Are you passionate about protecting immigrant rights and fighting unjust deportations? Do you want to be able to connect people facing deportation in your community to free legal aid through the Equity Corps of Oregon (ECO) program?
 
Pueblo Unido PDX is training volunteers throughout Oregon to serve as legal service access points for people who are in removal proceedings at the Portland Immigration Court. We invite you to join us for our next free Equity Corps Navigator Training opportunities led by Pueblo Unido PDX and hosted by Centro Latino Americano and Catholic Community Services on Monday, December 9 at Centro Latino Americano (944 W. 5th Ave. Eugene, OR 97401) from 9am-1:05pm.

The first training will serve as an Orientation for Community Navigators who are new to the Equity Corps program, and is scheduled between 9am-10:30am. The second training will focus on Interview Skills for Navigators, and is scheduled between 10:35am-1:05pm. More information about the Equity Corps program and the navigator role is available at http://equitycorps.org/. Completion of both trainings is required to become a certified Community Navigator.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by Thursday, December 5 at 9pm.

In preparation for the training, consider watching the Core Asylum Law Videos (1-12) found at this link: https://innovationlawlab.org/center-of-excellence-training/. Another helpful video (in Spanish) on U.S. asylum law is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayJ7cm1b4eY. Please also read up on the Defensive Asylum process in the U.S., found at this link: https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/defensive-asylum.html.

Finally, please bring a laptop and lunch with you to the training if you are able to do so. You are welcome to share this invitation with anyone in your networks who might be interested. If you would like to partner with Pueblo Unido to host a future Equity Corps Navigator Training in your community, please email us at cam@equitycorps.org.