SEVA Immigrant Community Advocacy Project
1(800) FOR-SEVA
The immigrant experience in America has historically been defined by external limitations to opportunities that oftentimes result in self-imposed limitations by immigrant individuals and immigrant communities. America has a rich legacy with founding promises that are still relevant today. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address heralds the phrase "government for the people, by the people, for the people."
America has defined "people" in a broad and inclusive manner--this is something all citizens, non-citizens, undocumented and documented immigrants should be aware of. SEVA will work with immigrants and communities so that they can empower themselves in ways they are entitled to as "people" of America. SEVA will disseminate the information needed by the people along their respective paths of integration into the Americans spheres of education, immigrant rights and laws, community integration, etc...
"Commit to your Community Today"
Just as all immigrants who are citizens, non-citizens, undocumented and documented should learn to navigate themselves and their families through the different aspects of immigrant life in America, it is also incumbent upon them to assist in the generation and regeneration of actual physical immigrant communities in New York City. Immigrant communities throughout Queens County, for example, such as Richmond Hill and Jackson Heights are viable communities where thousands of immigrants have built their lives.
Let's go a step further and establish ROOTS! SEVA will work with such communities to create sustainable civic-participant based immigrant communities so that these neighborhoods will become places where immigrants want to stay and become more vested in, instead of seeing these neighborhoods as transient neighborhoods. Let's improve our schools, lets create dialogue with and get involved with our local schools, police, fire department, etc...
This is your community--lets build ROOTS!
COUNTERMEASURES:
LONG TERM PLANNING FOR URBAN IMMIGRANT POPULATION
SEVA wants to work with indigenous local community leaders to help create culturally-sensitive strategies regarding long term issues that our New York City immigrant community will be facing in the near future.
SEVA will also work to create policy initiatives in order to focus our city and local agencies on immigrant needs regarding these long term issues. We are interested in developing critical plans that would be used to craft solutions to some of the immediate issues that the growing immigrant population living in urban settings will be facing in the upcoming decades such as housing issues, senior issues, and retirement concerns for immigrants with no retirement plans, savings or benefits, etc.
Let's develop and execute COUNTERMEASURES.
