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From YouTube: September Twin Cities Immigration Forum: September, 2023
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The September Twin Cities Immigration Forum included a recognition of Welcoming Week 2023, with presentations from representatives of Welcoming America, the YMCA and Twin Cities Rise! September’s forum also included an overview of the Northstar Act, DL4A updates, immigration and community news and more.
A
Forum
I'm
edwi
ho
I'm,
an
assistant
City
attorney
with
the
city
of
St,
Paul
and
I,
am
charg
with
managing
and
developing
The
Immigrant
Refugee
program
for
the
city
of
St
Paul.
Together
with
my
co-host
co-host
Michelle
Rivero
from
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
we
Host
this
monthly
meeting
to
address
topics
of
interest
and
concern
to
immigrants
and
Refugee
residents
and
individuals
and
organizations
that
serve
immigrant
Refugee
community.
A
This
monthly
series
originated
as
a
way
to
unpack
Federal
immigration
policies,
programs,
actions
and
news.
The
Forum
has
expanded
Beyond
immigration
updates
to
include
discussions
on
a
variety
of
topics,
touching
Minnesota
residents
with
community
and
government
speakers
and
updates,
and
with
that
I'll
turn
over
to
Michelle,
to
introduce
herself.
B
Hi
everybody,
my
name
is
Michelle
Rivero
I'm,
the
director
of
the
office
of
immigrant
and
Refugee
Affairs
for
the
city
of
minneapol
Apolis,
an
office
that
is
dedicated
to
ensuring
that
Minneapolis
residents
are
able
to
achieve
lives
of
safety,
safety,
dignity
and
prosperity
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
We're
super
excited
to
welcome
folks
here
to
today's
Twin
Cities,
Immigration
Form
or
we're
recognizing
welcoming
week.
This
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
Ed.
A
Thanks
Michelle,
welcoming
week
this
year,
is
celebrated
from
September
8th
through
September
17th.
So
it's
this
week
welcoming
week
is
an
international
annual
campaign
and
celebration
to
showcase
the
movement
of
communities,
striving
to
be
more
welcoming
places
for
all
including
immigrants,
refugees
and
new
arrivals.
C
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
so
much
edmundo
and
Michelle,
and
thank
you
everyone
for
for
having
me
really
excited
to
be
here
and
speak
with
you
all.
If
it's
okay,
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen,
I
have
a
few
slides
and
I'll
just
chat
with
you
all
a
little
bit
about
welcoming
America
and
about
welcoming
week.
D
C
C
We
have
staff
members
that
are
located
in
a
number
of
different
places
throughout
the
country
in
a
lot
of
different
states,
I'm
lucky
enough
to
be
based
here
in
St
Paul
and
my
position
as
the
Midwest
regional
manager
allows
me
to
work
with
folks
across
a
10
state
region
in
the
midwest,
including
here
in
Minnesota
and
throughout
all
of
its
neighboring
states
and
Beyond.
As
edmundo
mentioned,
welcoming
America
leads
a
movement
of
inclusive
communities.
C
We
believe
that
all
people,
including
immigrants,
are
valued
contributors
and
vital
to
the
success
of
our
communities
and
shared
future
and
welcoming
America's.
Big
idea
is
really
about
the
power
of
local
communities,
to
change
the
narrative
on
immigration
and
make
everyone
who
lives
in
their
Community
feel
like
they
belong
and
Beyond
feeling
that
they
have
the
support
in
place
to
really
Thrive
and
prosper.
C
As
edmundo
mentioned,
it's
happening
right
now,
September
8th
through
the
17th
and
happens
every
year
around
that
same
time
about
the
second
week
of
September.
It
was
initially
launched
in
2012
by
welcoming
America
and
some
of
its
members
and
welcoming
week
provides
individuals
and
organizations
the
opportunity
to
showcase
their
values
through
events
and
initiatives
that
Foster
connections
and
collaboration
between
immigrants
and
non-immigrants,
as
well
as
belonging
for
all.
C
C
There
were
a
couple
of
nonprofit
organizations
that
worked
together
to
host
drumming
and
Latin
dance
lessons
for
anyone
in
the
community
that
wanted
to
participate.
There's
a
small
city
of
kirken
Minnesota,
that's
near
my
home,
my
hometown
of
Wilmer
Minnesota,
and
they
have
only
about
800
people
in
kirken,
but
they
hosted
a
welcoming
week
celebration
in
a
local
park
so
that
community
members
from
all
across
their
County
Swift
County,
could
come
together
to
share
food
and
make
art
projects
and
learn
about
avail.
Community
Resources
up
in
perum
Minnesota.
C
They
hosted
a
community
art
project
where
anyone
who
wanted
to
could
come
paint
a
tile
that
had
a
welcoming
message
and
then
those
tiles
will
be
put
together
to
create
a
welcoming
wall
in
their
City,
Hall
Park
and
down
in
Winona
Minnesota.
They
have
over
a
dozen
events
happening
throughout
welcoming
week
this
year,
including
a
citizenship,
Day
celebration
and
around
the
world.
Potluck
a
community
bike
ride,
so
really
the
the
possib
possibilities
are
are
endless.
C
Welcoming
week
it's
it's
really
a
balanced
narrative
campaign
about
welcoming
communities
talking
about
what's
being
done
on
immigrant
inclusion
and
Equity
at
the
local
level,
by
local
communities
with
immigrant
and
refugees
and
how
we
can
all
benefit
and
and
how
we
celebrate
this
together.
It's
also
about
hosting
local
events
that
bring
people
together
with
or
without
recent
migration
experience
to
work
on
a
common
goal
and
to
catalyze
further
collaborations
that
can
hopefully
feed
into
a
longer
term
inclusion
strategies
and
and
ultimately,
to
institutional
change.
C
As
I
mentioned
welcoming
week
began
in
the
US
about
11
years
ago,
it
was
a
campaign
that
was
initially
suggested
by
some
of
welcoming
America's
members
and
has
since
been
organically,
adopted
and
adapted
in
several
different
countries
and
localities.
Over
the
past
few
years
there
have
been
National
welcoming
week
celebrations
in
Canada
in
New
Zealand
in
Australia
this
year.
The
first
national
welcoming
week
is
being
celebrated
in
Mexico,
and
we
expect
to
see
a
number
of
individual
events
in
other
countries
as
well.
C
So
on
this
slide
here,
I've
shared
some
of
our
national
Partners
in
welcoming
week,
but
local
communities
Can
partner,
together
or
form
coalitions.
We
really
encourage
folks
to
think
about
who
are
some
non-traditional
partners
that
you'd
like
to
engage
and
how
you
can
kind
of
co-create
events
with
them
for
welcoming
week.
