What is TPS? Is there a difference between asylum seekers and refugees? What is legal migration and illegal migration? Are there any Haitian dreamers? Were Haitian families impacted by child separation? Having trouble understanding issues around immigration in the U.S.? Do you want to do more to support Haitian families, but not sure what you can do?
Immigration is a hot button issue in the United States, issues such a child separation, crowded detention centers and a back log of asylum cases also affect the Haitian Diaspora. Members of the Haitian Bridge Alliance and other organizations provide support to Haitian immigrants through legal assistance, preparation and translation of documents and much, much more.
The Association of Haitian Professionals invites you to an immigration information session where you will learn more about immigration policy, TPS, refugees, asylum seekers, DACA, and what organizations working with migrants do and how you can support them and their families that they help.
Featured Panelists:
Guerline Jozef, recipient of the AHP 2018 Community Engagement Award, serves as the executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance alongside 4 dynamic members to assist over 4,000 Haitian refugees who go through a dangerous journey from Brazil to California crossing 10 countries and 11 borders in search of a better life. Ms. Jozef also serves as the chairwoman of Word and Action a non-profit organization that aims to prevent and/or decrease the occurrence of child sexual abuse in our community. She also serves as an advisor to Voices against Violence in their efforts to prevent Domestic Violence in California and around the world. Ms. Jozef uses her platform FYI Radio Ministry with correspondents in Africa, South Korea, South America to give a voice to the voiceless coast to coast and around the world Alongside Power102.1FM.
Loide Rosa Jorge is a DC-based U.S. Immigration and Nationality law attorney, with over a decade of experience within the immigration legal arena. Loide Rosa Jorge brings a wealth of hands-on experience, dedication, and integrity to her practice. A graduate of American University, Washington College of Law, her mission is “to provide my clients with a safe space providing honest and thorough legal counsel.” Ms. Jorge also brings a personal touch to her practice. Having immigrated to the U.S. as a child with her family, she credits the honest and kind-hearted pro-bono attorneys who helped her family successfully navigate their immigration issues, as one of her inspirations to provide the same quality of service within her practice.
Loide is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) D.C. Chapter, a Board Member of the Ethiopian Community Center, and is the former chair and vice chair on Washington, D.C. Mayor Bowser’s Commission on African Affairs. She has also lobbied for the particular interests of African immigrants on Capitol Hill, frequently appearing on television and radio programs addressing the unique perspectives of immigrants. Loide regularly partners with faith and community-based organizations to conduct free immigration legal workshops.
Nana Brantuo is a doctoral candidate in the Minority and Urban Education program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her academic interests focus on the mobility, migration, and educational experiences and trajectories of African and African descendant peoples. Her work has taken her to various centers and institutions, including Howard University, the University of Ghana, Legon, the University of the West Indies, Cavehill, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the University of Havana – giving presentations, facilitating dialogues and workshops, and collaborating with activists, educators, policymakers, and researchers alike. She is also an adjunct professor and lectures on education and development in Sub-Saharan Africa at the George Washington University in the International Education Program. Alongside her academic pursuits, Nana works as a policy consultant for several non-profit organizations in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She has also published a number of articles for publications such as The Hill, PBS Newshour, Black Perspectives (African American Intellectual History Society), and OkayAfrica.
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What is TPS? Is there a difference between asylum seekers and refugees? What is legal migration and illegal migration? Are there any Haitian dreamers? Were Haitian families impacted by child separation? Having trouble understanding issues around immigration in the U.S.? Do you want to do more to support Haitian families, but not sure what you can do?
Immigration is a hot button issue in the United States, issues such a child separation, crowded detention centers and a back log of asylum cases also affect the Haitian Diaspora. Members of the Haitian Bridge Alliance and other organizations provide support to Haitian immigrants through legal assistance, preparation and translation of documents and much, much more.
The Association of Haitian Professionals invites you to an immigration information session where you will learn more about immigration policy, TPS, refugees, asylum seekers, DACA, and what organizations working with migrants do and how you can support them and their families that they help.
Featured Panelists:
Guerline Jozef, recipient of the AHP 2018 Community Engagement Award, serves as the executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance alongside 4 dynamic members to assist over 4,000 Haitian refugees who go through a dangerous journey from Brazil to California crossing 10 countries and 11 borders in search of a better life. Ms. Jozef also serves as the chairwoman of Word and Action a non-profit organization that aims to prevent and/or decrease the occurrence of child sexual abuse in our community. She also serves as an advisor to Voices against Violence in their efforts to prevent Domestic Violence in California and around the world. Ms. Jozef uses her platform FYI Radio Ministry with correspondents in Africa, South Korea, South America to give a voice to the voiceless coast to coast and around the world Alongside Power102.1FM.
Loide Rosa Jorge is a DC-based U.S. Immigration and Nationality law attorney, with over a decade of experience within the immigration legal arena. Loide Rosa Jorge brings a wealth of hands-on experience, dedication, and integrity to her practice. A graduate of American University, Washington College of Law, her mission is “to provide my clients with a safe space providing honest and thorough legal counsel.” Ms. Jorge also brings a personal touch to her practice. Having immigrated to the U.S. as a child with her family, she credits the honest and kind-hearted pro-bono attorneys who helped her family successfully navigate their immigration issues, as one of her inspirations to provide the same quality of service within her practice.
Loide is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) D.C. Chapter, a Board Member of the Ethiopian Community Center, and is the former chair and vice chair on Washington, D.C. Mayor Bowser’s Commission on African Affairs. She has also lobbied for the particular interests of African immigrants on Capitol Hill, frequently appearing on television and radio programs addressing the unique perspectives of immigrants. Loide regularly partners with faith and community-based organizations to conduct free immigration legal workshops.
Nana Brantuo is a doctoral candidate in the Minority and Urban Education program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her academic interests focus on the mobility, migration, and educational experiences and trajectories of African and African descendant peoples. Her work has taken her to various centers and institutions, including Howard University, the University of Ghana, Legon, the University of the West Indies, Cavehill, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the University of Havana – giving presentations, facilitating dialogues and workshops, and collaborating with activists, educators, policymakers, and researchers alike. She is also an adjunct professor and lectures on education and development in Sub-Saharan Africa at the George Washington University in the International Education Program. Alongside her academic pursuits, Nana works as a policy consultant for several non-profit organizations in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She has also published a number of articles for publications such as The Hill, PBS Newshour, Black Perspectives (African American Intellectual History Society), and OkayAfrica.
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