Welcoming New Hampshire

Hanover - Immigration 101
2019-10-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, United States

Nashua - Immigration 101
2019-10-29 19:00 - 20:30 | First Church Nashua, 1 Concord St, Nashua, NH, 03064, United States
IMMIGRATION 101
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
7 – 8:30 P.M.
First Church, Nashua
1 Concord Street
Nashua, New Hampshire
The Pathway To Citizenship Is Not Easy
The First Church is hosting a program sponsored by The NH Alliance of Immigrants and Refugees and the Granite State Organizing Project on the topic of immigration policy, the history of immigration in the U.S. and our current situation.
Topics include:

Current history of immigration in New Hampshire and the United States
The role of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement & Border Patrol in NH
The stories of those affected here in New Hampshire
How to stay informed and active regarding immigration issues
Answers to questions you have about immigration policies

We seek to increase our knowledge and awareness so that we can informed citizens engaged in making our communities stronger, healthier and safer.
Primary Presenter Eva Castillo:
A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Eva Castillo has a long history of working with and advocating for immigrants. In 1984, Eva moved to New Hampshire, where she worked first at the NE Farm Workers Council, and later as at the Latin American Center in Manchester. She joined MIRA in 2007 as Director of the “NH Alliance for Immigrants and Refugees.” Eva’s tireless work to support immigrants with workers’ rights education, medical and legal interpreting and immigrant rights advocacy has granted her the community. Eva served as Police Commissioner in Manchester for six years and sits on the board or steering committees of several NH organizations and Government Councils.
Eva will be joined by staff from the Granite State Organizing Project (GSOP), the convener of the NH Immigrant Solidarity Network, who will share information about ways to get involved. The NH Immigrant Solidarity Network includes more than 50 faith communities from all across the state who are joined together to support immigrant families.
For more information please contact GSOP at 603-668-8250

Halloween (USA)
2019-10-31 | NH, United States
Many Americans celebrate Halloween on October 31. Celebrations include costume parties and trick-or-treating for candy.

Día de los Muertos (Mexican)
2019-11-01 | NH, United States
El Día de los Muertos, or The Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere. Dia de los Muertos honors the dead with festivals and lively celebrations, a typically Latin American custom that combines indigenous Aztec ritual with Catholicism (Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on All Saints Day and All Souls Day, minor holidays in the Catholic calendar). Día de los Muertos celebrations typically begin on October 31 and end on November 2.

Concord - Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town
2019-11-01 18:00 | Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main Street, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
Friday, November 1st, 2019, 6 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main Street, Concord, NH.
Free and open to the public.
Cynthia Anderson shares a moving chronicle of struggle, transformation, and who belongs in America. Her new book Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town, tells the impactful story of Lewiston, Maine.
The once-thriving city of Lewiston had fallen on hard times–mills closed, jobs gone. It was mostly white, and the young were leaving. Then thousands of African Muslim immigrants came to town.
Over the past 15 years, Lewiston, Maine has improbably become one of the most Muslim towns in America. About 6,000 of the city’s 36,000 inhabitants are African refugees and asylum seekers, many of them Somali. Cynthia Anderson tells the story of this fractious yet resilient mill town near where she grew up, offering the unfolding drama of a community’s reinvention–and humanizing some of the defining political issues in America today.
In Lewiston, progress is real but precarious. With empathy and honesty Anderson takes the reader deep into the lives of both immigrants and lifelong Mainers: a single Muslim mom, an anti-Islamist activist, a Congolese asylum seeker, a Somali community leader. Their lives unfold in these pages as anti-immigrant sentiment rises across the US and national realities collide with those in Lewiston. Home Now gives a poignant account of America’s evolving relationship with religion and race, and provides a sensitive refutation of the idea that we’d be better off without change.
View flyer: Home Now at Gibson’s Bookstore

Daylight Saving Time Ends
2019-11-03 02:00 | NH, United States
Nov 3, 2019 – Daylight Saving Time Ends
When local daylight time is about to reach
Sunday, November 3, 2019, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, November 3, 2019, 1:00:00 am local standard time instead.
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Nov 3, 2019 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning.
Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.

