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> From: GenderJUST <[email protected]> > Date: December 12, 2008 8:56:47 PM CST > To: <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <lgbtqaservices- > [email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Subject: [chicagosocialists] FW: Save the Dates! March 26-27, 2009 > Conference on Improving LGBT Asylum and Refugee Protection > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > From: "Trisha Chokshi" <[email protected]> > Date: December 12, 2008 1:42:26 PM CST > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Pearl Pickett" <[email protected]> > Subject: [immigrants] FW: [DWN] Save the Dates! March 26-27, 2009 > Conference on Improving LGBT Asylum and Refugee Protection > > MCHR Immigrant Detention Committee - > > > > Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center will be > hosting a conference on LGBT and HIV asylum and refugee claims in > Chicago on March 26-27, 2009. The conference will bring together > policy advocates and legal professionals working with LGBT and HIV- > positive asylum seekers to share knowledge, expertise, and > strategies for reforming U.S. protection of these individuals from > harm in their home countries. For more information regarding the > conference, please see the announcement below. > > > > NIJC welcomes co-sponsors for this event and any interested > organizations should contact Eric Berndt at (312) 660-1364 or > [email protected]. > > > > Thanks, and have a wonderful weekend! > > > > Trisha > > > > TRISHA CHOKSHI > Associate Coordinator > Midwest Coalition for Human Rights > c/o Heartland Alliance > 208 South LaSalle Street |Suite 1818 > Chicago, IL 60604 > Tel: (312) 660-1612 |Fax: (312) 660-1505 > E-mail: [email protected] > > Website: www.MidwestHumanRights.org > Communities: Facebook | YouTube | The Hub | Twitter > > From: On Behalf Of Tara Magner > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [DWN] Save the Dates! March 26-27, 2009 Conference on > Improving LGBT Asylum and Refugee Protection > > -------------------------------------------- > > LGBT and HIV Asylum and Refugee Claims: Increasing Protection Under > a New Administration > > Chicago, Illinois > > Dates: March 26-27, 2009 > > Heartland Alliance and the National Immigrant Justice Center > (NIJC), will host,"LGBT and HIV Asylum and Refugee Claims: > Increasing Protection Under a New Administration " in Chicago, > Illinois from March 26-27, 2009. The conference will bring together > policy advocates and legal professionals working with LGBT and HIV- > positive asylum seekers to share knowledge, expertise, and > strategies for reforming United States protection of these > individuals from harm in their original countries. Legal > professionals will share and refine best practices for representing > LGBT asylum seekers and will create and deepen networks for sharing > documentation related to these claims. This legal expertise will > inform a discussion and prioritization of administrative and legal > reforms within the new administration and Congress, and a > coordinated plan to achieve these reforms. In addition, Heartland > Alliance will be hosting foreign LGBT advocacy groups at a > simultaneous meeting, and attendees will be able to meet and work > with these groups during shared networking functions. > > For further information, please contact Eric Berndt, supervisor of > Heartland Alliance and NIJC's National Asylum Partnership on Sexual > Minorities, a project dedicated to obtaining asylum and other > protection for LGBT and HIV-positive immigrants, at > [email protected] or by phone at (312) 660-1364. > > -------------------------------- > > Yours truly, > > Eric > > Eric Berndt > > Supervising Attorney > > National Immigration Justice Center > > National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities > > 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1818 > > Chicago, IL 60604 > > (312) 660-1364 (tel) > > (312) 660-1505 (fax) > > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic (1)Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > Messages | Files | Photos | Links > MARKETPLACE > From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch > format to Traditional > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe > RECENT ACTIVITY > 22 > New Members > Visit Your Group > Yahoo! News > Odd News > You won't believe > it, but it's true > Group Charity > California Pet > Rescue: Furry > Friends Rescue > Yahoo! Groups > Going Green Zone > Resources for a greener planet. > Resources for a greener you. > . > > __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