So
a
great
example
of
that
happened
this
year
in
the
city
of
Austin,
Minnesota
they're
hosting
a
variety
of
events,
including
something
that's
called.
C
Science
is
for
all
which
was
co-sponsored
by
the
Hormel
Corporation
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
the
community.
So
it
doesn't
need
to
be
limited
just
to
local
government
or
local
nonprofits,
the
business
sector,
individuals.
Anyone
who
wants
to
in
community
can
can
and
should
participate
and
at
its
core
welcoming
week,
helps
IND
individuals
and
institutions
and
communities
to
strengthen
their
bridge
building
and
their
social
cohesion.
Muscles
welcoming
really
is
for
everyone
and
bridge
building
activities
and
lenses.
C
Allow
us
to
get
really
creative
with
how
we
think
about
the
audiences
and
the
events
for
welcoming
week,
and
really,
we
think
of
welcoming
week
as
a
great
on-ramp
to
deeper
and
more
sustained,
welcoming
and
belonging
work
in
your
community.
It
can
be
a
good
way
to
encourage
engagement
from
Partners,
who
may
not
normally
be
thinking
about
welcoming
or
inclusion
or
belonging,
not
because
they
don't
support
it,
but
just
because
they
might
not
know
how
it
might
not
have
occurred
to
them
for
any
variety
of
reasons.
C
But
once
you've
made
that
initial
inroad
through
welcoming
week,
then
you,
you
know
developed
a
connection
and
it
becomes
easier
to
continue
the
conversation
and
the
work
Beyond
welcoming
week.
So
welcoming
America
has
a
variety
of
welcoming
week,
resources
to
help
you
learn
more
about
it
and
to
find
out
where
events
are
happening
in
your
Community
or
virtually
and
to
plan
or
co-design.
C
Your
own
events
on
the
welcoming
week
website
there's
a
variety
of
useful
things:
the
website
again
it's
it's
welcoming
week.org
and
it
includes
a
number
of
explainers
and
translated
materials
and
assets.
It
also
has
a
place
where
you
can
sign
up
for
the
welcoming
week
newsletter,
so
you
always
have
the
most
up-to-date
information
each
year
and
there's
also
a
great
welcoming
week,
event
map.
C
That
is
helpful,
not
only
to
see
what
events
are
happening
in
the
current
year,
but
also
to
help
serve
as
inspiration
as
you
develop
your
own
events,
you
can
see
what
what's
been
happening
in
other
places.
We
also
have
a
toolkit
on
the
welcoming
week
website,
which
provides
a
lot
of
materials.
Sometimes
it
can
feel
overwhelming
to
try
to
develop
some
of
these
things
on
your
own,
especially
when
you're
first
getting
started
with
welcoming
week.
C
So
it
includes
things
like
Communications
tools,
so
templates
for
letters
to
reach
out
to
stakeholders
in
the
community
or
to
do
press
releases.
We've
got
logos
and
visual
assets
for
social
media
and
for
in-person
visual
communication
and
there's
an
event
planning
guide
to
help
through
the
process.
So
a
lot
of
good
materials
in
that
toolkit
and
lastly,
here
I
know
that
I've
just
shared
a
lot
of
information
in
a
short
period
of
time,
so
I'm
just
sharing
my
contact
info
I'm,
just
bana
at
welcoming
am.org.
C
So
if
you
ever
have
any
questions
about
welcoming
week
or
about
welcoming
America,
please
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
me,
I'm
I'm,
happy
to
connect
and
to
assist
in
whatever
way
that
I
can
so
I'll
stop
now.
But
thank
you
so
much
for
for
letting
me
share
with
you
a
little
about
welcoming
week
and
welcoming
America
and
I'm
excited
to
hear
from
the
rest
of
the
speakers
today.
A
E
Brianna
edmundo,
it's
Kathleen,
mson
Becker
I
was
going
to
type
this
into
the
chat,
but
thanks
for
opening
up
for
questions
Brianna,
thank
you
for
your
work.
Especi
I
know
it's
exhausting
all
the
events
this
week,
but
it
makes
my
heart
sing
when
I
hear
places
small
towns
like
Wilmer
or
other
places
leaning
into
this.
E
So
that's
so
great,
as
you
know,
we're
trying
at
a
light
where
I
work
to
do
mobilization
for
welcome
core,
and
it
just
seems
to
me
like
every
every
single
town
that
did
something
for
welcoming
week
would
be
wonderful
candidates
to
learn
more
about.
Welcome
core
is
I
we've
chatted
on
this
before,
but
is
there
a
way
to
get
a
list
of
everything
that
happened
in
Minnesota
and
maybe
a
light
could
follow
up.
C
Yeah,
absolutely
so,
on
the
welcoming
week
website
the
event
map
you
can
search
by
locality.
So
you
can
see
all
of
the
events
that
happened
in
Minnesota
and
there's
usually
contact
info
there
for
who
who
planned
those
events
and
also
just
for
everyone
else
on
the
call.
Community
sponsorship
has
been
a
focus
of
particular
interest
for
welcoming
week
this
year,
and
so
there
is
some
information
about
that
on
the
welcoming
week
website
as
well.
If
you
want
to
learn
more
about
what
what
Kathleen
was.
F
F
Ahead
by
the
way,
I'm
a
big
fan
of
Welcome
America
and
one
of
the
parts
that
you
one
of
the
things
that
you
said
that
I
really
like
is
about
you
know
of
the
meaning
of
welcome.
You
have
a
lot
of
members,
you
say
include
local
governments
and
individuals,
private
industry
and
and
I
just
wondered.
If
you
I
mean
you
say
you
have
a
tool
kit,
but
I
mean
really
something
that
U
lay
out
the
foundations
of
actually
welcoming,
because
I
mean
a
lot
of
folks.
F
Believe
that
having
a
nice
I
saying
welcoming
is
is
enough
and
another
is
really
giving
individuals
opportunity
to
engage
and
to
participate
and
and
ERS
to
find
information,
and
so
on.
I,
just
don't
know
when,
when
especially
I'm
interested
more
about
local
governments
when
they
sign
in,
if
you
actually
meet
with
then
and
provide
you
know,
good
information
that
can
help
them.
You
know
kind
of
better
prepared
themselves
and
serve
those
individuals
who
are
coming
to
their.
C
Localities
yeah.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
question.
I
will
put
in
the
chat
in
just
a
moment.
Welcoming
America
has
something
called
the
welcoming
standard,
which
outlines
different
pillars
of
welcoming
inclusion
and
belonging
that
we
encourage
all
communities
and
members
of
communities
to
think
about
in
order
to
develop
a
truly
welcoming
Community,
and
so
when
we
meet
with
our
members,
whether
their
localities
or
others,
that's
really
at
the
backbone
of
all
that
we
do
so.
