Education is Power - 2nd Annual Illinois Immigrant Integration Summit

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This Saturday, February 4, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is holding its 2nd Annual Immigrant Integration Summit. This Summit is themed: Education is Power

Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012
Time: 9am-1pm
Venue: Malcolm X College, 1900 West Van Buren, Chicago, IL

Registration information available on ICIRR website.

At the Summit, ICIRR will: 

• Host a Naturalization Workshop, assisting legal permanent residents fill out their U.S. citizenship forms.
• Launch their Uniting America civic engagement program; a partnership between ICIRR, the State of Illinois, and Americorps to unite native-born citizens with immigrant communities through volunteerism.
• Ratify their 2012 Policy Platform. 
• Hold policy workshops on issues ranging from Health and Human Services to Deportations to Running for Local School Council. 
• Plan their immigrant voter mobilization program for 2012.

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to get to the heart of issues in immigrant communities, get some valuable advice and come together with others to build a movement for positive change.

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