Tagged: OIRA

15 Jun

New citizens celebrate Flag Day as Obama promises to end youth deportation

by Sara Stogner · June 15, 2012 · 0 Comments

Refugee and immigrant community organizers gathered in the country’s most diverse neighborhood, on Wednesday to redefine how Seattleites celebrate Flag Day. Immigrant rights organization OneAmerica put together the event in a Columbia City park to provide citizenship information, voter registration and other resources to new immigrants and refugees. Organizers said they hoped to revive the marginal holiday, which [...]

Filed under: Immigration

Tags: holiday, Immigration, OIRA, One America, refugee, Rose-Avila, Seattle, South Seattle

23 May

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Rose-Avila named director of Seattle’s new Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs

by Allison Barrett · May 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

Magdaleno Rose Avila, the newly named director of Seattle's Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (Photo from the UW Center for Human Rights)

Immigration advocate and former director of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Magdaleno Rose-Avila, was named director of the Seattle’s new Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) this week. Rose-Avila grew up in a Mexican-American farm worker community in Colorado, and has a long history of organizing for progressive causes. He’s worked for the United Farm Workers, the Peace Corps, Amnesty [...]

Filed under: Immigration, Politics

Tags: city, immigrant, NWIRP, OIRA, refugee, Rose-Avila, Seattle