A
Great
thank
you,
Brianna
and
and
husto
I
I
can
attest
both
Michelle
and
I
have
been
beneficiaries
of
welcoming
America's
programming.
Extensive
fantastic
programming
on
on
welcoming
and
belonging.
Also
welcoming
America
is
is
one
of
the
partners
in
the
gateways
for
GR
growth
initiative.
So
we've
worked
a
great
deal
with
G,
welcoming
America
through
the
gateways
for
growth
initiative,
which
resulted
in
the
journey
to
belonging
in
the
Twin
Cities
report.
A
F
C
Does
yeah
absolutely
so
you
know
we
try
to
work
with
local
community
and
with
everyone
within
community
in
order
to
increase
that
investment
and
engagement.
You
know
whether
through
particular
programming
or
policies
that
are
adopted
in
community
and
also
just
through
you
know,
making
connections
with
folks
in
other
localities
to
help
kind
of
think
about
what's
happening
in
your
community
and
what
issues
are
you
working
on?
C
A
G
G
Basically,
we
provide
State
services
to
people
with
Refugee
and
immig
migrant
backgrounds
and
providing
with
up
to
five
years
of
of
long-term
support
of
various
kinds
and
kind
of
a
Cory
of
part
of
what
we
do
is.
We
also
have
hubs
sites
which
host
different
clients
and
different
service
providers,
and
at
some
of
these
hubs,
sites
and
also
other
YMCA
branches
too.
G
Since
the
Inception
of
welcoming
week,
the
YMCAs
of
the
north
have
been
participating
in
a
welcoming
week
and
I've
been
overseeing
our
efforts
to
do
this
in
the
YMC
of
the
north
since
2021
and
the
YMCA
of
the
north,
by
the
way
that
really
just
means
the
19
or
so
branches
that
we
have
across
the
metro
area.
So,
basically,
I've
been
kind
of
coordinating
the
efforts
for
these
YMC
branches
and
overseeing
their
designated
activities
and
other
suggested
potential
activities
that
they
may
want
to
do.
On
top
of
that
as
well.
G
First
I
will
just
very
briefly
show
you
the
kind
of
Base
program
that
we
provide
at
at
these
YMCA
hubs,
sites,
which
is
the
family
assister
program.
Many
of
you
might
be
familiar
with
this,
but
just
to
very
quickly
touch
upon
it
in
case
that
ever
might
be
relevant
to
people
you're
working
with.
We
provide
immediate
and
basic
and
emergency
support
to
those
with
Refugee
legal
status
for
a
period
of
up
to
five
years,
and
again,
some
of
these
Services.
G
These
these
services
are
provided
at
a
few
different
hubs.
Sites
within
the
YMCAs
2o,
but
also
many
of
them
are
provided
remotely.
So
just
know
that
the
YMCA
is
deeply
involved
in
this
work
of
providing
services
to
immigrants
and
lifting
their
efforts
up,
and
if
you
are
ever
connected
to
anyone
with
Refugee
eligibility
who
might
be
in
need
of
some
of
these
Services,
then
please
do
feel
free
to
connect
to
me.
I
will
leave
my
contact
info
in
the
chat
after
this
too,
but
just
wanted
to
mention
that
as
well.
G
So
for
welcoming
week,
specifically
as
I
mentioned,
the
YMCA
of
the
north,
which
again
means
the
metro
area,
ym
they've
been
participating
in
this
for
years
and
I've
been
overseeing
the
efforts.
This
is
my
third
year
now
doing
it
and
they've
done
a
really
great
job,
so
this
year,
I
believe
there
are
13
branches
participating
in
welcoming
week
and
we
as
YMCA
of
the
north.
G
Basically,
the
Minneapolis
St
Paul
YMCA,
all
of
us
take
guidance
from
y
USA,
our
mother
entity,
and
they
provide
us
yearly
guidance
and
training
on
wel
week
to
install
to
impart
to
us
the
importance
of
welcoming
week
kind
of
what
it's
about
and
also
be
best
practices
for
hosting
events
too.
So
all
of
us
are
very
well
versed
in
welcoming
America
and
welcoming
week
itself
and
kind
of
how
to
host
events
too,
and
for
welcoming
for
YMCA
at
the
north.
G
We
have
been
doing
this
for
several
years
like
I
mentioned,
and
these
are
a
few
photos
from
the
last
two
years
that
I've
done
this.
Basically,
what
we've
they've
been
doing
so
far
is
a
variety
of
different
Interactive
activities.
You
can
see
here
some
some
sheets
that
people
fill
out
usually
at
the
front,
foyer
and
front
desk
to
for
both
the
staff
members
that
working
there
and
also
community
members
and
members
of
the
Y
too,
to
participate
in
this
alike.
G
So
people
can,
you
know,
place
a
pin
on
the
map
for
where
they
might
identify
coming
from
people
can
fill
out
a
sheet
saying
here's
why
I
choose
to
welcome
newcomers
and
other
kind
of
fun,
interactive
activities
like
that
too
I
won't
spoil
all
of
them
in
case
anybody
does
want
to
visit
and
check
them
out
as
well.
Also,
some
of
these
branches
do
host
optional
events.
On
top
of
this,
too.
I
know
that
last
year,
a
few
of
these
included
a
potluck,
a
cooking
class
and
even
a
Zumba
class
too.
G
So
there's
a
lot
of
kind
of
crazy
fun
stuff
that
tends
to
happen
at
these
branches
during
welcoming
week
and
I
definitely
encourage
people
to
to
go
there
and
check
it
out
if
you're
interested.
We
also
do
like
to
broadcast
the
work
of
our
partner
agencies
and
different
events
that
they
are
doing
too
so
I
know
that
some
times
YMCA
will
host
on
TV
is
something
that
might
be
going
on
in
the
city
or
just
linked
to
those
as
well.
So
we
definitely
are
all
about
broadcasting
and
spotlighting.
G
The
efforts
of
our
partners
as
well
I
believe
that
last
year,
I
estimated
that
around
400
people
participated
in
our
activities.
So
basically
people
either
completed
one
of
these
interactive
events,
or
they
did
some
other
optional
activity
that
the
YMCAs
were
doing.
So
we're
super
happy
with
that
outcome
and
with
more
branches
participating
this
year
than
the
last
two
years
I've
been
here.
We
definitely
expect
that
number
to
rise
too.
