Trainings & Volunteer Opportunities for This Fall
Thanks to everyone who attended last Wednesday's "Conducting Tele-Mental Health Assessments for Immigration Cases" training! This was another sold out webinar, and we are so inspired by this community that we are a part of. If you wanted to come to this session but were unable to register in time, we will be offering it again in the future.
Because of the demand for our free trainings, we’ve begun accepting suggested donations of $10 per training. We hope that by raising some money we can potentially offer these sessions more frequently.
We're excited to share with you several more training and volunteer opportunities happening at the end of August and in early fall. Read on to discover how you can get involved in our upcoming work.
We hope to (virtually) see you soon!
Sincerely,
The Girasol Team
Ana Vidina Hernández, Jillian Severinski & Anayeli Marcos
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We will be regularly offering our trainings for professionals virtually for the next several months. Please join us! They're interactive and will provide you with more tools to work with immigrant families in the midst of social distancing.
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Trauma-Informed Work with Mixed Status Families in the Context of COVID-19
Audience: All professionals and students working with mixed-status families
Date & Time: Wednesday October 21st 12pm-2pm
Cost: Suggested donation of $10
CEUs: 2.0 CEUs available
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The Mental Health Collaborative brings together a diverse group of mental health professionals. We provide trainings on writing letters of support and serving as expert witnesses for immigration relief cases. The aim of this project is to create a network of trained professionals able to provide expertise for the cases of individuals and families seeking asylum, U visas, and T visas. If you are interested in joining the collaborative, you must attend one of these trainings!
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Mental Health Collaborative Monthly Consultation Groups
A free monthly consultation support group for Girasol's Mental Health Collaborative members. These groups are available to anyone in our collaborative regardless of whether or not you are currently working on a case
Date & Time: They vary, and you can come to as many as you want! We'll be hosting daytime and post-work meetings once a month.
- Wednesday August 26, 5:30-6:30pm
- Friday September 25, 10-11am
- Wednesday October 28, 5:30-6:30pm
- Friday December 4, 10-11am
Audience: Members of the Mental Health Collaborative
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The Social Work Detention Response Team is a group of interdisciplinary teams of social work and law students orient migrants to the credible fear interview and asylum system, assist in their preparation for the interview, and provide emotional support to women and children undergoing this process. The team also goes on two trips to the border yearly to assist asylum-seekers at the Texas-Mexico border. While we cannot go to the border or to detention centers currently, we do have current online volunteer opportunities, see below:
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New Opportunity!
Immigration Dialogue: Impacts of Immigrant Family Detention on Mental Health and Wellbeing
Starting in September, we will begin hosting Immigration Dialogues on the third Tuesday of each month. These gatherings will be a virtual space for students, mental health professionals, and community members to join together to learn more about the current state of immigrant family detention in the U.S. and discuss what we can do as a community to support asylum-seekers.
To sponsor a dialogue, you can donate through our website! Every donation helps us continue this important work and support the efforts of our amazing community partners.
Date & Time: Tuesday September 15 5:30-7:00pm
Cost: Suggested donation of $10
Audience: Social work students, law students, other students, mental health professionals, and community members
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Join our Immigration Dialogues Planning Committee!
We are looking for Planning Committee Members who are passionate about social justice and immigration. If this sounds like a good fit for you, then we hope you consider signing up!
Monthly time commitment: 3 hours (1.5 for the planning meeting and 1.5 for the dialogue itself)
Any requirements to join? Just a willingness to learn and an interest in immigrant justice and mental health
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Sign up for the Planning Committee by Friday August 21st. We will get back to folks no later than Monday August 24th!
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Girasol’s Navegando Austin website compiles resources to the undocumented community in Austin, TX with the aim of expanding to other areas in the state. We need volunteers to help us at this time to make sure this website reflects all recent updates about the pandemic, federal public charge rules, and resources available to the community.
Interested in helping us update the Navegando Austin website? We'd love your help! Reach out to us at girasoltexas@gmail.com for more info.
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