Confronting Anti-Blackness Against Immigrant Survivors in Civil Legal Systems

Nov 09, 2023 2:00PM—4:00PM

Cost Free and Open to OVW LAV grantees/sub-grantees, STOP sub-grantees, and potential grantees

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Confronting Anti-Blackness Against Immigrant Survivors in Civil Legal Systems

Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 2-4pm ET

(1-3pm CT/12-2pm MT/11am-1pm PT/8-10am HT) 

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Anti-Blackness is embedded in America’s civil legal systems, including immigration, child welfare, juvenile justice, and public benefits. This interactive webinar, appropriate for all levels, will examine the anti-Blackness faced by immigrant survivors in these systems. Through the presentation of case scenarios, presenters will explore the damaging intersection of anti-Blackness in civil legal systems and the discretionary nature of many forms of survivor-based immigration relief. Practitioners will leave the webinar with practical tips for confronting anti-Blackness and helping Black immigrant survivors obtain survivor-based immigration relief in the face of systemic racism. 

Speakers:  

  • Marissa Alexander, ICJR Sr. Specialist, Ujima, Inc.: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community
  • Kelly Head, Staff Attorney, ASISTA Immigration Assistance
  • Millicent Shaw Phipps, Director of Legal Programs, Ujima, Inc.: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community
  • Cristina Velez, Legal & Policy Director, ASISTA Immigration Assistance 
  • Ayana Wallace Vieux, MS, TTA Manager, Ujima, Inc.: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community

Note: An application for 2 TX MCLE credit hours is pending. 

Who can participate in this webinar? ASISTA is offering this webinar to OVW LAV grantees/sub-grantees, STOP sub-grantees, and potential grantees.

Please contact Maria Lazzarino at manager@asistahelp.org with any questions.

This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-21-GK-02240-MUMU awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.