G
Here
are
the
branches
that
will
be
participating
this
year
and
again,
if
you're
interested
in
seeing
firsthand
kind
of
exactly
what's
going
on
a
these
wise
I
definitely
encourage
you
to
stop
by
or
if
you
were
already
a
member,
then
definitely
feel
free
to
do
that
as
well
and
yeah.
We
look
forward
to
hopefully
seeing
you
there
and
broadcasting
the
importance
of
welcoming
week
and
this
work
that
we're
all
involved
in
here
is
my
contact
info
again.
G
A
E
G
Now,
yes,
so
I
mean
trying
to
count
our
our
staff,
we
have
it's
like
15
staff
give
or
take,
and
I
would
say,
probably
20
or
so
clients
a
staff
member.
So
definitely
you
know
well
above
a
100
people
being
served
at
any
given
moment.
We
are
kind
of
the
I'd
be
happy
to
talk
more
about
that
arm
of
it.
But
we
are
one
of
five
different
state
programs
and
we
are
kind
of
the
most
immediate
needs
arm
of
those
five
programs.
G
H
Yes,
I'm
Mary,
Donovan
I
live
in
Robinsdale
near
the
New
Hope
W
and
I'm
on
their
board.
Actually,
my
question
is,
though,
about
housing
needs.
I
have
a
lower
level,
that's
just
recently
vacated,
and
so,
but
it's
only
suitable
for
probably
one
person,
because
it's
just
one
bedroom
with
a
queen
bed.
Do
you
do
you
the?
Why
help
people
find
housing.
G
That's
a
great
question,
yes,
and
that
is
through
that
new
American
welcome
center
and
family
assister
program
I
mentioned
and
I
certainly
don't
want
to
progress
any
silver
bullets
in
terms
of
our
work,
but
we
it's
always
a
process
like
any
housing.
Work
is,
but
we
definitely
yeah.
We
do
a
lot
of
heavy
invested
work
in
housing,
whether
that
is
finding
shelter
for
people
or
longer
term
housing
too,
or
something
like
Section
8.
So
absolutely,
that's.
That's.
Definitely
a
big
component
of
our
work.
H
B
Thank
you
edmundo,
so
just
wanted
to
put
a
little
bit
of
a
spotlight
on
our
welcoming
week
activities
this
week.
As
some
may
know,
September
17th
is
citizenship
day,
also
known
as
Constitution.
Day
was
a
day
that
the
US
Constitution
was
signed
and
an
opportunity
to
reflect
on
on
citizenship
and
and
our
own
US
Constitution
and
as
part
of
the
reason,
at
least
as
I
understand
it.
That
welcoming
week
always
falls
within
this
time
period.
B
B
There
were
some
languages
that
we
did
not
anticipate
individuals
who
spoke
Turkish
and
Swahili,
and
it
was
very
beautiful
how
people
came
in
to
provide
interpretation,
support
for
languages
that
we
did
not
have
contract
interpreters
for
and
a
good
opportunity
to
really
reflect
on
language
access
and
ensuring
that
people
are
able
to
understand
the
information.
That's
provided
so
there
a
great
example
of
the
welcomed
becoming
the
welcomers
so
and
a
wonderful
event.
Our
next
event
is
going
to
take
place.
B
A
I
Thank
you
all.
Yes,
it
will
be
November,
so
I'm
Sena
Hernandez,
with
St
Paul,
Public,
Library
I,
a
public
services
manager
and
over
the
last
few
months,
we've
been
in
conversation
with
edmundo
this
from
the
city
attorney's
office,
to
really
kind
of
just
discuss
how
we
can
support
new
immigrants
coming
into
town
and
maybe
not
always
being
able
to
find
what
they
need,
and
so
at
the
library
we
are
super
passionate
about
information
and
helping
people
find
that
information
and
so
not
quite
a
welcome
center.
I
But
we're
looking
to
establish
welcoming
points
in
some
of
our
libraries,
where
we
have
print
materials
that
people
can
access
right
away
and
also
build
awareness
in
our
staff,
so
that
they're
able
to
recognize
when
someone
comes
in
and
has
a
lot
of
questions
around
citizen
ship
or
getting
a
driver's
license.
So
all
of
those
related
Services.
So
we
we
haven't,
kicked
off
yet.
So
this
is
more
of
just
like
a
little
teaser,
but
we're
hoping
to
host
the
next.
I
The
next
citizenship
Fair
in
November
at
the
Rondo
Community
Library.
Well,
we
will
launch
the
welcoming
points,
so
these
are
going
to
be
at
it's
base
level,
a
table
with
a
nice
Banner
in
multiple
language
that
says
you're
welcome
here
here
and
all
of
the
information
ready
to
be
handed
out
and
talked
about
along
with
that.
I
We
are
expanding
our
library
cards
to
not
require
ID
when
you
first
sign
up,
so
we
are
providing
welcome
cards
that
are
good
for
six
months
and
we're
hoping
that
that's
enough
time
for
people
to
get
through
the
process
of
getting
some
identification
and
becoming
a
full
Library
member
and
with
those
welcome
cards
they'll
be
able
to
access
our
digital
resources,
our
print
collections.
They
can
attend
all
of
our
programs
at
any
time
and
we
do
have
a
variety
of
online
learning
platforms,
including
Transparent
Language.
I
We
have
celled,
which
is
a
really
cool
platform,
that's
on
cell
phone,
so
it's
all
really
like
bite-size,
English
learning,
GED
learning,
job
skills,
learning
on
your
phone
and
so
we're
hoping
to
get
more
people
connected
to
our
Library
resources
and
then
also
Point
them
in
the
right
direction
to
all
of
you
to
the
other
community
service
providers.
So
I
just
wanted
to
introduce
myself.
Let
you
all
know
that's.
Coming
and
I
am
writing
down
your
names.
I
A
A
Thank
you
I.
Thank
you,
I
think
I
was
I
was
muted.
Sorry,
but
I
just
will
say
thank
you
that
we're
very
excited
about
welcoming
points
and
very
excited
in
St
Paul,
about
welcoming
points,
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
it
come
come
through
all
right.
Next,
Michelle
I
think
we're
going
back
to
you
to
talk
about
immigration
updates.
B
Quickly:
okay,
everybody!
This
is
going
to
be
lightning
speed
and
I.
Just
want
you
to
know
that
I'm
doing
a
better
job
of
sending
out
notes
quickly.
So
there'll
be
more
details
in
the
notes,
but
I'm
just
going
to
give
highlevel
overview
of
some
immigration
related
developments
that
you
may
or
may
not
have
seen.
B
First
this
week
there
was
a
DACA
decision
in
the
Texas
DACA
case
Texas
V
United
States.