Laconia - Town Hall w/ Tulsi Gabbard
2019-11-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Laconia VFW, 143 Court Street, Laconia, NH, 03246, United States
Come hear and meet Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. Learn about her vision for uniting the country with the spirit of “Service above Self”. Tulsi is serving her 4th term and is Major in the Army National Guard and has served two combat tours to the Middle East. There will be time for questions and answers, as well as photo opportunities.
Sunday, November 3rd
Time: 6-7:30pm
Address: Laconia VFW
143 Court Street
Laconia, NH

Portsmouth - Finding Refuge: Crossroads Film and Discussion Series- Fire at Sea
2019-11-05 18:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, 03801, United States
Finding Refuge: Crossroads Film and Discussion Series
Fire at Sea
Tuesday, November 5th, 6 PM
Portsmouth Public Library
175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Tickets are free for the public, but space is limited. Reserve your tickets today!

About Fire at Sea:
Situated some 200km off Italy’s southern coast, Lampedusa has hit world headlines in recent years as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern migrants hoping to make a new life in Europe. Rosi spent months living on the Mediterranean island, capturing its history, culture and the current everyday reality of its 6,000-strong local population as hundreds of migrants land on its shores on a weekly basis. The resulting documentary focuses on 12-year-old Samuele, a local boy who loves to hunt with his slingshot and spend time on land even though he hails from a culture steeped in the sea.

Concord - 2019 Organizer Training
2019-11-07 09:00 - 16:00 | NH, United States
NHPA Leaders & Activists Training
Thursday, November 7, 2019
9 AM – 4 PM
Concord, NH
Join NH Progress Alliance, partners and allies to learn and connect with a day-long training for organizational leaders and community activists! This training is open to 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations, and will help you build your skills and grow your presence in the advocacy community.
Engage with and learn from top practitioners in organizing, compliance, fundraising, social + earned media, and more!
Workshops include:

Organizing: Using campaign frameworks and power mapping
Organizing: New methods of organizing – coops and relational models
Organizing: Applying a race and gender justice lens
Media: Making your own media
Compliance: Staying legal in 2020
Fundraising: Building and maintaining fundraising canvasses

Several more workshops will be added to the agenda soon!
The training is free of charge. Registration is first-come, first-served, and spots are limited. Click here for more information and to register today!
Questions? Contact schaissonwarner@nhprogressalliance.org

Webinar - Welcoming America Rural Welcoming Initiative
2019-11-07 13:00 | NH, United States
Topic: Welcoming America Rural Welcoming Initiative

Description: Join us to further explore the rural welcoming initiative, learn more about Welcoming America and discuss any questions you might have about the application or the process.
Through a new Rural Welcoming Initiative, selected nonprofit organizations and local governments will have the chance to receive technical assistance and coaching, draw on the tools and resources available to Welcoming Network members, and act as peer leaders by sharing good ideas and receiving national recognition for their welcoming efforts.

Time: Nov 7, 2019 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Manchester - Town Hall Immigration and Integration: What is Our Capacity?
2019-11-07 17:30 - 19:00 | Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
As part of our (Currier Museum of Art’s) special exhibition We Are For Freedoms, join us for a town hall exploring immigration and migration and the capacity of a community to effectively welcome and support new citizens. This free event will provide a platform for a facilitated conversation that seeks to encourage a more active, collaborative, and inclusive community. A diverse group of speakers will share their stories and then invite all to participate in the conversation. This talk will have a special performance by Deo Mwano and will be moderated by Max Latona, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Anselm College. Galleries open until 9 pm so be sure to stay after the event to enjoy We Are For Freedoms, and a full menu and cash bar in our Winter Garden Cafe.
FREE but seats are limited
Register hereThis is the first in a series of four town hall discussions associated with the exhibition We Are For Freedoms. Other town halls will be held on December 8, January 20, and February 6.

Veterans Day (USA)
2019-11-11 | NH, United States
In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day.

Webinar - Advancing Equity: A Racial Equity Journey
2019-11-12 15:00 | NH, United States
Discrimination based on race and ethnicity can negatively affect health across lifetimes and generations. Racial inequities are not random. They have been created and sustained over time by unfair and discriminatory policies and practices at many levels. Inequities will not disappear on their own, but communities have the power to disrupt them.

