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Extended Deadline for Applications for Research Scholars Program

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Extended Deadline for Applications for Research Scholars Program

National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families

The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families has extended its deadline for applications for their Research Scholars Program. The new deadline is April 1st. If chosen, the scholar will receive a stipend of $7,500 for a 12-month period.

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Webinar: Green Cards and Public Charge: Who Could Be Denied Based on Benefits Use?

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Webinar: Green Cards and Public Charge: Who Could Be Denied Based on Benefits Use?

Migration Policy Institute (March 5, 2020)

In this webinar, experts from MPI will discuss the estimates of the population who may be denied a green card based on their existing use of benefits. They will also discuss the consequences of this new public charge rule and offer a Q&A session.

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National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is Now Accepting Applications for Research Scholars Program

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National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is Now Accepting Applications for Research Scholars Program

Applications due March 18, 2020 by 5:00PM ET

The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is now accepting applications for their Research Scholars Program. The Center will award up to two stipends of $7,500 for a 12-month period to scholars interested in pursuing research in one of the Center’s four research priority areas.

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Job Posting With The Kino Border Initiative for a Volunteer Coordinator

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Job Posting With The Kino Border Initiative for a Volunteer Coordinator

Kino Border Initiative (May, 2019)

The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for animating persons and communities to solidarity with the migrants that the Kino Border Initiative serves. This role includes collaborating with all KBI staff team to implement programs, recruiting and engaging volunteers with KBI, and ensuring compliance with the KBI Safe Environment Program.

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CICW November 2019 workshop information and resources

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CICW November 2019 workshop information and resources

The Center of Immigration and Child Welfare (November, 2019)

The Center of Immigration and Child Welfare recently held a workshop to discuss immigration policies, challenges immigrants face, and best practices for working with immigrants and their families. To help support the agencies who work directly with immigrant clients the CICW put together a list of resources for this workshop. The information presented at the workshop as well as the list of resources are now available on the CICW website and can be accessed here:

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Diving Into Immigration Law: Immigration Law 101 Part 2 November 6, 2019

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Diving Into Immigration Law: Immigration Law 101 Part 2

Immigration Legal Resource Center, (November 6, 2019)

This is part two of a two-part series that will provide a basic framework for diving into immigration law. This may be especially helpful for practitioners new to the field, or those who know one or two areas of immigration law but want to get a better understanding of the whole.

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Webinar: Diving Into Immigration Law: Immigration Law 101 Part 1

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Webinar: Diving Into Immigration Law: Immigration Law 101 Part 1

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (October 30, 2019)

This is part one of a two-part series that will provide a basic framework for diving into immigration law. They will provide a basic framework where they will discuss the various agencies involved in immigration law, acronyms, the structure of the Act, and an overview of affirmative applications and removal proceedings. They will also discuss admission and selected grounds of inadmissability and deportability.

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27th Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) Conference

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27th Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) Conference

New Mexico State University (October 31 – November 5, 2019)

This conference will focus on presentations that point to new directions in research, policy, and practice in early education and care. THe topics will emphasize the intersections of theory, collective activism, and reconceptualizing practices in work with children, families, and communities. Within this larger framework, this year’s theme is Border/lands and (Be)longings.

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