February, 20 2008 2:00 to 3:30 pm Ferguson Building (Department of Socialogy) Room 100, UNCG
Over the course of the past two decades the Triad area has become home to a large Latino population as well as thousands of Africans and Southeast Asians.
This panel will discuss North Carolina's immigrant and refugee populations. They will address important questions about migration to the area:
- What are the mechanisms which drive immigration?
- Why has the Triad become an increasingly popular area for new migrants?
- What are the barriers that these groups have faced to become fully integrated into the local communities?
Speakers: Sara Carpenter Center for New North Carolinians < http://cnnc. uncg.edu/ ">http://cnnc.uncg.edu/>
Nafisa Sirelkhatim Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas < http://www.lfscarol inas.org/ ">http://www.lfscarolinas.org/>
Javier Garcâ– a Mâ– ndez FaithAction International House < http://faihouse. org/ ">http://faihouse.org/>
Peter Gatkouth World Relief North Carolina < http://www.wr. org/wherewework/ unitedstates/ highpoint. asp <" target=_blank>http://www.wr.org/wherewework/unitedstates/highpoint.asp>>
Friday, February 8, 2008
Transportation Help Needed
LaVela is asking you again for help to to take Manuel Estrada (victum of violance) to his outpatient rehabilitation center appointments on Church St. Below is the new Schedule. If you are able to help, please call Javier Garcia at 336 379 0037. Thank you!
Drivers needed for:
Tuesday February 5th from 9am to 10 am
Thursday February 7th from 9am to 11:15
Monday February 11th from 10:45 to 12:45
Wednesday February 13th from 9:15 am to 10:30
Thursday February 14th from 8:30 to 10:30
Monday February 18 from 10 am to 12:15
Wednesday February 20th from 10:30 am to 12:45 pm
Friday February 22th from 10 am to 10:45
Monday February 25 from 11 to 11:45
Drivers needed for:
Tuesday February 5th from 9am to 10 am
Thursday February 7th from 9am to 11:15
Monday February 11th from 10:45 to 12:45
Wednesday February 13th from 9:15 am to 10:30
Thursday February 14th from 8:30 to 10:30
Monday February 18 from 10 am to 12:15
Wednesday February 20th from 10:30 am to 12:45 pm
Friday February 22th from 10 am to 10:45
Monday February 25 from 11 to 11:45
First Training Now Open to Volunteers
Mark your calendars for the first official Cultural Broker training (for all people interested in volunteering with La Vela): Saturday, March 29th from 10-2, lunch included, at First Lutheran Church. Details will follow.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Pilgramage for Justice and Peace
Plan now to join the Pilgrimage for Justice & Peace during Holy Week March 16-21st. You are invited to participate at any of the cities along the walk route. More details will be available soon, including specific times and locations during which the Pilgrimage will be present in each of the focus cities along the route. If you wish to be part of the planning in any of the cities mentioned below, please be in contact with Gail Phares (contact information at end of this message). If you wish to help plan for the Burlington witness, which will take place on Wednesday of Holy Week, please contact Javier Garcia at 336-379-0037 extension 3# or email garciaja4@gmail.com.
About the Pilgrimage: For the past twenty-one years, the Pilgrimage has taken place between Palm Sunday through Good Friday with farm workers and others walking to connect Jesus suffering and death with the struggles of workers and immigrants, praying for changes in working conditions and those public policies that cause poverty. The Pilgrimage ends with an ecumenical symbolic Way of the Cross ceremony in Raleigh at the State Capital.
This year the Pilgrimage will begin on Palm Sunday in Asheville and continue on to Morganton, Hickory, Winston-Salem, Burlington and Durham and finally into Raleigh on Good Friday, March 21st for the Economic Justice Way of the Cross starting at noon at the NC State Capital.
We will walk to raise public awareness about fair trade policies, which reduce poverty, create living wage jobs and protect the environment. We will walk to demand changes in immigration policies and respect for family unity.
For more information call Gail S. Phares at CITCA (919) 856-9468 or cell 919-624-0646 or email CITCA@bellsouth.net
About the Pilgrimage: For the past twenty-one years, the Pilgrimage has taken place between Palm Sunday through Good Friday with farm workers and others walking to connect Jesus suffering and death with the struggles of workers and immigrants, praying for changes in working conditions and those public policies that cause poverty. The Pilgrimage ends with an ecumenical symbolic Way of the Cross ceremony in Raleigh at the State Capital.
This year the Pilgrimage will begin on Palm Sunday in Asheville and continue on to Morganton, Hickory, Winston-Salem, Burlington and Durham and finally into Raleigh on Good Friday, March 21st for the Economic Justice Way of the Cross starting at noon at the NC State Capital.
We will walk to raise public awareness about fair trade policies, which reduce poverty, create living wage jobs and protect the environment. We will walk to demand changes in immigration policies and respect for family unity.
For more information call Gail S. Phares at CITCA (919) 856-9468 or cell 919-624-0646 or email CITCA@bellsouth.net
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