Join us on November 12, 2019 as we team up with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) to share how the Spokane Regional Health District began their journey toward disrupting racial inequities in Spokane, WA. We’ll explore how the Health District got started, some lessons learned along the way, and what they hope to achieve. We’ll also share the framework they’re using to build their internal capacity and discuss how you can use it to embed racial equity considerations in your community’s practices.GARE is a national network of government jurisdictions working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all. It is a joint project of the new Race Forward and the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society.

Nov 12, 2019 2 PM Central Time (3 PM Eastern)

Register Here

Dover - Culturally Responsive Leadership Conference
2019-11-14 08:30 - 2019-11-15 15:30 | NH, United States
Facilitators, speakers, and youth leaders will guide attendees in understanding how race, socio-economic status, trauma, and mental health uniquely inform the ways in which students learn and engage with community. Sessions will utilize the disciplines of dance, theatre, media, visual arts, and music as an essential asset in student centered and project based learning. Organized by the NH State Council on the Arts in partnership with the NH Arts Learning Network and many local and regional partners.
For more info and to register, visit: https://www.nhartslearning.org/arts-education-conference

Concord - Immigration: Reform for the Future
2019-11-15 09:00 - 11:00 | UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, 2 White St, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
The Rudman Center at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, in partnership with the Concord Coalition and with the generous support of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, will be hosting a conference on immigration reform on Friday, Nov. 15, at 9 a.m. The conference, titled “Immigration: Reform for the Future,” will focus on how sound economic policies are informed by sound immigration policies, and vice versa.
REGISTER HERE. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Featuring:

Ali Noorani, panelist, is the Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, a non-partisan advocacy organization working to promote the value of immigrants and immigration. Noorani is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jacqueline Varas, panelist, is the Director of Immigration and Trade Policy at the American Action Forum. Varas focuses her research on the economic and employment implications of both immigration and trade.
Ambassador George Bruno, panelist, is Managing Director of USA Group International and practices immigration law in New Hampshire. He was appointed by President Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to Belize in 1994 and was the first Director of New Hampshire Legal Assistance.
Robert L. Bixby, moderator, is Executive Director of The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan grassroots organization that advocates for generationally responsible fiscal policy.

Join The Concord Coalition and the Warren B. Rudman Center for a discussion on potential reforms to the nation’s legal immigration system that could address demographic trends, meet workforce needs, improve economic growth and more. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
This forum on immigration is in conjunction with a new, national project by Concord promoting a fiscally-responsible economic growth agenda, which you can read more about by clicking here. The topics highlighted by the project also include, health care reform, workforce development, Social Security sustainability, and investment in R&D.
REGISTER HERE. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
EVENT DETAILS:
What: Moderated panel discussion, “Immigration: Reform for the Future”
When: Friday, November 15
Registration and reception 8:30 a.m.
Program 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Where: Warren B. Rudman Center at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
2 White Street, Concord, NH 03301; Room 282
Coffee and pastries provided.
REGISTER HERE. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Manchester - Active Bystander Training
2019-11-16 09:00 - 12:00 | St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 102 Main Street, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
In a time when people are quicker to express anger and more likely to be angry at people “not like them”, many of us are seeking tools to respond effectively to such biased anger.
This training will give you tools and insights to use in such situations and a chance to think about how you might use them. In this highly interactive session we present information, share experiences, and strategize bystander responses to a variety of situations. Participants will learn about roles we all play, what discourages us from acting when we see harm doing, how to move through this resistance, tools to use when we are ready, and basic principles to guide our actions.
Contact Aron DiBacco at adibacco@granitestateorganizing.org or 603-668-8250 to for information about this program.
GSOP is the largest grassroots community organization in New Hampshire. We are comprised of religious congregations, community groups, labor organizations and individuals in New Hampshire united in our concern for economic and social justice.