Unfortunately,
the
judge
found
the
new
DACA
rule
that
was
implemented
by
the
Biden
Administration
to
be
unlawful
and
the
DACA
program
has
been
vacated
and
remanded
to
DHS
for
further
action.
What
does
this
mean
there?
There
is
a
portion
of
the
judge's
order
that
stayed
so
even
with
this
decision,
daaka
recipients,
who
received
their
initial
DACA
status
prior
to
July
16
2021,
may
still
have
their
DACA
renewals
processed.
B
While
the
case
moves
up
on
appeal,
there
will
be
more
to
come,
I'm
sure
that
there
will
be
a
number
of
practic
advisories
from
a
number
of
different
sources,
but
just
wanted
to
share
this
news
this
week
also
temporary
protected
status.
The
federal
government
has
expanded
the
time
frame
within
which
you
can
re-register
for
TPS
for
individuals
from
a
number
of
different
countries.
B
The
TPS
re-registration
period,
the
time
that
you
have
to
file
your
re-registration
has
typically
been
60
days,
but
the
federal
govern
govern
government
has
expanded
that
to
18
months
for
individuals
or
citizens
inter
Nationals
of
El
Salvador,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Nepal,
Nicaragua
and
Sudan,
and
just
to
clarify
this
doesn't
change
the
extension
period.
It
just
expands
the
amount
of
time
that
people
have
to
file.
B
Another
update
relates
to
the
child
status
protection
act,
which
is
a
law
that
protects
people's
age
for
purposes
of
applying
for
permanent
resident
status
as
under
18
under
21
under
18
I
think
anyway,
there
are
some
changes
that
prevent
beneficiaries
from
losing
their
eligibility.
There's
a
there's
a
bit
of
a
a
some
changes
regarding
what
is
considered
to
be
extraordinary
circumstances.
So,
on
the
USCIS
web
page,
the
policy
manual
indicates
what
those
updates
are
and
we'll
share
those
in
the
notes
as
well,
for
people
to
study
further.
B
Another
update
relates
to
interpreters
for
Asylum
interviews,
starting
September
13th,
so
starting
yesterday,
people
who
are
applying
for
Asylum
who
want
to
proceed
in
a
language
other
than
English
and
need
an
interpreter
must
bring
their
own
interpreter.
The
Interpreter
must
be
fluent
both
in
English
and
the
language
that
the
applicant
speaks
and
must
be
at
least
18
years
old.
B
New
development
on
that
went
in
took
F
yesterday,
there's
also
going
to
be
a
USCIS
webinar
on
the
TPS
temporary
protected
status,
extension
and
redesignation
for
UK
Ukraine
USCIS
is
hosting
a
number
of
Engagement
opportunities
for
people
to
learn
more
about
benefits
that
they
may
qualify
for,
and
this
is
one
of
them.
So,
on
Tuesday
October
3rd
from
1
to
2:
PM
central
time,
there
will
be
an
engagement
session
on
temporary,
protected
status
for
Ukraine
and
we'll
share
the
information
on
how
to
register.
And
finally,
oh
no
not.
B
A
Great
Michelle,
thank
you
that
CRA
bill
is
cedra.
Bill
is
quite
important
as
I
remember
when
both
started
out
our
positions.
That
was
such
a
difficult
topic,
one
a
very
topic
of
very
high
importance
to
the
community
in
in
in
Minnesota
because
of
the
large
number
of
Southeast
Asians
we
have
living
and
if
I
recall
the
number
of
folks
with
removal
orders
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
3000
in
Minnesota.
Does
that
number
sound,
familiar
Michelle.
E
A
J
Yes,
I'm
here,
thank
you
and
Michelle.
That
was
pretty
impressive.
That
was
rapid
fire.
You
covered
a
lot
of
information
in
a
very
short
amount
of
time,
I
impressed
well.
Thank
you
both
for
having
me
I'm,
really
honored
and
excited
to
be
here
with
you
all
today,
to
introduce
myself,
I'm,
Leila,
Hussein
and
I
used
to
work
at
Kappy
with
the
Afghan
resettlement
and
housing
stability
program.
J
Now
a
community
outreach
coordinator
with
Twin
Cities
rise,
so
I'm
just
excited
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
this
opportunity
if
you're
working
directly
with
community
members
with
new
Americans
with
with
folks
who
are
looking
for
employment
and
for
career
support,
I
have
just
some
really
exciting
resources
to
share
with
you
today
and
hope
to
just
give
you
an
overview
of
what
we
do
at
Twin
Cities
rise.
So
you
good,
you
can
see
my
screen
Michelle!
Yes,.
A
J
So
at
Twin
Cities
rise.
We
are
a
nonprofit
organization.
We
started
in
North
Minneapolis
about
30
years
ago,
and
our
mission
is
to
help
individuals
transform
their
lives,
so
we
help
transform
the
lives
of
those
impacted
by
racial
or
socioeconomic
barriers
through
personal
empowerment,
Career
Training
and
meaningful
employment.
So
really
our
focus
is
Career
Development,
Career,
Training
and
personal
empowerment,
which
I'll
talk
about
in
a
little
bit
here
right,
so
Twin
Cities
rise.
J
It's
really
important,
you
know
there's
so
many
career
trainings
out
there,
so
some
people
are
like
how
do
I
get
started
with
developing
my
career
and
all
these
free-
career
trainings.
It's
really
important
that
you
know
that
Twin
Cities
rise
is
really
focused
on
personal
empowerment
and
emotional
intelligence,
and
so
through
our
personal
empowerment
curriculum.
We
get
individuals
back
in
touch
with
core
value.
J
What
we
call
core
value,
which
is
that
we
believe
it
is
every
single
individual's
Birthright
to
feel
lovable,
important
and
valuable
and
I
think
this
is
particularly
just
like
coming
from
an
immigrant
family,
myself.
I
think
this
is
particularly
important
for
for
newcomers
who
might
not
be
in
touch
with
their
self-worth
or
their
value
might
have
been
through
some
trauma,
and
so
the
personal
empowerment
curriculum
is
very
transformative
for
a
lot
of
people
who
go
through
the
program
just
how
they
relate
to
themselves,
how
they
relate
to
others
and
their
self-awareness.
J
J
J
J
So
that
really
is
what
we
mean
by
birth
right
and
core
value
is
that
every
single
person
is
born
with
value
to
add
to
this
world,
and
that
is
really
what
we
believe
and
what
we
helped
individuals
get
back
in
touch
with
through
our
personal
empowerment
classes,
all
right,
so
we've
been
around
for
30
years
and
really
helping
individuals
become
not
just
empowered
and
employed
but
find
meaningful
employment
and
and
a
career
that
they
can
settle
into.
