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 Education Austin and other local organizations.
Organization
Casa Marianella Immigration Legal Services
CMILS serves immigrants, asylum-seekers, asylees, and victims of crime 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 dealing with other immigration legal matters.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.casamarianella.org/
- Project Date
Saturday, October 29
- Project Time
- 9am-4pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 5.5-8.5 hours, including training session; Students may sign up to work 9am-1pm, noon-4pm, or 9am-4pm
- Training
- Wednesday, October 26, 11:45am-1pm (TNH 3.125) OR Thursday, October 27, 5:30 to 7:30 (Mexican Consulate, 410 Baylor Street)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Allan Elementary School 4900 Gonzales, Austin, Texas 78702
- Address
- 821 Gunter Street, Austin, TX 78702
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 28 (14 morning shift, 14 afternoon 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 October 29 and which training session you plan to attend