Translate

EIIC

March 11, Humanity’s Opposites – Beginning with Ireland, Aesthetic Realism Theatre Special Event

Humanity’s Opposites—Beginning with Ireland
An Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company production
of Eli Siegel’s great 1971 lecture on Sean O’Casey’s

Sunday, March 11, at 2:30 PM
Aesthetic Realism Foundation,
141 Greene Street
New York, NY 10012

For reservation call: (212) 777-4490 – Contribution $15

What is the meaning for our lives to be found in the literature, culture, and history of Ireland ? This stirring presentation will feature part of a lecture by the American critic and poet Eli Siegel of Sean O’Casey’s drama “Juno and the Paycock,” with scenes from the play. There will also be much-beloved Irish songs sung and commented on, such as “Molly Malone” and “Wearin’ o’ the Green.” And more, including “Good Will: The Greatest Practicality,” by Ellen Reiss, showing how the need for good will has been urgent throughout Irish history.

•

with scenes from the play

And–Irish Songs—with comment

And–”Good Will: The Greatest Practicality” by Ellen Reiss

 


 

2012 Briscoe Awards will take place on Monday January 30th at the “21 Club”, 6pm

View Photos from 2012 Briscoe Awards

For Immediate Release

1/19/2012

Emerald Isle Immigration Center will honor Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Sandra March, Trustee of the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System at the 19th Annual Robert Briscoe Awards to be held at the “21 Club” on January 30th. The event celebrates the contribution of a member of the New York’s Jewish Community to better the lives of immigrants. Robert Briscoe, after whom the award was named, was elected the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1956.

Brian O’Dwyer, Esq. Chairman of the Emerald Isle said of the honorees that: “Each has contributed a great deal to immigrants in their respective areas. Sandra March has worked to educate immigrants and improve the education system. Marty Markowitz has welcomed immigrants to Brooklyn and worked with them closely throughout his career.” The event has previously honored such luminaries as Senator Charles Schumer, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Broadcaster Gabe Pressman.

Robert Briscoe was at the forefront of the movement for Irish Independence at the beginning of the Twentieth Century and played a significant role in the early days of the Irish Free State. He accompanied Eamon de Valera on his vital diplomatic mission to New York in 1919. Following the creation of Fianna Fáil he became a Member of Parliament and served until 1965, after which his seat was won by his son Ben.

The event supports the vital work of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in assisting immigrants and supporting those on the margins of our community. Since its foundation in 1988, the Center has served the most vulnerable immigrants, providing legal services, seniors’ programs and comprehensive social services to the Tri-State Area. Over its twenty-four years in operation, Emerald Isle has worked to ease the pressure of immigration and to improve the position of immigrants in the US.

Reservations for the event are required and admittance is $125, with all net proceeds going to support the work of Emerald Isle. The reception will begin at 6pm and finish at 8pm.

RSVP online or for more information on the event and possible sponsorships contact Eoin Delap, Development Coordinator. Email: edelap@eiic.org; or phone: (718) 478 5502 ext 204.

###

Download
Download the .pdf version

MetroPCS Leaders and Scholars Program Awarding Scholarships – Deadline Nov. 30

INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE (pdf)

PROGRAM APPLICATION (pdf)

MetroPCS LLC, the presenting sponsor of the 2012 SNY Invitational, has established a scholarship program to assist high school students from the New York City metropolitan area who plan to continue their education. The MetroPCS Leaders and Scholars Program rewards high school students who excel in the classroom, are involved in volunteer activities, and give back to their community. MetroPCS calls the program the Leaders and Scholars Program because in addition to helping students in New York go to college, we also want to motivate students to become involved in their community.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants for these scholarships must be high school students in grades 11 and 12 with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent). Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of past academic performance, future leadership potential in school, community services/activities, work experience, statement of career and educational aspirations and goals, unusual personal or family circumstances, and an essay. For a full list of requirements, guidelines and to print out the application, visit www.snyinvitational.com.

AWARDS

Scholarships of $2,500 each will be awarded to four students at each high school whose basketball team is participating in the 2011 SNY Invitational. These scholarships could be used for current secondary school expenses or future first-year undergraduate study.

Another four $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to other high school students in the New York Tri-State area (for a list of eligible counties go to www.snyinvitational.com.) These scholarships are for students who, upon graduation from high school, plan to enroll in full time undergraduate study at an accredited two year or four year college, university or vocational-technical school and can be used for current secondary school expenses.