So
we're
really
focused
on
the
long-term
Career
Success.
J
It's
not
just
a
a
short-term
Career
Training
each
program
provides
personal
empowerment,
training,
which
is
really
about
transformational
change,
Within
oneself
and
self-
awareness
and
social
awareness.
I
went
through
this
program
myself.
We
had
to
go
through
personal
empowerment
as
staff,
and
it
was
very
transformational
for
me.
So
I
hear
a
lot
of
graduates
say:
I
came
for
the
credential
and
I
came
to
Twin
Cities
rise
to
get
a
career.
J
You
know
get
a
certificate
and
develop
my
career,
but
I
learned
a
lot
about
myself
through
the
process,
so
we
do
that
through
life
skills
as
well
and
each
class
each
program
that
we
provide
offers
a
lot
of
support
services.
So
this
is
one-on-one
career,
coaching,
Resource
Assistance,
like
we
have
gas
cards
and
bus
cards
and
and
opportunities
for
funding
as
well
for
additional
certifications.
We
work
on
interview,
prep
and
resume
creation.
We
offer
paid
internships
and
guaranteed
job
interviews
so
really
at
the
end
of
the
eight-week
training
session.
J
Our
goal
is
to
set
people
up
with
careers
and
introduce
them
to
employers
who
are
eager
to
hire
our
graduates.
There's
also
a
$500
completion
bonus
to
complete
the
program
to
honor
people's
time
and
energy
and
going
through
it
and
a
lifelong
career
club
membership.
So
just
to
show
you
that
you
know
Twin
Cities
rise.
The
eight-week
program
is
just
the
beginning
and
there's
a
lot
of
support
for
individuals
career
moving
forward.
We
have
three
different
classes
right
now,
so
we
have
an
individualized
class
called
my
road
to
success.
J
We
have
a
Communications
and
customer
support
class
and
then
a
facilities
maintenance
which
there's
a
really
high
paying.
This
is
a
very
high-paying
career
pathway
in
facilities,
maintenance
to
get
into
HVAC
Plumbing
blueprint.
Reading,
there's
a
lot
of
lot
of
people
who
want
to
get
into
Property,
Maintenance
and
Property
Management
that
get
into
this
track
as
well,
and
then
just
to
share
one
other
opportunity
that
we
have
for
those
of
you
in
St,
Paul
or
Ramsay
County.
J
We
have
the
diesel
technician
training
program
and
we
just
had
a
cohort
kickoff
on
Monday
actually,
and
so
we
have
limited
space
in
this
class,
but
people
can
earn
up
to
$4,500
to
go
through
this
training
program.
It's
at
St,
Paul
College,
who
is
our
partner,
and
it
really
equips
people
to
become
basically
get
everything
that
they
need
to
get
started
as
a
diesel
mechanic
or
diesel
technician,
and
this
is
for
Ramsey
County
individuals
18
to
30.
J
We
have
classes
that
start
every
month,
so
whenever
somebody
enrolls
we'll
get
them
into
the
next
cohort
that
begins
all
of
our
classes.
Besides,
the
diesel
technician.
Training
are
online.
On
Zoom,
we
set
people
up
with
laptops
too
A
lot
of
people
are
worried,
like
they
don't
have
Tech
access
or
Wi-Fi,
so
we
can
support
with
Wi-Fi
and
laptops
as
a
support
service
to
get
people
set
up
to
be
able
to
attend
our
classes.
J
Virtually
we
work
with
a
huge
network
of
employer
partners
and
we're
really
focused
on
indiv
employer
partners
that
have
promotional
opportunities
and
good
pay
scales
and
and
benefit
fits.
And
then
you
might
be
wondering
I
know
somebody
who
needs
this
service
and
needs
support
in
developing
their
career.
Who
is
eligible?
So
really
you
just
need
to
live
in
the
7
count.
Metro
be
at
least
18
years
or
older,
willing
enable
to
work,
full-time,
meet
our
income
requirements
and
we
do
work
with
a
lot
of
different
criminal
backgrounds.
J
So
that's
typically
not
a
problem,
and
then
we
do
have
some
requirements
like
high
school
diploma
or
GED
for
our
facilities,
maintenance
class.
But
if
people
don't
have
that
they
could
definitely
get
into
the
my
road
class
and
in
my
work
with
the
Ukrainian
Center
and
in
Afghan
Community,
there
are
a
lot
of
questions
about
English
level
as
well,
and
we
just
really
generally
say
that
folks
must
have
like
an
elementary
level
of
of
English
language
in
order
to
be
comfortable
going
through
the
class.
J
So
we
don't
have
an
English
assessment
at
Twin
City's
rise,
and
it
really
would
just
be
based
on
if
someone
feels
comfortable
and
confident
moving
through
the
class
and
getting
benefit
from
it.
So
that's
something
kind
of
screen
during
intake
and
we
can
kind
of
we
can
talk
to
an
individual
to
see
if
their
English
would
be
at
a
suitable
level.
I'm
going
to
skip
over
this
slide
and
just
show
you
that
our
program
impact,
so
we
really
are.
J
We
originally
started
at
Twin
Cities
rise
focused
on
reducing
recidivism,
so
we
work
with
a
lot
of
folks
who
have
been
previously
incarcerated,
but
part
of
my
role
is
really
to
share
this
opportunity
with
folks
from
many
different
communities,
including
the
Immigrant
Refugee
Community,
because
we
know
that
you
know,
as
somebody
come
is
a
newcomer
here.
There
are
so
many
different
things
to
navigate,
including
the
job
market.
The
job
market
is
very
overwhelming
for
anyone,
even
a
native,
born
US
citizen.
So
we
are.
J
Yeah
and-
and
it's
really
we're
here
to
just
help
folks
navigate
the
job
process
so
looking
for
full-time
employment
and
and
to
really
gain
the
skills
to
know
what
are
employer.
Looking
for
how
to
develop
my
resume,
how
to
prepare
for
an
interview
all
of
those
pieces
that
are
really
key
to
understanding
the
workforce
situation
that
we
have
in
Minnesota
right
now,
so
just
to
show
you
our
team,
real
quick.
J
This
is
the
Outreach
team
at
Twin,
Cities
Rise,
and
we
encourage
you
to
reach
out,
because
if
you
have
an
individual
that
that
you
want
to
refer
to
Twin
Cities
Rise,
we
are
more
than
happy
to
just
talk
it
through
over
the
phone
I'm.
Going
to
put
my
information
in
the
chat.
I
threw
a
lot
of
information
out
today.
In
a
short
amount
of
time,
I
tried
to
do
rapid
fire
like
Michelle,
so
I'll
put
my
information
in
the
chat
and
I
would
love
to
hear
from
any
of
you.
