We partnered with the Political Asylum/Immigrant Refugee Project (PAIR) and hosted our first asylum intake clinic, completing 22 intakes in 2016. The Firm is grateful for this important collaboration and continues to assist with asylum case intakes. New volunteers take part in a training session that provides the goals of the intake process, an overview of asylum law, and an overview of working with trauma survivors.
Partner Leslie Ditrani volunteered in the field at the Dilley Detention Center in Dilley, TX in May 2019, spending a week preparing women for their credible fear interviews. Our Gives Back volunteers in Boston assisted Leslie’s efforts by providing remote interpretation via phone conferences for her Spanish speaking clients.
WR Immigration Strategy and Innovation Partner, Charina Garcia, has been asked to join the “Tell Your Story” speaker series, which features a diverse round table panel hosted by Prosper Marketplace and is streaming live on November 3, 2021, at noon PST. This continuing series is part of Prosper’s Employee Resource Group (ERG), African American Awareness & Cultural Exchange (AAACE). Charina Garcia, who is also the Managing Partner at WR Immigration’s Oakland office and has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World by the Foundation for Filipina Women’s Network, expressed how she is honored to be a part of this speaker series. Topics to be covered include: Generational Wealth (disparities of homeownership) Move from using the word Under-Represented person to using the word Excluded person. Being or becoming a Black leader in a Corporate America Using tech (AI, Data) to overcome systemic issues and provide important information to the Excluded i.e., Equitable resources What does Black Excellence mean to you? All are welcome to join. Those that wish to do so may join by clicking this link to stream the conversation live on Zoom on November 3, noon pacific.
