Stories of Immigration

Learn about the many experiences that immigrants and our communities face.

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CLINIC Advent Guide 2024
Posted on November 21, 2024
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Interview With Luisa Martin-Price of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh
Posted on June 26, 2024
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Interview With Megan Davis of Erie Neighborhood House, Chicago
Posted on April 12, 2024
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Interview With Mentor Phil Stoffel of World Relief Wisconsin
Posted on December 6, 2023
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Advent Guide 2023
Posted on December 1, 2023
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Citizenship Day 2023: Interview With Estefany Hanson of Catholic Charities Community Services of Arizona
Posted on September 15, 2023
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CLINIC Convening 2023 a Great Success
Posted on June 26, 2023
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Executive Director Remarks at Convening Plenary
Posted on May 23, 2023
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Hope and Renewal this Easter Season
Posted on April 5, 2023
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Neighbors, Not Strangers
Posted on January 23, 2023
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A Christmas Message From CLINIC's Executive Director
Posted on December 21, 2022
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Advent Week 4: Joy Amid Challenges
Posted on December 16, 2022
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Advent Week 3: Restoring Dignity
Posted on December 9, 2022
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Advent Week 2: A Voice in the Desert
Posted on December 1, 2022
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Advent Week 1: Staying Awake
Posted on November 22, 2022
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Cabrinian Organizations Continue the Mission of the Patron Saint of Immigrants
Posted on November 11, 2022
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“The Holy Work of Hospitality:” Bishop Soto Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
Posted on September 22, 2022
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Ambassadors of Hope: CLINIC Affiliates Help Promote Citizenship With USCIS
Posted on September 8, 2022
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Welcome in the Workplace: CLINIC Staff Share Stories of Naturalization
Posted on September 8, 2022
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Welcome in Schools: La Casa de Amistad and St. Adalbert’s
Posted on September 8, 2022
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Project Hope: Overcoming Legal Hurdles for Family Reunification
Posted on August 16, 2022
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Compassion Beyond the Borderlands: A CLINIC Attorney’s Immersion Experience
Posted on June 30, 2022
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In Advance of MPP Decision, an Asylum Seeker Shares His Story
Posted on June 27, 2022
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Global Friends Coalition prepares to expand its integration efforts
Posted on March 29, 2022
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CVIIC promotes immigrant integration, entrepreneurship and legal services
Posted on March 29, 2022
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State and Local Immigration Project Answers Pope Francis’s Call
Posted on March 23, 2022
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Introducing RIS Attorney: Nicholas Frank
Posted on March 23, 2022
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Center for New North Carolinians
Posted on January 31, 2022
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Welcome to the CLINIC Action Network!
Posted on January 28, 2022
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Perla V Aguilar Alvarado: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on January 20, 2022
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Nacia Castaneda: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on January 20, 2022
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Maria Cortez-Perez: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on January 20, 2022
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Ricardo Morales: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on January 20, 2022
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Guadalupe Hernandez-Saenz: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on January 14, 2022
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Reflection and gratitude: A year-end message
Posted on December 14, 2021
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Network of “Social Poets” Drives CLINIC’s Advocacy Work
Posted on November 29, 2021
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Taste Around the World
Posted on November 27, 2021
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Business initiative promotes integration and economic development
Posted on October 28, 2021
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My Citizenship Story – Carolina Lugo Edelman, RIS Paralegal
Posted on October 19, 2021
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Introducing RIS Attorney: Mikhayla Stover
Posted on October 19, 2021
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Board of Immigration Appeals Once Again Rules That Defective Notices to Appear Do Not Impact Immigration Court Jurisdiction
Posted on September 29, 2021
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Title 42: A rule based on COVID-19 or deterrence?