J
A
B
B
D
Michelle,
thank
you
edmundo.
Thank
you
as
well
for
the
invitation
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
with
everybody
today.
My
name
is
Steve
Hawkins
and
I'm,
with
the
ignatian
volunteer,
Corps
of
the
Twin
Cities
IVC
for
short,
and
we're
on
a
mission
to
harness
the
incredible
experience,
the
wisdom,
the
skill
and
the
passion
of
retired
men
in
women
who
want
to
make
positive
changes
in
our
community
by
contributing
one
or
two
days
a
week
of
their
time
to
serving
the
needs
of
organizations
who
are
deeply
deeply
rooted
in
communities
facing
adversity.
G
D
A
difference
and
what
we've
noticed
over
the
course
of
the
last
six
months,
maybe
a
year
or
more
excuse
me,
is
an
increased
emphasis
on
the
work
we're
doing
with
imig
organization
serving
the
refugee
Comm
Community
here
in
the
Twin
Cities.
Not
only
is
the
need
growing,
but
the
number
of
volunteers
that
we're
finding
interested
in
serving
that
Community
is
growing
as
well
and
in
in
response
to
that
we're
going
to
be
holding
an
event
coming
in
during
October.
Let
me
see
if
I.
D
D
So
we
we'd
like
to
invite
people
who
might
be
interested
to
Listen
to
Sister
that
evening
to
consider
joining
us,
and
it's
not,
we
hope,
just
a
oneandone
nice
evening
to
listen.
But
hopefully
it's
a
forum
at
which
individuals
concerned
about
the
issues
surrounding
a
growing
need
to
care
for
our
brothers
and
sisters
seeking
refuge
in
our
community
to
come
together
and
begin
that
discussion.
D
That
Briana
spoke
about
a
little
bit
earlier
to
drive
change
that
continues
within
our
community
beyond
the
driver's
licenses,
beyond
the
opening
of
men
care
for
medical
assistance,
for
those
in
need
to
really
get
our
citizens
involved
in
making
a
difference
welcoming
brothers
and
sisters
to
help
us
as
a
community
grow.
So
I
I
urge
you
to
consider
joining
us
on
October
19th.
By
the
way,
sister
will
also
be
holding
a
forum
during
the
noon
hour.
B
I
know
sorry,
thank
you,
Steve.
Thank
you
very
much
for
sharing
that
information.
I
think
we
have
the
flyer
and
we'll
distribute
that,
along
with
the
notes
from
today's
meeting.
So
thanks
very
much
for
walking
us
through
that
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
there
are
other
updates
but
I'm
going
to
start
talking
and
if
people
want
to
raise
their
hands
for
other
community
events
or
Community
updates
that
you
would
like
to
share.
Please
feel
free
to
do
so.
First
copal,
the
organization
copal
is
hosting
a
resource
fair
and
a
Latina
Festival.
B
This
Saturday
September
16th
tomorrow
there
is
an
event
called
ELO
Del
Pueblo
on
Lake
Street
in
recognition
and
celebration
of
Latino
heritage
month,
and
that
is
going
to
be
from
3
to
9
p.m.
some
sad
news.
The
Festival
of
Nations,
which
has
been
taking
place
in
I,
believe
May
in
St
Paul
for
decades,
is
ending
and
will
not
be
taking
place
in
in
May
of
this
coming
year.
There
was
just
recently
an
announcement
about
that.
B
Also,
the
organization
cador
unidos
in
laucha
is
co-coordinating
a
clinic
with
the
University
of
Minnesota
Binger
Center
for
new
Americans
and
advocates
for
human
rights,
as
well
as
the
Minnesota
attorney
general's
office
and
the
Minnesota
department
of
labor
convening
lawyers.
Labor
investigators
and
Community
Advocates
to
learn,
learn
more
about
Labor
based
deferred
action
that
it
will
be
a
training
that
includes
an
overview
of
the
Deferred
Action
process
and
more.
The
date
is
Thursday
September
21st
from
noon
to
2
PM
via
Zoom.
B
B
With
this
partnership,
refugees,
Asylum
Seekers
individuals
in
the
US
on
humanitarian
parole
or
those
with
other
immigrant
status,
designation
that
has
a
similar
humanitarian
purpose,
may
be
able
to
receive
up
to
30
days
of
temporary
housing
in
an
Airbnb
or
hotel
funding
will
last
through
September
through
December
31st
of
this
year,
and
it's
important
to
know
that
a
case
manager
needs
to
be
working
with
the
family
or
there
must
be
some
other
formal
relationship
with
a
partnering
organization.
As
a
light
is
unable
to
offer
case
management
support.
B
There
is
a
point
of
contact.
Her
name
is
le
guy
and
we'll
share
contact
information
and
where
we
requests
for
bookings
should
be
made,
because
there
is
a
form
and
not
sure
if
there
are
other
updates,
I
see
Greg
K
on.
You
are
on
the
agenda
in
just
a
hot
minute,
but
if
there
are
other
updates
that
people
may
want
to
share
before
we
get
to
that,
please
do
share
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
to
you
for
the
driver's
license
for
all
update.
A
where
folks,
with
unpaid
traffic
tickets
can
come
and
get
their
get
brief
legal
advice
from
public
defenders
about
how
to
handle
their
tickets
in
order
to
get
ready
for
driver's
license
for
all
on
October
1
people
may
not
be
fully
aware
that
paying
off
certain
traffic
tickets,
all
at
once,
can
sometimes
cause
additional
issues
with
getting
their
license
and
public
defenders
can
help
folks
better
understand
what
the
best
way
to
handle
their
individual
situations
may
be.
The
public
offenders
will
be
from
hpen
County,
but
people
from
other
counties
are
welcome
to
attend
as
well.
A
It's
free
and
first
come
first
serve
basis.
There
will
be
three
public
defenders
available
for
Bri,
consult,
consults,
we'll
put
a
link
to
the
Immigrant
Law
Center's
event,
page
as
as
well
as
a
link
to
the
Immigrant
Law
Center
Facebook
page
in
the
chat,
so
that
people
can
access
more
information
about
that
event
and
with
that
I
think
we're
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Greg
King.
To
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
Northstar
act.
Welcome
Greg
good
to
see.
K
J
B
K
Now
go
ahead:
I
will
push
through
and
give
contact
information
in
the
chat
for
people
who
want
to
follow
up.
So
apologies,
oh
thanks
Leila.
For
the
note,
so
my
name
is
Greg
King
I'm,
the
president
of
the
board
of
the
Interfaith
Coalition
on
immigration,
and
we
are
one
of
the
organizations
as
part
of
who
are
part
of
the
north
leadership
of
the
Northstar
Alliance
over
30,
faith-based
social
justice,
immigrant,
civil
and
human
rights
organizations.
