Sam Guillory introduced Jessica Nicholas, who is a Citizenship & DACA Program Manager for The Immigration Project in Bloomington-Normal.
The Immigration Project is a local, not-for-profit organization founded in 1995 with the goal of ensuring legal access to the Immigrant population in downstate Illinois. Between the two physical office locations (Bloomington-Normal & Champaign-Urbana), 86 counties in Illinois are served. The Immigration Project provides legal services as well as social services including:
Assistance with citizenship applications, green card renewal, family-based immigration petitions
Assistance for victims of crimes
Family reunification
Removal defense
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
Assistance with housing programs
Case management and community referral assistance
Family resource program (assistance accessing public benefits)
Reid Butts: This year's (15th Annual) Flower Sale will be held Wednesday, May 8-Saturday, May 11 at The Shoppes at College Hills. Please visit the website and sign up for your volunteer shifts! Another great way to promote this event is to share our Facebook posts! We'll have posters and yard signs at next week's meeting and can use everyone's help distributing them around town.
Alyx Merritt: IWU's Circle K Trivia Night will be held on Sunday, April 14th at 7pm in the Young Main Lounge at IWU's Memorial Center. Admission to the event is at least 3 non-perishable food items to benefit Midwest Food Bank (the more you bring, the more prize entries you get!). We have plenty of space left on our team so if you're interested in attending, please let Alyx know!
President: Matt Hawkins President-Elect: Scott Seibring Vice-President: Kathleen Lorenz Immediate Past President: Paula Pratt Treasurer: Scott Davis Secretary: Gail Dobbins Asst. Secretary: Andrea Raycraft 2022-2024 Directors: Rick Mehall, Dean Messinger, Ben Mitzelfelt, Cathy Oloffson,
Steve Timmerman 2023-2025 Directors: Alyx Merrit, Sonya Weber, Bob Freitag, Paul Lawrence
