Podcasts about cara pro bono project

In this two part story, 88Nine speaks with two Milwaukee women -- one attorney and one interpreter -- who recently traveled to Dilley, TX as part of the CARA Pro Bono Project. They counseled undocumented refugee women to prepare for their initial "credible fear" interviews with immigration officials.

In this two part story, 88Nine speaks with two Milwaukee women -- one attorney and one interpreter -- who recently traveled to Dilley, TX as part of the CARA Pro Bono Project. They counseled undocumented refugee women to prepare for their initial "credible fear" interviews with immigration officials.

Originally from Colombia, Isabel Saavedra is an immigration attorney who moved to the United States in 1998. As the sister of our very own chief marketing officer at Driven Society, Natalia Saavedra, both Isabel and Natalia’s parents decided to leave Colombia to pursue a better future in the states for their children. Throughout college, Isabel always debated whether she wanted to be a social worker or an attorney. Due to this, she started to become very involved politically. By her junior year of college, Isabel knew that she wanted to become an attorney in an effort to help more people. In this episode of our Driven Minds Podcast, Isabel talks with us about becoming an attorney, working for the Cara Pro Bono Project, and the inhumane business practices behind the detainment of immigrants. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drivensocietypodcast/support

An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which legal editor Oren Nimni and senior editor Brianna Rennix talk about the Central American refugee crisis. Brianna is an attorney for asylum seekers on the southern border and Oren just traveled to Central America to see first-hand the effects of the Trump administration’s horrific anti-immigrant, anti-refugee policies. The two share what they have learned from their work and travels about the larger context of the refugee crisis you have been hearing about in the news. Donate to Brianna's organization, the CARA Pro Bono Project here. Many thanks to Dan Thorn and Anna Lathrop (@annaaybaci on Insta) for editing help on the episode. To listen to this episode — and gain access to our patrons' "Bird Feed" — consider becoming a monthly patron at our Patreon page. Call into Current Affairs anytime at (504) 867-8851.

EPISODE 16: I'm Going to the Border and I Need Your Help This week we have a special guest; our VERVE USA Operative Claire Ryder. Claire is a regular blogger for VERVE, and this week we are focussing on her blog entitled ‘I’m Going to the Border and I Need Your Help’. Based in Philadelphia, Claire is travelling to Texas to volunteer for CARA Pro Bono Project who ‘are committed to ensuring that detained children and their mothers receive competent, pro bono representation, and developing aggressive, effective advocacy and litigation strategies to end the practice of family detention.’ After Claire has read her blog, she talks with Anna Quick- Palmer (Chief Feminist Operative and VERVE Founder) and Erin Whiteley (Chief Managing Feminist at VERVE), about the dire situation regarding children immigrants being taken away from their parents at the border in the USA. Although a heavy topic, we talk about the previous volunteering trips that enriched us, and how we (and you!) can continue to bring peace and justice into our world. Claire will be going to the border at the beginning of October - due to the CARA being pro bono, no volunteers receive any funding. We would really appreciate ANY help you could give to Claire’s Go Fund Me page (link below) to assist her costs during her trip. Blog ‘I’m Going to the Border and I Need Your Help’ by American based VERVE Operative Claire Ryder: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/im-going-to-the-border-and-i-need-your-help Please donate to Claire’s Go Fund Me page here!: https://www.gofundme.com/cara-pro-bono-project More on CARA Pro Bono Project who Claire is volunteering for: http://caraprobono.org More information on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement Donate here: https://secure.everyaction.com/BS6Q9eElpEuRBxDyh9WxiA2 http://www.refugeewomen.co.uk https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/child-refugees/?sisearchengine=284&siproduct=Campaign_**Refugee-Crisis-Donation-Exact&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjsCGx-zY3QIVwoXVCh1TTQonEAAYASAAEgKwLvD_BwE https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies?cid=pse-gpcef_A17044001-crc_001-7E33384YW&ppc=true&matchtype=e&s_keyword=donate%2520to%2520refugees&adposition=1t3&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjsCGx-zY3QIVwoXVCh1TTQonEAAYAyAAEgL6DvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds https://helprefugees.org/volunteer/calais/ More on ‘This is not a game game’ by Samantha Bee: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/samantha-bee-full-frontal-civic-engagement-trivia-app-723633/ Good places to keep updated: https://www.theroot.com https://www.them.us https://www.aljazeera.com/news/ More blogs by Claire here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/?author=59550bfdb11be173fb853cef If you have anything you want to discuss with us: contact@verveup.com VERVE social links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Speaking: Anna Quick-Palmer - VERVE Chief Feminist Operative Erin Whiteley - VERVE Chief Managing Feminist Claire Ryder - USA VERVE Operative Helena Burton- Jones - VERVE Podcast Manager & Editor Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative

Katie Shepherd is the National Advocacy Counsel for the Immigration Justice Campaign at the American Immigration Council, where she focuses on legal advocacy and policy related to the asylum-seeking women and children detained in family detention centers around the country. Before joining the Council in August 2016, Katie was the Managing Attorney of the CARA Pro Bono Project in Dilley, Texas, where she managed a team of lawyers, advocates, and volunteers which provides legal services to asylum-seeking women and children detained in Dilley, Texas.