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Please join us on Thursday, March 26th, 7:00-9:00pm at Hopleaf for our first ever Chicago reading, supporting The Immigration Project.
Readers: Julia Fine, F. Amanda Tugade, Nami Mun, Maya Marshall & Emily Maloney.
All proceeds from this event will support the Immigration Project
With a staff of experienced immigration attorneys and excellent support professionals, The Immigration Project endeavors to provide access to justice for immigrants and their families. The organization provides legal and educational services to immigrants, refugees, their families and others in downstate Illinois, in a manner and context which recognizes the full dignity of each individual.
The Immigration Project recognizes that access to accurate, complete information regarding immigration law is geographically and economically restricted for underserved immigrant populations in downstate Illinois. To that end, their contribution to immigration and legal is unique:
The Immigration Project is the only not-for-profit organization in Illinois offering immigration legal assistance through a rural provider model. Charging low fees and covering a large rural area allows us to reach many immigrants who would otherwise have considerable difficulty accessing professional legal advice.
The organization conducts more than 100 clinics throughout the downstate Illinois region every year. This regional approach provides legal assistance to more than 1,000 immigrants from 200 communities in a geographic area that consists of 120,000 square miles.
The Immigration Project uses income guidelines and a sliding fee scale to provide affordable application support services so that low-income immigrants may access citizenship, family reunification, and other primary services.
In 2019, The Immigration Project served immigrants from 44 countries—as diverse as Bolivia, Scotland, Senegal, Nigeria, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, and Mexico.
Active, volunteers contributed more than 6,000 hours of service to The Immigration Project in 2019, significantly increasing their capacity to provide DACA and Citizenship services.
Information from the organization aids not only immigrants, but their family members, government officials, social service workers, and employers.
The Immigration Project also helps immigrant victims of violence, including victims of domestic violence
Readers
We’re thrilled to have readers Julia Fine. F. Amanda Tugade, Nami Mun, Maya Marshall & Emily Maloney sharing their work with us.
100% of your ticket prices will support The Immigration Project.
Big thanks to Hopeleaf for hosting and supporting this event!