PRESS RELEASE
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Media Contact: Eric L. Steckel, Communications Manager
510-768-3147
[email protected]
Catholic Charities of the East Bay to Provide Free Citizenship
Services
Largest East Bay provider of immigration legal services to
collaborate on Citizenship Workshop June 13 at Hayward City
Hall.
OAKLAND, Calif. June 9, 2015 Catholic Charities of the East Bay,
a social services agency
serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, will provide free
citizenship services at Hayward
City Hall on June 13. In partnership with the East Bay
Naturalization Collaborative and the City
of Hayward, Catholic Charities is organizing a citizenship
application workshop to provide
assistance to those who might otherwise be unable to afford an
attorney.
We want to help as many members of our community become citizens
as we possibly
can on June 13, said Christopher Martinez, director of legal
services at Catholic Charities and
the logistics coordinator for the workshop. Those attending the
event can receive free
assistance with:
A step-by-step review of the naturalization process.
An assessment of their ability to naturalize.
Application preparation & document packaging, if eligible to
naturalize.
Application review by an immigration attorney or qualified legal
representative.
We want to thank Mayor Barbara Halliday and members of the city
council for their
leadership, and David Korth, Neighborhood Services Manager, who
helped organize the event,
said Mr. Martinez. By providing free citizenship services at a
venue like Hayward City Hall, we
are responding to a real need in south Alameda County. We are
responding to our church and
government leaders in welcoming the stranger.
The Catholic Church is the largest provider of social services
throughout Alameda and
Contra Costa Counties. Catholic Charities, founded in 1935, is
the visible face of the Diocese of
Oakland in that work, and is a Board of Immigration Appeals
(BIA) recognized organization with
licensed attorneys and BIA-accredited representatives on
staff.
Event Details:
What: Citizenship Application and Fee Waiver Assistance
Workshop
When: June 13, 2015 @ 9:30 am 2:30 pm
Where: Hayward City Hall; 777 B Street; Hayward, CA 94541
For more information, or to register for the workshop visit
www.cceb.org. For those
interested in volunteering, please visit www.ebnatz.org.
About Catholic Charities of the East Bay: Catholic Charities of
the East Bay (CCEB) is a social services agency headquartered in
Oakland, California. In the last fiscal year, Catholic Charities
served over 8,000 clients in three primary programs: "Fostering
Self-Sufficiency" provides services designed to strengthen families
and increase income to livable wages. "Welcoming the Stranger"
offers legal immigration, refugee relocation, and refugee
employment services. "Healing Trauma" delivers immediate and
sustained support to victims of crime, especially those impacted by
community, domestic, and family violence, as well as mental health
treatment to students and adolescents experiencing multiple,
ongoing incidences of trauma. For more information, visit
www.cceb.org. About The East Bay Naturalization Collaborative: The
East Bay Naturalization Collaborative is comprised of nine (9)
legal services and community-based organizations, who have joined
together to provide free and low cost naturalization and other
immigration-related services to residents of the East Bay area.
Collaborative members are: Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach,
Catholic Charities of the East Bay, Centro Legal de la Raza, East
Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Immigrant Legal Resource Center,
International Institute of the Bay Area, International Rescue
Committee, Korean Community Center of the East Bay, and the Jewish
Family and Childrens Services of the East Bay.
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510-768-3147
Mobile: 415-713-2220 E-mail: [email protected]