Newmarket - Sangha Day
2019-11-16 10:00 - 17:00 | Aryaloka Buddhist Center, 14 Heartwood Circle, Newmarket, NH, 03857, United States
Sangha Day is an annual festival of Buddhist spiritual community, celebrated around the world.
Our morning will be dedicated to reflective meditation and a puja on the theme of friendship – from our present day connections back to the time of the Buddha. Friendship is a vital condition in the spiritual life, one might even say it is the whole of the spiritual life.

In the afternoon we will invoke our collective spirit to bring community theater into being. We will have a selection of stories from the Buddhist tradition ready to be shared with our contemporary interpretations. Props and scripts provided. If you’d like to help out with any of the pre-production work please be in touch by mid-October.

Program:
10-12 pm meditation and puja
12-1 pm vegetarian potluck lunch (please bring a dish to share)
1-3 pm community theater preparations and shenanigans
3:30-5 pm sharing our stories

Led By: DH Viriyalila and Team
Level: Open to All
Fee: By Donation
Directions: Find Directions Here

Manchester - Global Trivia Night
2019-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 North River Road, Hooksett, NH, 03106, United States
The World Affairs Council of New Hampshire will host a series of four global trivia nights at the Last Chapter Pub on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University. The rules are simple: no phones and no shouting out answers! This will be a fun night of testing your knowledge of global culture, music, politics, sports, and general information. So get together with your smartest friends and come show us what you know!
Register your team here: https://wacnh.org/event-3501152

Nashua - Navigators Coffee & Conversation
2019-11-20 17:30 - 18:30 | United Way of Greater Nashua, 20 Broad Street, Nashua, NH, 03064, United States

Thanksgiving Day (USA)
2019-11-28 | NH, United States
Thanksgiving Day in the United States is a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day is a day for people in the US to give thanks for what they have. Families and friends get together for a meal, which traditionally includes a roast turkey, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables, cranberry sauce, gravy, and pumpkin pie.

Concord - Nepali & Indian Classical Music
2019-11-30 19:30 | Hatbox Theater, 270 Loudon Road, Concord, NH, 03301, United States

Manchester - Access Academy Showcase
2019-12-04 16:00 - 18:00 | Saint Anselm College, 100 St Anselm Dr, Manchester, NH, 03102, United States
The 2019 Access Academy Fall Showcase
Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 4-6pm
Jean Student Center at Saint Anselm College

Manchester - French Conversation Cafe
2019-12-05 18:00 - 20:00 | First Congregational Church, 508 Union St., Manchester, NH, 03104, United States

Manchester - Holiday Joy: Voices of Young Women
2019-12-09 18:30 | St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 650 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH, 03104, United States

Christmas (Christian)
2019-12-25 | NH, United States
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

Manchester - Kwanzaa Celebration
2019-12-28 12:00 | YWCA NH, 72 Concord St, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
Kwanzaa Celebration
December 28, 2019 12:00pm
at YWCA NH
72 Concord St, Manchester, NH
Free and Open to the Public

Webinar - NPNA Family Protection Network: The Field Response to the Proposed Fee Increases
2020-01-15 13:00 - 14:15 | NH, United States
Join us to hear how the NPNA Family Protection Network and organizations that offer legal services are responding to the proposed threat of the Trump administration increasing application fees. The change would effectively price out millions from citizenship, lawful permanent residency, DACA, asylum, and other forms of immigration relief and benefits. Hear how organizations are utilizing the current moment to encourage citizenship and other applications in their community.
Register Here

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On November 14th, 2019, the Trump administration published its proposed fee schedule regulation that targets low-income and working class immigrants by effectively pricing them out of citizenship, asylum, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), work permits, and other forms of immigration status and benefits.
If implemented, this rule would:

Increase citizenship application fees by 83 percent, increasing the N-400 fee from $640 to $1,170;
Create a $50 fee for filing certain asylum applications and make asylum seekers pay $490 for a work permit;
Increase the cost of DACA renewals from $495 to $765;
Eliminate fee waivers for citizenship, lawful permanent residency, employment authorization, and other applications;
Transfer $112 million in applications fees from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for enforcement purposes, including denaturalization.

