Student volunteers will help qualifying individuals complete paperwork necessary for their application for United States citizenship. The citizenship drive is being held in partnership with the Equal Justice Center, Texas AFL-CIO, and other local organizations.
Organization
Casa Marianella Immigration Legal Services
CMILS serves immigrants, asylum-seekers, asylees, and victims of crime and trafficking in Austin, Texas. CMILS helps newly arrived immigrants residing in the Casa Marianella and Posada Esperanza shelters, as well as other immigrants below the poverty line, in applying for work permits, renewing green cards, seeking asylum, petitioning for family members, preparing applications for U Visas and T Visas, and dealing with other immigration legal matters.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.casamarianella.org/
- Project Date
Saturday, November 10
- Project Time
- 9:30am-4pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4.5-8 hours, including training session; Students may sign up to work 9:30am-12:30pm, 12pm-4pm, or 9:30am-4pm
- Training
- Friday, November 9, 1pm-2:30pm (TNH 2.123)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Carpenters Union Hall, 1825 S. I 35 (Frontage Road)
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 18 (6 for each shift)
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Language: Spanish helpful but not necessary
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu; please indicate what shift you want to work on November 10