Event Title
Empowering Immigrant Community Members Through Education and Information
Location
Creative Lab
Event Website
http://jfon-ne.org/
Start Date
17-3-2017 2:15 PM
End Date
17-3-2017 3:00 PM
Event Type
Presentation
Description
Libraries in the United States have a long history of providing resources and educational programming to immigrants. Today, this role is especially relevant with the increasing immigrant population in addition to increasing uncertainty regarding the next administration’s policies on immigration. Libraries have a unique opportunity and responsibility to not only welcome our immigrant community members, but also to provide information and educational opportunities to protect and empower our immigrant friends, neighbors, and patrons.
Empowering Immigrant Community Members Through Education and Information
Creative Lab
Libraries in the United States have a long history of providing resources and educational programming to immigrants. Today, this role is especially relevant with the increasing immigrant population in addition to increasing uncertainty regarding the next administration’s policies on immigration. Libraries have a unique opportunity and responsibility to not only welcome our immigrant community members, but also to provide information and educational opportunities to protect and empower our immigrant friends, neighbors, and patrons.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/info-exchange/2017/Schedule/5
Comments
Mindy Rush Chipman is Justice For Our Neighbors-NE’s Senior Managing Attorney. She manages JFON-NE’s Rural Capacity Building and Immigrant-Focused Medical Legal Partnership programs, both aimed at promoting inclusivity by offering immigration education and advocacy, as well as direct immigration legal services to immigrants living in rural communities or receiving services from a partnering healthcare providers. Previously, Mindy worked as an attorney at Legal Aid of Nebraska, where she helped develop the Nebraska Immigration Legal Assistance Hotline (NILAH), and earlier had her own general law practice in Cass and Otoe counties. Mindy graduated with distinction in 2007 from Nebraska College of Law and is licensed to practice law in Nebraska and Colorado. She also received her Master’s degree in Information Science and Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri-Columbia and works to promote access to legal information throughout Nebraska.
Dearra Godinez is a Rural Capacity Building Attorney with Justice for Our Neighbors-NE. She joined JFON-NE’s Rural Capacity Building team to provide immigration education, advocacy, and legal services to Nebraska’s rural communities. She coordinates the team’s efforts on the eastern side of Nebraska. Dearra is a 2007 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney and a 2010 graduate of Oklahoma City University School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Nebraska and Oklahoma and is proficient in the Spanish language.