Since the fee rule announcement, we responded in opposition swiftly and collectively submitted nearly 30,000 comments! The vast majority of comments received were in opposition of the proposed fee rule.
ICYMI: Over the holiday break, NPNA submitted this Final Comment together with our NPNA member organizations, and organized the Mayoral Sign-On Letter Opposing the Proposed Rule led by Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City, Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, and Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles together with 48 Mayors and County Executives.
Join our upcoming webinar to hear how the NPNA Family Protection Network and its members including the Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC), CASA and OneAmerica are responding to the proposed threat of the Trump administration increasing application fees, along with national allies including the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Speakers include:

Diego Iniguez Lopez, Policy and Campaigns Manager, NPNA
Iván Parra, Director of Services, Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC)
George Escobar, Chief of Programs and Services, CASA
Erin Lynum, Associate, Practice and Professionalism Center, AILA

Register Here

Manchester - Uncaged Art: Tornillo Children's Detention Camp
2020-01-16 17:00 - 20:30 | Jupiter Hall, 89 Hanover St., Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY JANUARY 16 – 6:00-8:00 PM
JUPITER HALL – 89 Hanover St., Manchester
Join us for food, music, stories and a silent auction
View professional photographs of artworks created by teenage asylum seekers who were kept in a detention center in Tornillo, Texas. The artwork shows us that children from Central America remember the beauty of their countries, even though they were forced by gangs and governments to leave.
Additional programs on Thursdays, 6-8 PM at Jupiter Hall:
Jan. 23 – The Journey (film “Which Way Home” and discussion)
Jan. 30 – Trauma and Healing (a panel of professionals who
work with children affected by trauma)
Feb. 13 – What to do/How to help (activists and helpers share the ways they work to bring change and help others)
Sponsored by Welcoming Manchester, Welcoming New Hampshire, and the Kent St. Coalition
Questions: Email welcomingmanchester@gmail.com or message on WM Facebook page

Manchester - 70-hour Legal Interpretation Training
2020-01-16 17:45 - 21:30 | NH, United States
70-hour Legal Interpretation Training in Manchester, NH
January 16–April 7, 2020
Time: 5:45pm – 9:30pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Upon graduation you will receive a certificate of completion which you can use to work as an interpreter anywhere in the US and other countries. This is a comprehensive 70-hour program that teaches interpreters to work in court and in other legal settings, Tuition cost for this training is $850. Partial scholarships are available for Manchester residents. Registration fee, mandatory language proficiency screening (in English and target language), the manual and exercises/role-plays are included in this amount.
Individuals interested in this training must complete the Registration Form, and include a nonrefundable registration fee of $100 check/money order made out to SNHAHEC and send it to: Florentina G. Dinu, Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center, 128 State Route 27, Raymond NH 03077, or fgdinu@snhahec.org
Any buyer may cancel this transaction any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of the transaction.
For more information, contact Florentina G. Dinu at: fgdinu@snhahec.org
Registration Form

Nashua - Voter Registration w/ Translation Assistance
2020-01-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Nashua City Clerk’s Office, 229 Main St #102, Nashua, NH, 03060, United States
9 am – 12 noon
City Clerk’s Office
229 Main St
Nashua, NH
The Cultural Connections Committee, in coordination with the City Clerk’s office, is pleased to offer Voter Registration with Translation Assistance including Afrikaans, Portuguese, Spanish and Indian languages. To be eligible to vote in New Hampshire a person must be: 18 year of age or older on election day; a United States citizen; and a resident in the town or ward where the person seeks to vote. To register, you will need to provide proof of your identity, age, citizenship.
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El Comité de Conexiones Culturales, en coordinación con la Oficina del Secretario de la Ciudad, se complace en ofrecer el Registro Electoral con Asistencia de Traducción
Afrikaans, Indio, Portugués, Español
SÁBADO 18 de ENERO DE 2020 9:00 AM – Mediodía
Oficina del Secretario de la Ciudad, 229 Main Street, Nashua
Para ser elegible para votar en New Hampshire una persona debe ser:

18 años de edad o más el día de las elecciones;
Un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos; Y
Un residente en la ciudad o barrio donde la persona busca votar.

Para registrarse, tendrá que proporcionar una prueba de su identidad, edad, ciudadanía
