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, Representative Eddie Rodriguez, University Leadership Initiative, the National Education Association, NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected Officials), and Univision.
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
- April 11, 2015
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 6-9 hours, including training session. 9am-4pm . (Students may sign up to work 9am-1pm, noon-4pm, or 9am-4pm)
- Training
- Wednesday, April 8, 7pm-8:30pm (TNH 2.123) OR Thursday, April 9, 11:45am-1:15pm (TNH 2.140)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Travis High School (1211 E. Oltorf, Austin, Texas 78704)
- Address
- 821 Gunter Street, Austin, TX 78702
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 24 (12 morning shift, 12 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 April 11 and which training session you plan to attend