Hands-On Mega Group Application Workshop Training

Sponsored by:
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC),
Immigration Advocates Network, and
NALEO Educational Fund
The  New Americans Campaign

This one-day, hands-on training gives immigrant advocates, community-based organizers and legal service providers the knowledge of planning and implementing a large "mega" group application workshop serving 250 or more people for naturalization, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and future comprehensive immigration reform.  CLINIC invites staff of affiliates and other community-based organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, and attorneys and legal worker staff of private law offices to attend.

This training will be highly interactive with minimal lecturing.  Participants will be immersed in the following discussion topics and exercises:

• The naturalization group application workshop model and stages
• Training resources
• Media outreach, planning and organizing
• How to increase efficiency by using technology such as CitizenshipWorks and CLINIC's self-directed e-learning course on naturalization
• Workshop set-up
• Red flags relevant to DACA and naturalization
• Hypothetical situations
• Best practices and strategies
• Creating a workshop plan of action for local implementation
• Future considerations for comprehensive immigration reform