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A.G. Schneiderman Secures Agreement with Westbury Union Free School District to Ensure Equal Educational Opportunities for Students Regardless of Immigration Status
02/29/2016 | Press Releases | Share
Agreement Removes Barriers Impacting Unaccompanied Minors And Other Undocumented Youth Seeking To Enroll In The District
Agreement Prevents The Diversion of Immigrant Students Into Non-Degree Bearing Programs
District Will Be Required To Appoint A Special Monitor And Provide Academic Services To Students Denied or Delayed...
Strangers Extend a Helping Hand to Struggling New Yorkers - New York Times
02/28/2016 | New York Times Neediest Cases | Share
For Margaret Macaluso, driving her sons to and from their college classes and part-time jobs requires patience and compromise. The family has only one vehicle. Fortunately, she does not mind being a chauffeur. Ever since Ms. Macaluso learned in August that she had Stage 3 ovarian cancer, she has viewed every car ride as extra time with her sons...
Child Migrants Face Challenges, But Are Kids Again on the Soccer Field - Latin American News Dispatch
02/23/2016 | News Articles | Share
This article was originally published in Civic Ideas on February 17, 2016, and is the second in a two-part series.
NEW YORK — On artificial turf at the foot of Yankee Stadium, some 40 teenage boys kick soccer balls on a Saturday afternoon, laughing and yelling to each other in Spanish. On the sidelines, later arrivals banter while lacing...
Child Migrants Fight in Immigration Courts to Stay in U.S. - Latin American News Dispatch
02/18/2016 | News Articles | Share
This article was originally published in Civic Ideas on February 17, 2016, and is the first in a two-part series.
NEW YORK — Congregating on benches in a downtown Manhattan courtroom, children and their guardians listen to a young woman who stands in front of them talking in Spanish. The speaker, Marielos Ramos, is not a judge.
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In Mass Feet from Mexico's Border with US, Pope Francis Calls for Political Leaders to Open Their Hearts to Migrants - NY1
02/17/2016 | News Articles | Share
Pope Francis stepped right into the heated debate over immigration, celebrating mass just feet from Mexico's border with the U.S. NY1's Michael Scotto filed the following report.
Pope Francis set the tone for his homily without even saying a word. Just moments before celebrating Mass before a crowd of 200,000, the Pope walked up to a...
Vincenza DeFazio Award to Charities’ Horton - Catholic New York
02/17/2016 | News Articles | Share
At its annual convening in Albany Feb. 8-9, the New York State Council of Catholic Charities Directors honored George Horton, director of social and community development for archdiocesan Catholic Charities.
He received the Vincenza DeFazio Award during an evening reception at the Renaissance Hotel Feb. 8. The award is named after the...
Is New York City Ready for Syrian Refugees? - City Limits
02/16/2016 | News Articles | Share
In September 2015 when President Obama made the controversial decision to call for 10,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the United States in 2016, Mayor de Blasio was quick to jump into the fray. Shortly after the announcement, de Blasio was one of 18 mayors to sign a petition encouraging Obama to accept even more refugees.
When ...
After 85 Years in East Harlem, a Routine That Keeps Her Going - The New York Times
02/09/2016 | New York Times Neediest Cases | Share
Most Tuesday mornings, Marta Benitez walks from her apartment on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 111th Street to the food pantry at St. Cecilia’s Church on East 105th Street. With other volunteers, she assembles bags of nonperishable items to be handed out to members of the community.
“I can walk 20 blocks and I don’t get tired,” Ms....
A Right to Dream | Derecho a soñar - Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Magazine
02/02/2016 | News Articles | Share
In a visit to Harlem, Pope Francis gives hope to an immigrant youth soccer team.
By Gabriela Romeri
When Pope Francis paid a visit to the immigrants and students gathered at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in Harlem this past September, an unplanned and little noticed thing occurred. Amid the cameras and throngs, Edenilson...
Interfaith Teen Event Helps Fight Hunger - UJA-Federation of New York
02/01/2016 | News Articles | Share
“You realize how much you take food for granted.”
–Teen Volunteer
Nearly 50 teens of all backgrounds came together at our conference center on January 31st as part of Feeding Our Neighbors: An Interfaith Response. They were drawn together to help ensure that New Yorkers don’t go hungry this winter.
Now in its fourth year,...