Posted on September 23, 2021
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Defending Access to Citizenship
Posted on September 9, 2021
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Hispanic Affairs Project joins city and community leaders to promote integration
Posted on August 31, 2021
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Recognizing Two Years of the Estamos Unidos Asylum Project
Posted on August 17, 2021
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Jazmin Karns: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on August 11, 2021
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County of El Paso: Office of New Americans
Posted on July 28, 2021
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Op-Ed (Baltimore Sun): Federal program in Frederick County stokes fear of — and in — undocumented immigrants
Posted on July 22, 2021
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City of Portland: Office of Community and Civic Life - Immigrant and Refugee Program
Posted on June 28, 2021
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City of Aurora: Office of International and Immigrant Affairs
Posted on June 10, 2021
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Welcoming Chula Vista
Posted on April 28, 2021
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City of Charlotte: Office of Equity, Mobility and Immigrant Integration
Posted on April 6, 2021
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Sisters of St. Francis, Project Hope adapt through the pandemic
Posted on March 9, 2021
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City of Boston: Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement
Posted on February 19, 2021
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Montse Trejo-King: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on February 16, 2021
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Several years later, family separation lingers
Posted on February 16, 2021
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After months of COVID, migrants under MPP are losing hope
Posted on January 29, 2021
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Local government and their role in promoting integration
Posted on January 21, 2021
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Humbled and grateful: A year-end message
Posted on December 17, 2020
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Local city government promotes immigrant integration through Division of Immigrant Affairs
Posted on December 16, 2020
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Promoting and facilitating naturalization against the new citizenship test
Posted on December 7, 2020
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New administration, same mission: Immigrant integration
Posted on November 17, 2020
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FaithAction International House keeps traditions strong with a Multicultural Thanksgiving
Posted on November 17, 2020
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Karla Ruelas: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on November 11, 2020
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A message from CLINIC’s executive director: Post-election unity
Posted on November 9, 2020
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Dawit Shiferaw: Religious Immigration Service’s newest paralegal
Posted on October 30, 2020
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Building Hope in the City hosts annual resident-led community projects
Posted on October 23, 2020
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Say No to DHS Surveillance of Immigrants and U.S. Citizens!
Posted on October 12, 2020
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Empowering domestic violence survivors to find their voice
Posted on October 6, 2020
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CLINIC highlights Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Posted on October 1, 2020
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Alejandro Ortiz: NIEP community organizer highlight
Posted on September 29, 2020
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Virtual lunches for the win
Posted on September 24, 2020
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How naturalization and integration go hand-in-hand
Posted on September 11, 2020
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A Labor Day Message of Solidarity with Immigrant Workers and USCIS Public Servants
Posted on September 4, 2020
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During the pandemic, innovative practices make naturalization assistance accessible to LPRs
Posted on August 26, 2020
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Newcomers integrated through community navigator program
Posted on August 21, 2020
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BIA Pro Bono Project Summer Victories
Posted on August 19, 2020
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Delayed Appreciation: My Naturalization Story
Posted on August 19, 2020
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Long-term BIA Pro Bono Project case ends with a victory
Posted on July 24, 2020
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Work and play! African Cultural Alliance of North America assists newcomers and celebrates cultural values
Posted on July 21, 2020
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Practicing self-care with DVP
Posted on June 26, 2020
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The Power of Community
Posted on June 24, 2020
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How understanding immigrant integration brought me back to my roots
Posted on June 24, 2020
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Juntos, Luchamos
Posted on June 16, 2020
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In the Hands of their Father
Posted on June 16, 2020
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En Manos de su Padre
Posted on June 16, 2020
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Mi Papa y yo
Posted on June 12, 2020
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My Dad and I
Posted on June 12, 2020
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Advocating for change
Posted on May 20, 2020
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Summary of Government Responses to COVID-19
Posted on April 24, 2020
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Integration in the time of COVID-19
Posted on April 23, 2020
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Already vulnerable migrants in Juarez endangered by COVID-19 pandemic
Posted on April 20, 2020
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Everyone counts: Strategies and challenges of census engagement
Posted on March 27, 2020
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The holidays aren’t over yet: Next up, Epiphany!
Posted on March 17, 2020
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Libraries, the best advocates for immigrant integration
Posted on March 16, 2020
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Global Friends Coalition educates, empowers and embraces New Americans!
Posted on February 28, 2020
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DVP Updated Resources
Posted on January 31, 2020
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Celebrate! Ten years of helping immigrants integrate into the United States
Posted on January 30, 2020
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National Census Day, April 1, is important for immigrants and their communities
Posted on January 30, 2020
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“Out of sight, out of mind:” Six stories of asylum seekers and migrants under MPP
Posted on January 28, 2020
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Twelve initiatives to promote integration in 2020
Posted on December 20, 2019
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An international scope: Reflections on my experience at CLINIC
Posted on December 19, 2019
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RIS’s new paralegal brings robust professional experience to CLINIC: An interview with Carolina Lugo
Posted on December 19, 2019
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Religious Immigration Services 2019 Holiday Message
Posted on December 19, 2019
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Passaic, New Jersey, celebrates its Immigrant Integration Day
Posted on November 26, 2019
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Make #GivingTuesday a date to celebrate!
