User:DutchTreat/Projects/nyc-migrant-assistance

When recently resettled, the needs of each migrant community include food, housing, language skills and employment. The Wikimedia Movement via local affiliates and numerous independent Wikipedians can help satisfy these needs for migrant communities.


 * Language translation The migrant community and associations serving them offer a talent pool with knowledge in non-English languages. Wikimedia projects like Wikidata, Wikipedia, Wikivoyage and Wikibooks are need of translated content. Established partnerships between human aid organizations and Wikimedia chapters to provide a framework for ongoing translation of Wikidata labels and high value articles in non-English languages.
 * Finding resources There are many groups, programs and legal services offered by the human aid departments of government and non-profit relief organizations. Improve ability to find existing offerings.
 * Language learning augment existing English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. Provide online exercises taking advantage of articles of interest available both in multiple languages and English.


 * Note: More established immigrant communities have different needs. These are outside the scope of the initial project.

Census Data
"the figures show Connecticut gained about 2,000 residents due to migration, including a significant number of people who moved here from outside of the United States, though the data has notoriously high margins of error."

" In the 2021-2022 report, 16,296 individuals arrived through international migration, while 13,547 left the Constitution State."

Organizations in Nutmeg State

 * Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants

Executive

 * New Jersey Department of Human Services - Office of New Americans

Legislation

 * NY Senate Bill S1747B Driver's License Access and Privacy Act, known as Green Light Law, Insurance Circular Letter No. 01 (2020)

Programs
"New York State Migrant Education Program is a Title I, Part C mandated program that provides supplemental educational services to the children of migratory agricultural workers"
 * New York Migrant Education Program

Columbia County Sanctuary Movement

 * website, GuideStar profile
 * article (None), created WD on 2024-06-27
 * contacts: Jenifer Benn, Board of Directors Co-Chair and David Quituisaca, Board of Directors Co-Chair

For the Many

 * name former "Nobody Leaves Mid Hudson"
 * website
 * contact Jonathan Bix, Executive Director

Grannies Respond Abuelas Responden Inc.

 * website
 * article Grannies Respond Abuelas Responden missing as of July 2024; created WD on 2024-07-01
 * address 18 Teller Avenue, Beacon, NY 12508
 * contact Catherine Cole
 * IRS EIN: 83-3932245, Form 990 search
 * chapters "Team TLC NYC", runs the Little Shop of Kindness (see below)

Green Light NY

 * website
 * members of Green Light Coalition members

"mission of Green Light NY: Driving Together is to ensure equal access to driver’s licenses for all residents of New York State"

International Rescue Committee

 * article International Rescue Committee plus 14 languages (IRC); WD
 * "In 2023 the IRC ran Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI) programs in Europe and the United States."

Justice for Migrant Families

 * website also known as Justice for Migrant Families of Western New York,
 * contact Jennifer Connor, Executive Director

The Little Shop of Kindness

 * website from "Team TLC NYC"
 * address 1745 First Ave, AT 90th ST, inside THE AVENUE CHURCH BUILDING, ON THE 3RD FLOOR.
 * press Gothamist

Make the Road New York

 * article Make the Road New York; wikidata
 * contacts Arlenis Morel, Jose Lopez and Theo Oshiro, three co-Executive Directors
 * next step Seeking translations of the English article.

MinKwon Center for Community Action

 * website MinKwon Center for Community Action
 * article MinKwon Center for Community Action only in English, WD
 * next step Seeking Korean translation of the English article, MinKwon (민권) means civil rights in Korean.

Neighbors Link

 * website - locations Yonkers, Ossining and Mont Kisbo
 * contact Adrienne Vogel, Development Director

New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)

 * website

"The coalition was formed primarily by Justice for Migrant Families, Worker Justice Center of New York, Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, Nobody Leaves Mid Hudson, Neighbors Link, MinKwon Center for Community Action and Make the Road New York."

Worker Justice Center of New York

 * website
 * Reference on Wikipedia at Driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in the United States

Government in New Jersey

 * Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services
 * New Jersey Migrant Education Program (NJ MEP)

Data on New Jersey

 * 2018 NJ Language and Demographic Report

Organizations in New Jersey

 * International Rescue IRC in Elizabeth, NJ