of the Legal Advocate at the Intersection of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice. The event is free and open to the public and press and will also include a keynote by Congressman Hakeem Jeffries @repjeffries. @safepassageproject been a proud member of I-ARC since it began as a volunteer effort.Over the last three years, Immigrant ARC has been part of many headline-making moments throughout the years. On the 21st, they are officially launching as a standalone non-profit with this great event. Please join US! Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-event-the-immigrant-adv

It is deeply troubling that #NYIFUP and other legal services for vulnerable New Yorkers are at risk. 78 organizations are calling upon @NYGovCuomo and @NYS_DOB to continue championing our immigrant neighbors in the face of federal attacks. https://www.vera.org/protect-new-york-immigration-legal-ser

Safe Passage Project is honored to have DYKWTCA (Do You Know Where the Children Are) support our mission to defend unaccompanied minors against deportation by providing free lawyers. This unique, first-of-its-kind art sale is now live at DYKWTCA.com

See dancer, collaborator, and teaching artist #MacySullivan's (who you may recognize from #WorksandProcess' #PeterandtheWolf with #IsaacMizrahi) #WPAVirtualComm...ission, "Roars." #CultureFromHome #SongsofComfort #dance - Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim. Co-presented by Artists Striving to End Poverty, Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, Get Empowered, Safe Passage Project, and Together in Dance, Inc.. - Artist Statement by Macy Sullivan: "It's an honor to return to the Works & Process 'stage,' this time as a performer and creator. My deepest gratitude to Podington Bear (Courtesy of Sound of Picture: soundofpicture.com) and Nic Petry for their generous artistic contributions, and special thanks to my co-presenters, Artists Striving to End Poverty (https://astep.org/), Together in Dance (http://togetherindance.org/), Get Empowered! (https://www.getempoweredall.com/), Safe Passage Project (https://www.safepassageproject.org/), and Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center (https://celiacdiseasecenter.columbia.edu/), for their support and enthusiasm. Works & Process, thank you for making it a priority to support artists and art-making during this time." - "Roars" Choreography and performance by Macy Sullivan Music by #PodingtonBear; 'Le Monstre' from "Said Lion to Lamb" Video design by Nic Petry and Macy Sullivan Filming (safely distant) and editing by Nic Petry (Dancing Camera) https://www.macysullivan.com/ - Works & Process Artist (WPA) Virtual Commissions To financially support artists and nurture their creative process during these challenging times, Works & Process at the Guggenheim will grant over $150,000 for artists to create new works while observing social distancing guidelines. New works posted every Sunday and Monday at 7:30pm. Please consider a donation. Every dollar you give will go directly to the artists. DONATE - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr - WPA Virtual Commissions has been supported by Jody and John Arnhold, Stuart Coleman, Antonio Convit and Tim McGraw, Lucy Dobrin, Adam Flatto, Bart Friedman, Bond Koga, Jayne Lipman, Bonnie Maslin, Nina Matis, Eve Mykytyn, Steven and Michèle Pesner, Cynthia Hazen Polsky, Stephen Kroll Reidy, Denise Saul, Annalyn Swan, Shelby White and many others. Virtual video design supported by Anupam and Rajika Puri. New music for dance supported by The Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.

Now more than ever, it’s clear that we are all in this together to make sure we all stay healthy and safe. That means that EVERYONE, no matter where you come from, should have access to basic needs programs and economic relief from #COVID19. Take 2 minutes to write Congress here: http://bit.ly/ActForImmigrantFamilies #protectfamilies

Safe Passage Project board member Careen Shannon co-authored an article published in a recent issue of PLI Current: The Journal of PLI Press, highlighting the crisis in U.S. immigration system and calling for reforms. Read the full article: https://www.fragomen.com/file/plicurrentpdf

Thank you @loneillbutler and @aperturefnd for an excellent piece highlighting the role of art in activism. Special thanks to @dykwtca for using their platform to speak out against state-sponsored oppression and the abusive and illegal conditions of detention centers. Safe Passage Project is honored to have @DYKWTCA support our mission to defend unaccompanied minors against deportation by providing FREE lawyers.

The Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration's termination of DACA was arbitrary and capricious! As we celebrate this victory for immigrant youth, we will not lose sight of the work to be done. #HomeIsHere #DACALives

Español debajo Safe Passage Project stands in solidarity with our Black clients, colleagues, volunteers, and all those affected by these horrendous acts of violence following George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, and during the protests that have followed. We stand in solidarity with the families of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, David McAtee, Eric Garner, and the many other individuals who have been injured or lost their lives as a result of sta...Continue reading

As the nation remains focused on COVID-19, the U.S. government has aggressively begun to rush the deportations of some of the most vulnerable migrant children in its care to countries where they have been raped, beaten or had a parent killed, according to attorneys, court filings and congressional staff.

THE CITY NY featured a Safe Passage Project client and Supervising Social Worker Samantha Norris in their coverage of this troubling situation.

Join Professor Lenni Benson of New York Law School and the Safe Passage Project for a discussion of the new book released this May by Verso Books: The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US- Mexican Border and Beyond by author, journalist, and translator, John Washington. The panelists are all specialists in the realities and challenges facing asylum seekers and other transnational youth. This book discussion will educate, intrigue, and engage anyone interested in the dy...namics of why so many people are fleeing El Salvador and other Central American countries. John Washington has spent years traveling in the region, conducting interviews, and writing about the process of seeking asylum. #booktalk #immigration #asylum #centralamerica #children https://safepassageproject.us9.list-manage.com//clicku=846

Today is #GivingTuesdayNow -- a new global day of giving and unity. COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented and urgent needs for the refugee children we serve in New York. Any gift you make will help us ensure we can fight for their right to a safe future. https://www.safepassageproject.org/donate/