Posted on November 21, 2019
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Seven Migrant Protection Protocols stories from Estamos Unidos: Asylum Project
Posted on November 18, 2019
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Estamos Unidos Feature: Rosaries at the U.S. border
Posted on October 31, 2019
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Intercambio promotes inclusion through education and conversations
Posted on October 30, 2019
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Observations from the border
Posted on October 30, 2019
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Charlotte gathers to honor the dead
Posted on October 30, 2019
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A migrant’s tale: Ugandan woman waited for the system, then died just as it became her chance to ask for asylum
Posted on October 24, 2019
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Latinas working toward immigration justice: Interviews with Graciela Mateo and Brenda Hernandez
Posted on October 22, 2019
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Photo journal: Reflections on my experience at the USCCB Pastoral Encounter with Migrants at the Border
Posted on October 4, 2019
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How CLINIC helped me focus on what is important: A conversation with Father Pepe
Posted on October 3, 2019
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A unique integration project for Seattle’s immigrant seniors
Posted on September 30, 2019
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Celebrating Latin American Heritage: The mighty 5 and the Latina field support coordinator at CLINIC who helped them obtain DOJ accreditation
Posted on September 30, 2019
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Catholic Multicultural Center formally launches the Medical Advocacy Integration program
Posted on August 29, 2019
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Playing the long game
Posted on August 29, 2019
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An expanded perspective of a summer college intern at CLINIC
Posted on August 15, 2019
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Reflections on two eye-opening summer projects
Posted on August 12, 2019
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Local organizations speak out against locking infants in detention centers
Posted on August 9, 2019
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Rapid response in Dallas
Posted on July 31, 2019
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My experience as a volunteer at an improvised migrant shelter in Yuma
Posted on July 31, 2019
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New York-based recreational youth soccer league, La Unión F.C., promotes immigrant leadership on and off the field
Posted on July 31, 2019
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CLINIC welcomes Etsegenet Kedir Mohammed: A professional with a global perspective
Posted on July 15, 2019
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CLINIC affiliates complete over 8,000 immigration legal screenings through the Mexican Screening Project
Posted on June 27, 2019
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Grupo de Solidaridad brings a community together
Posted on June 26, 2019
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High fives need no translation
Posted on June 26, 2019
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One year at CLINIC’s BIA Pro Bono Appeals Project: Reflections on professional growth and working with vulnerable populations
Posted on April 30, 2019
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The Archdiocese of Indianapolis unites communities with CARE
Posted on April 29, 2019
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Notes from the Border Rights Project
Posted on April 29, 2019
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Defending Vulnerable Populations Is Now a Stand-Alone CLINIC Department
Posted on April 2, 2019
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WE the Community: A Conversation on Your Rapid Response Toolkit
Posted on April 2, 2019
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Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYC and Justice for Immigrants empower leaders in the community
Posted on April 2, 2019
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Sister Kathleen Moroney’s Legacy of Immigration Justice
Posted on April 2, 2019
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Working With City Officials to Create a More Inclusive and Welcoming Pueblo
Posted on March 1, 2019
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Updates from the Network: Welcome 37 new members of the network, as LIRS agencies join CLINIC
Posted on March 1, 2019
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CLINIC attorneys work with the Remote Bond Project to reunite a mother with her son
Posted on February 27, 2019
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Creating a More Inclusive Rural Nebraska
Posted on January 29, 2019
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The Immigrant Origins of Christmas
Posted on December 21, 2018
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A New Tradition of Sharing and Surrendering
Posted on December 21, 2018
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The Immigrant Origins of Thanksgiving
Posted on November 20, 2018
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Maryland nonprofit uses workforce and vocational training to promote integration
Posted on November 1, 2018
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Citizenship Project: Working with Immigrants to Realize the Dream of Citizenship
Posted on September 17, 2018
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My culture keeps me grounded
Posted on September 17, 2018
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Well wishes on your retirement Terry!
Posted on August 24, 2018
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Colorado photographer uses art to create an inclusive community
Posted on August 22, 2018
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From volunteer to attorney, the journey was worth it!
Posted on August 8, 2018
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Catholic Charities’ Vardaman Family Life Center tackles one of the biggest issues that disconnects neighbors – language barriers
Posted on July 30, 2018
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Inspired by gratitude for her own welcome to the U.S., rep dives in and gets fully accredited
Posted on July 17, 2018
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The Diocese of Dallas, Catholic Charities and partners encourage neighbors to treat each other how they want to be treated
Posted on June 27, 2018
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Transforming a Community, One Person at a Time
Posted on June 8, 2018
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English at school, Spanish at home
Posted on May 16, 2018
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Catholic Charities and the Portland Police Department work together to welcome refugees
Posted on April 27, 2018
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An Ode to Holy Week Pilgrimages and the Communities They Strengthen
Posted on March 27, 2018
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The Original Mexican Lenten Fish Fry
Posted on February 27, 2018
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Catholic Charities teach Southwestern Ohio how to protect their neighbors
Posted on September 26, 2017
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MARCC ID Card: Strengthening Communities and Partners
Posted on January 19, 2017
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Citizenship Day: Honoring Newcomers and Immigrant Champions
Posted on September 17, 2015
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Littleton Immigrant Resources Center
Posted on June 15, 2015
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Intercambio: Uniting Communities
Posted on December 23, 2014

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