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Information Meetings on President’s Executive Action on Immigration

President Obama has announced his Executive Action to provide administrative relief to certain individuals without immigration status currently in the United States. Early details indicate that his plan will help long-term undocumented parents of children who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents by giving them authorization to work legally and protecting them from deportation. We will have more official details about the program in the days and weeks ahead. In the meantime you can attend information meetings organized by the Irish Centers in the region (NYIC, Emerald Isle Immigration Center and Aisling Irish Community Center ), addressing the changes in US Immigration policy brought by this Executive Action. These information meetings will be held on the following times and dates at the following locations:

Monday, December 1st at 6:00pm – St Barnabas High School Auditorium (H.S. Chapel). Entrance is located at corner of E. 241st Street and McLean Avenue, Woodlawn.

Tuesday, December 2nd at 6:00pm – Sunnyside Community Services Center, 43-31 39th St, Sunnyside, NY 11104.

Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:00pm – St. Sebastian’s Parish Center, 39-60 57th St, Woodside, NY 11377 (Bilingual Attorney Kelly Becker-Smith will be hosting the Dec-3 event).

Experts will be on hand to answer your questions.

Be advised that no one is eligible at this time for these benefits announced by the president. The applications process will not start before May 2015.  Beware of any scams offering the ability to apply for benefits immediately under this new program.

Contact an Irish Center for the most accurate information and advice.

You can read more about the president’s Executive Action in the Coalition of Irish Immigration Center’s press release.

 

EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS THIS WEEK

NOVEMBER 17, 2014
EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS THIS WEEK
While nothing has been confirmed, President Obama has indicated that he intends to announce a broad overhaul of the current immigration enforcement system by the end of this year. He may take executive action as soon as this coming week to help up to five million unauthorized immigrants. Sources indicate that his plan would help undocumented parents of children who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents by giving them authorization to work legally and protecting them from deportation, which would relieve many families’ fears of being separated.

Please keep checking our Facebook page and Twitter feed for updates on any White House announcements, further details of the plan, and any public information events that we will host.

2014 EIIC Annual Dinner Dance

2014 EIIC Annual Dinner Dance

Celebrate with us our 26th anniversary and help us to keep our services

Friday, October 24th, 2014

 7:00 p.m.

Astoria World Manor 25-22 Astoria Boulevard, New York 11102

 Join us as we honor three individuals who exemplify the spirit of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center and acknowledge their outstanding contributions to the Irish Community.

Honorable Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Borough President

Mary McMahon, Shamrock Gift Shop McLean Avenue

 Mr. Michael Mulgrew, President, United Federation of Teachers (UFT)

 

 

World Suicide Awareness Day – Sept 10, 2014

Wish Lanterns
September 10, 2014, 7pm

Come and join us on September 10th at 7:00pm, where we will use this valuable opportunity to create awareness, and offer support to those who may need it. Happiness can blossom from finding new hope; our aim is to plant that seed.

New York Irish Center
10-40 Jackson Ave, LIC, Queens, NY 11101
718 482 0909
www.nyirish.org

Last stop on the 7 before Grand Central at Vernon Blvd./Jackson Ave.
Lots of local parking after 7pm

In light of World Suicide Awareness day, we as a community plan to meet here at the New York Irish Center and head off to the East River, where we will then set off wish lanterns. For some, these lanterns will represent hope and desire, for others they will be a tribute to someone whom they have lost to suicide, and for the rest, they will be a means of showing their support, consideration, and open arms to anyone who may be experiencing a difficult time. This small gesture is our ways of saying we are here for you, we care, and we want to help you.

As a strong and ever-growing community working our way towards a point where we are free from suicide is something we here at the New York Irish Center strive for. Together, it is possible to shift the attention from the devastating aftermath of a suicide to noticing and treating the acts that lead to suicide. Suicide is irreversible, however, it is preventable. By reaching out to someone who you think is suffering could save a life.For many people, suicide and depression are not just sad news, they are reality and to try and understand how this feels is complex and challenging, but that does not mean we cannot help. In fact, it means we need to be able to recognize pain and suffering and help to the best of our ability to guide that person to a better place- whether it be a loved one, a dear friend, a colleague or a neighbor, you can help them ease their emotional turmoil. You do not have to carry your burdens alone. Suffering in silence can prove to be fatal, there is always that sliver of light that never truly burns out, and that light represents hope, along with a huge opportunity to develop and transform.

Come to the Center at 7pm.

If you can’t make it, find a moment to light a candle on September 10th for those that have left us in this way, or have survived.