Volunteer Hosts Needed at Casa Marianella!

 

The shelter at Casa Marianella is currently over capacity and they are looking for ATX locals to host residents for 3 months. You will make a big difference in someone’s life and this is a great opportunity if you are interested in cultural connection and language learning. If you live centrally or have access to a bus line, you would be an especially great fit! If interested, please reach out to Jennifer Long at jlong@casamarianella.org

 

Join We Are All America, National Partnership for New Americans, The Justice Action Center, Refugee Advocacy Lab, and America’s Voice for the upcoming Refugee Matter’s episode on Immigration Narratives & Messaging. Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month with us by learning more about recommended messaging guidance to handle the anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric affecting our communities. Register here.

 

Join us for more community updates over dinner this month! We will meet at the Virginia Brown Rec Center, which is co-located with the St. John Library Branch. We're encouraging attendees to use this as an opportunity to get their Enhanced Library Card! The library is open until 8pm.

 

This meeting will be an opportunity to learn about the city's Resilience Office as they embark on building out their resilience framework. As a follow-up to our May meeting, we'll also learn more about the Community Investment Budget from Equity Action ATX. Lastly, we'll hear an update from UpTogether on the preliminary findings from Austin's Guaranteed Income Pilot Program. 

 

 

 

Join the Austin Refugee Roundtable for a special day of events celebrating refugees in our community! There will be family-friendly activities, a citizenship ceremony, voter registration, dance and musical performances, as well as an opportunity to sample global cuisine. FREE and open to the public!

 

As climate change accelerates, extreme weather events like storms, floods, and fires are becoming more frequent and intense. Immigrants and refugees are among the communities hit first and worst by climate disasters in the U.S. and are often left behind in response and recovery efforts. In this webinar, we'll share how immigrant justice organizations have been responding to extreme weather in a way that keeps our communities safe, builds power, and fights for racial and economic justice in our disaster response policies. Register here.

 

This webinar will feature NPNA and Climate Justice Collaborative Members: the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants (LORI), the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), Unite Oregon, and Woori Juntos.

Mark your calendars: #WelcomingWeek2023 is September 8-17 

Through Welcoming Week, organizations and communities bring together neighbors of all backgrounds to build strong connections and affirm the importance of welcoming and inclusive places in achieving collective prosperity. Visit the Welcoming Week website to access the toolkit and event guide.

The National Partnership for New Americans has created the Always Welcome Narrative 2.0 - Lifting of Title 42 guide. The narrative framework is part of NPNA's Title 42 Sunset Digital Toolkit. This suite of tools are meant to be a resource for our member and partners orgs especially in your welcoming work with state and local governments.