Starting October 6, 2022, we will be running a weekly workshop to help prepare non-detained individuals for their asylum merits hearings. Please check out the attached flyers, and help us to disseminate widely!
What: services are offered:
- Multi-lingual informational and interactive sessions aimed at teaching basics of asylum law and rights in removal proceedings
- Nuts and bolts of individual merits hearings
- Review of, and help translating, foreign-language documents
- Country conditions packets
- A therapist and community organizers will offer activities as part of this program
- University or law students may be available to observe individual hearings for participants who wish to have observers/supporters
· Refreshments will be offered
Who: we welcome individuals who:
· Are pro se asylum seekers in removal proceedings
· Are literate or have supportive relatives/friends who can help them read/write
· Have an individual merits hearing scheduled within ~6 months of the training (Flexible)
When:
· Thursday mornings from 9 AM - 12 PM
· October 6, 13, 20, 27
· Participants are asked to attend all sessions of the workshop series
Where:
· Richmond, CA – Accessible by Bart/Public Transportation
How: · Call 510-439-3886 to register!
DVC operates a dental clinic where the public can get teeth cleanings and other dental services at low cost. Dentists in the community come to the Pleasant Hill campus to work with DVC dental hygienist students and help them get the experience they need to graduate from the dental hygienist program. The students working with patients speak both English and Spanish. More information about the clinic is here. Details about DVC's dental hygienist training program are here.
