{"id":15829,"date":"2015-12-29T12:51:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=15829"},"modified":"2015-12-29T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T19:18:18","slug":"2016-virginia-immigrant-advocacy-day-training-jan-14-28-uucarlington-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/2016-virginia-immigrant-advocacy-day-training-jan-14-28-uucarlington-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Virginia Immigrant Advocacy Day &#038; Training &#8211; Jan. 14 &#038; 28, UUCArlington &#038; Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Virginia Immigrant Advocacy Training Day<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday, January 14th 2016 at 7:00-9:00pm<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uucava.org\/page\/locations-and-directions\">Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington<\/a>, VA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/ntzWJoeHv4\">Registration<\/a> is required.<\/p>\n<p>Several immigrant advocate organizations will host an Advocacy Training Day to discuss the 2016 VA General Assembly process as well as hold a strategy session for our collaborative advocacy efforts. You will learn the legislative process of the Virginia General Assembly Interactive training on how to advocate with your legislators and what bills will be of importance to the immigrant community in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>This event is in preparation for the <strong>Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations&#8217;s (VACOLAO) Annual Virginia Immigrant Advocacy Day<\/strong>\u00a0(details below) that\u00a0will bring hundreds of Virginians to Richmond to advocate for the rights of immigrants during the 2016 Virginia General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>We will provide refreshment and light food.\u00a0Contact: edgar(at)justice4all.org or 703-772-1555<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Dreamers of Virginia (DOV), Mason Dreamers, Dreamers Mothers in Action, Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO), Legal Aid Justice Center, National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC), and Hispanic Community Dialogue of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Immigrant Advocacy Day<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday, January 28, 8:00am-3.00pm<br \/>\nHilton Richmond Center, 501 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219; General Assembly Building<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1nGiFz4czxppAgY0diBU0GwamrdxKhQznqhawN196lMg\/viewform?usp=send_form\">Registration<\/a> fee: $30.00<\/p>\n<p>Join the VACOLAO\u2019s annual Immigrant Advocacy Day to meet with elected representatives and discuss proposed legislation and issues important to Virginia\u2019s immigrant communities.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: vacolao(at)gmail.com or 703-772-1555<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transportation<\/strong> available from Arlington. It will leave from Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 2700 S. 19th Street, Arlington, VA 22204 at <span data-term=\"goog_2057600661\">7:00am<\/span> that morning. Please arrive by <span data-term=\"goog_2057600662\">6:30am<\/span>. We will be returning to northern Virginia at\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_2057600663\">5:00pm<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholarships<\/strong> are available. Please fill out the registration form and select scholarship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you pay by check<\/strong>, please make payable to the order of VACOLAO and send us at 6066 Leesburg Pike, suite 520, Falls Church, VA 22041<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Immigrant Advocacy Training Day Thursday, January 14th 2016 at 7:00-9:00pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, VA Registration is required. Several immigrant advocate organizations will host an Advocacy Training Day to discuss the 2016 VA General Assembly process as well as hold a strategy session for our collaborative advocacy efforts. You will learn the legislative &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/2016-virginia-immigrant-advocacy-day-training-jan-14-28-uucarlington-richmond\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2016 Virginia Immigrant Advocacy Day &#038; Training &#8211; Jan. 14 &#038; 28, UUCArlington &#038; Richmond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,1012,1010,73,3,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-congregational","category-featured-news","category-immigration","category-news","category-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15853,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15829\/revisions\/15853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}