A Day of Immigration Basics 

Audience:

Morning Session: Sexual and Domestic Violence Advocates

Afternoon Session: KCSDV Member Program Advocates & Staff Only

Date & Time:

Morning Session: Introduction to Survivor-Based Immigration Relief and Providing Trauma-Informed Services to Immigrant Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

Monday, February 13, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – noon (CST)

ASISTA Immigration Assistance and Esperanza United are pleased to offer an introductory training on survivor-based immigration relief for the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. This 2-hour interactive training is intended for non-attorney advocates who work with immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. The training will cover topics including immigration myths and facts, immigration options for survivors, an overview of recent immigration policy changes, how advocates can support a survivor throughout the immigration case, and the provision of trauma-informed and language-accessible services to immigrant survivors.

By participating in this training, attendees will be better able to:

• Identify immigration options that may be available to immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.
• Understand recent immigration policy changes that are relevant to immigrant survivors.
• Distinguish between myths and facts about survivors and the U.S. immigration system.
• Provide trauma-informed and language-accessible services to immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.

This session will be recorded. 

Afternoon Session: Kansas Immigration Attorney Panel

Monday, February 13, 2023, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. (CST)

The panel will discuss best practices on how advocates can help undocumented survivors understand their immigration situation and ways to protect benefits for which they may be eligible.

Objective: To give advocates tips and tools to help preserve undocumented survivor victims’ immigration options.

This session will be recorded. 

Presenters: 

Morning Session:

Cristina Velez 
Legal and Policy Director 
ASISTA

Kelly Head 
Staff Attorney 
ASISTA

Paula Gomez Stordy, M.Ed. 
Senior Director of National Training and TA 
Esperanza United

Presenter bios can be found here.

Afternoon Session: 

Sarah Balderas, JD
Balderas Legal Group

Blanca Marin, JD  
Marin Immigration Law, LLC

Genevra Alberti, JD 
The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law.

Presenter bios can be found here.

Registration:

Registration Deadline:
February 2, 2023

How to Register:

Click HERE to register for the morning session.

Click HERE to register for the afternoon session.

Accessibility: 

We welcome people of all abilities. For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please select your needs on the online registration form or contact trainingteam@kcsdv.org or call 785-232-9784.

Your request should be made at least 14 business days prior to the training. 

Training Technical Requirements

• Zoom Platform: We recommend that you have the most current version of the Zoom client on your computer. If you already have Zoom loaded, please be sure you have updated to the newest version from this page.
• Chrome: The Connect site works best with the Google Chrome browser. You can use another web browser, but some features may not work as well. You can download the Chrome browser from this page.

Questions:

Registration Questions:
Teresa Gallegos
Director of Education and Training
trainingteam@kcsdv.org or 785-232-9784

Training Questions:
Aquia Pusch
Rural Outreach Advocacy Coordinator
apusch@kcsdv.org

Sponsored by:

This project was supported by Grant No. #2017-WR-AX-0038 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-21-GK-02240-MUMU awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Morning Training Hours: 2

Afternoon Training Hours: 2