K
K
We
think
it's
a
important
time
to
clarify
the
role
of
law
enforcement
and
differentiate,
that
from
the
role
of
immigration
enforcement,
and
so
the
Northstar
Act
is
a
law
that
would,
if
passed,
put
together,
clear
lines
of
demarcation
between
those
functions
and
make
sure
that
we
are
not
profiling.
People
for
their
immigration
status
as
we're
trying
to
do
Public
Safety
operations,
it
will
limit
sharing
of
data
limit
cooperation
and
using
of
state
and
local
resources
for
the
purposes
of
ice
or
immigration
Customs
Enforcement
actions.
K
And
the
reasons
for
this
is
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
immigrant
communities
feel
comfortable
accessing
their
rights,
getting
medical
care
taking
their
kids
to
school
and
that
there's
not
profiling
on
the
basis
of
immigration
status,
going
on
under
the
guise
of
law
enforcement
or
Public
Safety.
Our
belief
and
the
star
in
North
Star
is
an
acronym
for
safety.
K
Trust
and
respect
is
that
this
will
be
important
to
establish
a
level
of
trust
and
make
sure
that
again,
our
communities
are
safe
to
report
when
their
rights
have
been
violated
to
access,
schools,
hospitals
and
law
enforcement
when
they
need
to
for
their
health
and
well-being,
and
then
just
show
respect
for
for
their
being
here
as
a
state.
And
so
this
is
legislation
that
was
introduced
last
session.
We
have
lead
authors
in
the
House
and
Senate,
and
the
invitation
here
today
is
if
your
organization
is
interest
interested
in
endorsing
this
legislation.
K
We
would
welcome
that
helping
work
on
community
outreach
and
legislative
visits
about
the
importance
of
this
legislation.
We
would
welcome
that
and
if
you
just
want
to
learn
more
about
it,
we
will
come
and
do
a
listening
session
with
your
leadership,
team
or
community
members.
So
you
can
better
understand
what
the
legislation
does.
B
Questions,
that's
wonderful!
Thank
you!
Greg.
You
really
appreciate
individuals
who
are
spearheading
initiatives
at
the
state
legislature
to
come
on
the
Twin,
Cities
immigration
for
them,
and
share
information
about
what
they're
doing
and
identify
ways
that
people
can
get
engaged
if
they
choose
to
do
so,
so
invite
people
to
ask
questions
if
you
have
them
today
and
then
Greg.
A
A
Great,
we
have
two
job
opportunities
to
share
with
you
today.
Both
are
at
Brooklyn
Park
Brooklyn
Park
has
two
openings
for
Community
engagement,
Specialists
on
the
City's
community
engagement
division
team.
There
are
both
full-time
roles
with
the
option
of
hybrid
work.
One
is
permanent,
the
other
is
Grant
funded
through
2024,
but
the
city
of
Brooklyn
Park
is
seeking
funding
beyond
for
U
funding.
Beyond
that
end
of
2024,
applicants
should
apply
through
the
city's
system
and
submit
a
resume
in
cover
letter.
The
closing
date
is
coming
up
soon.
A
It's
coming
up
September
17th,
just
in
a
couple
of
days.
So
if
you
have
questions
you
can
contact
Josie
shardow,
the
administrator
of
community
engage
engagement
or
she's.
The
community
engagement
manager
at
Brooklyn,
Park
and
we'll
put
Josie's
contact
phone
number
and
links
to
connecting
with
the
information
for
the
job
in
the
chat.
Michelle
I
think
we're
back
to
you
for
extra
credit.
B
B
Okay,
all
right,
sorry
about
that,
all
right.
So
then,
couple
of
additional
further
readings
there
was
a
recent
report
that
came
out
from
the
urban
Institute
on
the
chilling.
The
continuing
chilling
effect
of
the
public
charge
rule
for
those
who
may
recall
This
was
this
is
a
rule
that
was
given
some
very
sharp
teeth
during
the
previous
presidential
Administration
impacting
individuals
ability
to
obtain
permanent
residence
based
on
use
of
public
benefits
has
since
been
retracted
and
changed
by
the
Biden
Administration.
B
But
it's
very
important
to
recognize
that
the
public
charge
rule
has
continued
to
have
a
chilling
effect
on
people's
willingness
to
access
benefits,
public
benefits,
including
benefits
that
they
qualify
for
so
worth
a
read.
And
then
the
last
item
that
I
will
share
is
actually
shared
with
us
by
Dr
SAA
Abdi.
B
B
I
know
it
was
referenced
earlier
in
our
meeting
today,
which
is
really
collaborative
effort
that
included
community
members,
Community
leaders,
governmental
Representatives
at
the
municipal,
the
county
and
the
state
level,
with
a
leadership
team
that
included
representatives
from
the
Minneapolis
Regional
Chamber,
the
St
Paul
chamber
and
City
of
Minneapolis
and
city
of
St
Paul.
It
was
a
comprehensive
report
on
immigrant
and
Refugee
inclusion
goals
and
strategies
and
a
number
of
thematic
areas
and
is
definitely
worth
a
read.
B
A
Right,
thank
you
and
I
and
I
would
just
put
in
a
plug
for
the
journey
to
belonging.
In
that
it
we
came
up
with
the
standard
based
on
the
welcoming
standard,
the
welcome
standards
from
W
America,
so
it
you
know,
the
the
report
really
does
reflect
the
welcome
stand,
welcoming
America's,
welcoming
standards
and
had
a
you
know
it
was.
It
was
based
on
those
standards.
We
Ed
that
as
a
framework
for
developing
our
report.
So
again
welcome
americ
been
very,
very
good
to
us
all
right
with
that.
A
We
will
call
it
a
day
unless
people
have
questions
or
other
updates.
They'd
like
to
have
a
chance
to
present,
would
like
to
open
the
floor
for
a
minute
or
two.
If
they're,
if
not
we're
going
to
call
it
a
day,
give
you
back
10
minutes
extra,
our
next
Twin
Cities
immigration
Forum.
It
will
be
on
Thursday,
October
12th
from
4:30
to
6:.
A
We
do
have
a
welcoming
Twin
Cities
meeting
scheduled
for
newcomers,
concerns
where
we
discuss
with
Community
concerns
about
people
who
are
newly
arrived
to
the
to
the
Twin
Cities.
That
will
be
on
September
20th
at
4:30
and,
as
always,
please
feel
free
to
contact
Michelle
or
I
with
ideas
or
topics
or
agenda
items
for
any
forum.