APPLICATION

Interested students must complete an application (including essay) and mail it along with a current, complete transcript of grades to Scholarship Management Services® postmarked no later than November 30.

Grade reports are not acceptable. All applicants from designated high schools (St. Raymond High School for Boys, Benjamin Cardozo High School, Thomas Jefferson High School and St. Anthony High School) will receive acknowledgment of receipt of their application. Additional applicants from non-designated tournament schools will receive acknowledgment of receipt of their application only if their application was one of the first 800 received. Official scholarship forms are available in a downloadable format and accessible by clicking through to snyinvitational.com.

Applicants are responsible for gathering and submitting all necessary information in one envelope. Applications are evaluated on the information supplied; therefore, answer all questions as completely as possible. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated. All information received is considered confidential and is reviewed only by Scholarship Management Services®.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Questions regarding the scholarship program should be addressed to:

MetroPCS Leaders and Scholars Program Scholarship Management Services®
One Scholarship Way, Saint Peter, MN 56082
Telephone: (507) 931-1682

Save the Date – 2012 Briscoe Awards

Save the date – our popular upcoming 2012 Briscoe Awards will be held January 30, 2012 at the 21 Club, from 6:00-8:00pm.  More information to come!

PRESS RELEASE – October 3, 2011 – EIIC Assistance with green card lottery applications

EMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER

 

PRESS RELEASE – October 3, 2011

Download full Press Release (.pdf)

EIIC staff offer assistance with green card lottery applications October 4th through November 5th, 2011

The annual diversity visa lottery registration and application period will open again on October 4th for those who are eligible and interested in applying for a green card and permanent residence in the United States. For the ninth year, applications will only be accepted online via the U.S. Department of State official website at www.dvlottery.state.gov.

In recent years there has been an increase in online scams and false promises of green cards for a fee and expediting service. EIIC‟s Immigration Attorney and Director of Immigration Legal Services, John Stahl, Esq., urged those interested in applying, “There is no fee to apply and there is only one official website to register.” He continued to advise individuals to ignore any email offers to help complete or expedite the application process. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

The immigration legal services staff at the Center is once again appealing to potential applicants to apply early this year. Immigration legal services staff has helped many apply who are currently in the United States on the visa waiver program or on a temporary work visa and are still in status. “The green card lottery is an yearly opportunity for qualified applicants who are legally in the United States or overseas to attain permanent resident status here with no strings attached”, according to EIIC‟s Immigration Legal Services Director, John Stahl.

The staff at the center caution, however, that the official DV Lottery website can get frozen the closer the deadline of noon on Saturday, November 5th approaches. Regretfully, we will be unable to accommodate last minute walk-ins during the final week of the DV Lottery registration period. Please call either of our offices if you need assistance with your application.

Alternatively, please note the dates of our upcoming public meetings from 6pm to 8pm:

October 12, 2011, Bayridge St. Patrick’s Church, Archway Room, 9511 4th Avenue, Bayridge, NY

October 19, 2011, Queens EIIC Office, 59-26 Woodside Ave, 2nd Floor, Woodside, NY 11377

October 20, 2011, Bronx EIIC Office, 4275 Katonah Ave, Woodlawn, NY 10470

Check our website for additional dates at www.eiic.org

If you are a member of a local group or organization and would like our staff to speak to your group on the DV Lottery in October or on any immigration topic at a future meeting, please contact John Stahl, Director of Legal Services and Immigration Attorney at 718-478-5502, extension 201.

Each year, 50,000 green cards are made available through a lottery system to individuals who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. The State Department’s Kentucky Consular Center holds the annual lottery and chooses winners randomly from about 15 million qualified entries. About 100,000 entries are selected and given the opportunity to apply for permanent residence. If permanent residence is granted, then the individual, their spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21 will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States. The DV Lottery is one of the few ways that exist to apply for a green card despite the low allocation of green cards to Ireland. „It is worth the effort, if you really do want a long term option to stay legally in America,‟ stated Siobhan Dennehy, EIIC’s Executive Director. “I equate the odds to playing the New York State Lottery as there are over 14 million applications from all over the world annually. Although you apply for the green card in 2011, you will not be notified about your application until 2012 and you won‟t actually receive the green card itself until 2013, that‟s why the call it the 2013 DV Lottery which can be confusing.”

Only natives of certain countries are eligible to apply for the green card lottery. Those born in the following countries are not eligible to apply for the DV-2013 lottery because a total of more than 50,000 immigrants came from these countries to the U.S. in the previous five years: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom and its dependent territories (except Northern Ireland) and Vietnam. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible. An applicant may, however, claim the country of birth of their spouse, if eligible, or of either parent if they were born in a country of which neither of their parents was a native or a resident at the time of their birth.

