Engagement Menu
Hi Immigrant Food Friends,
Each week, we send you 5 ways to engage with immigrants. Whether through donations, volunteering, or educating yourself, you can make a difference! Share this email with friends, family and colleagues, and if you are not subscribed, make sure to visit our website immigrantfood.com and join our community!
In this week‘s Engagement Menu, you’ll find volunteering, donating, and events that support the immigrant community.
#UnitedAtTheTable
– The Immigrant Food Team
To learn about our 5 NGO impact partners, see here: https://immigrantfood.com/engage/impact-partners/
1. Volunteer: CentroNía
CentroNía | Ongoing
CentroNía works to give low-income children access to high-quality education. They are focused on bilingual and multilingual family services to reach the most vulnerable children in the DMV area.
2. Donate: Liberty's Promise
Liberty’s Promise | Ongoing
Located in Arlington, Virginia, Liberty’s Promise civically engages immigrant teens so that they can realize their “American Dream”. They offer leadership classes, civic engagement classes, and even internship programs.
3. Read: We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story | Ongoing
Simu Liu, from Marvel’s Shang Chi tells his story of being a Chinese immigrant and the challenges he faced with anecdotes about his time with his grandparents, being fired from his first job, and more.
4. Listen: This Week in Immigration
This Week in Immigration | Ongoing
The Bipartisan Policy Center hosts this podcast analyzing immigrant impact on the economy, border policy legislation, and naturalization processes.
5. Attend: Migrants, Migrations, and Border Challenges
Migrants, Migrations, and Border Challenges | Monday, April 22 from 1pm – 4pm EDT | Healey Family Student Center Social Room 3700 Tondorf Rd, Washington, DC 20057
The Georgetown Americas Institute and the Center for Latin American Studies are finishing their speaker series with a discussion about migration and border challenges by scholars from Yale, Stanford, and Georgetown.