COMMUNITY

NAVIGATOR TRAINING
MODULE 1: BACKGROUND
APRIL 7, 2015

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This presentation is a product of the Committee for Immigration Reform
Implementation (CIRI) Regional Coordination subcommittee. This was
prepared by Tara Raghuveer of the National Partnership for New
Americans (NPNA). Susan Schreiber and Jack Holmgren of Catholic
Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) supplied the Immigration 101
module, based on CLINICs 2-day immigration law training. Mayron
Payes and Larry Kleinman of FIRM provided guidance on the
Defending AR module. Patrick Taurel of the American Immigration
Council (AIC) contributed to the module on Unlawful Practice of Law.
Frances Valdez (United We DREAM), Courtney Tudi (World Relief),
Eddie Carmona (PICO), George Escobar (CASA de Maryland), Ruth
Lopez (ICIRR), Camille Mackler (NYIC), Adrienne DerVartanian
(Farmworker Justice), and Kelly Rodriguez (AFL-CIO) all provided
additional resources and guidance. This training is based on the
NPNA-United Food and Commercial Workers naturalization
partnership.
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WHAT BROUGHT
YOU HERE TODAY?

MODULE 1:

BACKGROUND

OUR ORGANIZATION
[INSERT ORGANIZATION INFO HERE]

OUR MISSION
[INSERT ORGANIZATION MISSION HERE]

HOW HAVE YOU

YOU PARTICIPATED?

COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS
Need for navigators
Increase capacity
Provide quality services
Help communities avoid fraudulent practice of law
Community navigators (or promotores) are community members who
receive specialized training to provide quality immigration services for
their communities in an empowering and effective way.
Long history of success
Public health
ACA enrollment

WHERE NAVIGATORS FIT IN

WHAT CAN
YOU DO NOW?

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WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE A
NAVIGATOR?
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