All applicants also must have a high school diploma or the equivalent, defined in the United States as the successful completion of a 12-year course of elementary and secondary education or they must have two years of work experience within the last five years in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform. Entries for the DV-2013 diversity visa lottery must be submitted electronically from noon on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 through noon on Saturday, November 5, 2011. Applicants may access the electronic diversity visa entry form at www.dvlottery.state.gov only during the 30-day registration period beginning October 4th. Paper entries will not be accepted. All entries by an applicant will be disqualified if more than one entry for the applicant is received, regardless of who submitted the entry. Applicants may prepare and submit their own entries, or have someone submit the entry for them. The Department of State will issue DV lottery entrants an electronic confirmation number and notice upon receipt of a correctly completed Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form.

Applicants must also attach separate digital photographs of themselves, their spouses and unmarried children less than 21 years of age (except children who are already permanent residents or U.S. citizens). The photographs must be in the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format and meet specific resolutions (minimum 600 pixels high by 600 pixels wide), color depths (24-bit color) and kilobytes (maximum 240 KB) requirements. If a photograph print is scanned, the print must be two inches square and be scanned at a resolution of 300 dots per inch (dpi) and with specific color depths. If the digital image does not conform to the specifications, the application will be automatically disqualified.

Applicants will be selected at random by computer from among all qualified entries. All applicants will be required to go back to the website to find out whether their entry has been selected in the DV-2013 lottery or to find out they have not been selected. Selectees will only be notified of their selection through the “entry status check” available starting May 1, 2012 at the website www.dvlottery.state.gov. The online entry status check will be the only means by which selectees will be notified of their selection for DV-2013. The Kentucky Consular Center will not be mailing out notification letters. Those selected in the random drawing are not notified of their selection by e-mail. Those individuals not selected will be notified of their non-selection through the web-based “entry status check.”

No fee is charged to enter the annual DV program. The U.S. Government employs no outside consultants or private services to operate the DV program. Any intermediaries or others who offer assistance to prepare submissions for applicants do so without the authority or consent of the U.S. Government. Use of any outside intermediary or assistance to prepare a DV entry is entirely at the applicant’s discretion. A qualified entry submitted electronically directly by an applicant has an equal chance of being selected by the computer at the Kentucky Consular Center as does an entry submitted electronically through a paid intermediary who completes the entry for the applicant.

The current immigration laws carry heavy penalties for visa overstays. Those who have overstayed their visa by 6 months, face a 3 year bar upon their departure from the United States, if they have overstayed for one year or more, they are subject to a 10 year bar. Successful lottery applicants who are undocumented in the US must be processed for a visa at a US Consulate abroad under existing immigration laws. Departing the US will trigger the 3 or 10 year bars making them ineligible for a visa. Undocumented lottery winners with a relative petition or an employer labor certification pending before April 30, 2001, may be eligible to be interviewed in the United States under Section 245(i), provided they have not triggered the 3/10 year bars by leaving the US.

Inquiries may be made to the EIIC at their Woodside, Queens office at (718) 478-5502 or at their Woodlawn, Bronx office at (718) 324-3039 or on the EIIC website www.eiic.org. Both centers along with the Aisling Irish Community Center on McLean Avenue (914) 237-5121 in Yonkers are currently scheduling DV applications.

EIIC PUBLIC IMMIGRATION INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS & 2013 DV LOTTERY ASSISTANCE

BROOKLYN – Wednesday, October 12th 6:00pm – 8:00pm
St. Patrick’s Church, Archway Room
9511 4th Avenue, Bayridge, NY

QUEENS – Wednesday, October 19th 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Emerald Isle Immigration Center, Woodside office
59-26 Woodside Avenue, Woodside, NY

BRONX – Thursday, October 20th 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Emerald Isle Immigration Center, Woodlawn office
4275 Katonah Avenue, Bronx, NY

*Major Funding received from NYC Department for Aging, New York City Council, Immigrant Opportunity Initiatives, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and American Ireland Fund
EMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER
 
WOODSIDE, QUEENS
59-26 Woodside Avenue
Woodside, NY 11377
(718) 478-5502
Fax: (718) 446-3727
 
WOODLAWN, BRONX
4275 Katonah Avenue
Woodlawn, NY 10470
(718) 324-3039
Fax: (718) 324-7741