Seeking Asylum: Finding Empowerment

with Noah Elias Habeeb.
This platform will be ASL interpreted.

Noah Elias Habeeb, Director of the ARK Immigration Clinic at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, will join us to share how a congregation has stepped up to organize a source of sanctuary for immigrants and refugees in our city. CBST focuses on supporting LGBTQIA+ immigrants and asylum seekers by training volunteers and attorneys to assist  with asylum and work permit applications, translation, accompaniment, and direct support  for our immigrant neighbors. How does a program like this work, and how does a fellowship gather to establish and develop a program of this depth and impact?

Noah Habeeb directs the asylum clinic at CBST for LGBTQ/H asylum seekers in coalition with Seeking Asylum Finding Empowerment (SAFE), RUSA-LGBT and New Sanctuary Coalition (NSC).
Noah’s writing has appeared in the Nation, Tikkun, Truthout, and publications of the Institute for Policy Studies. He has an MA in Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning from UEP at Tufts University and previously worked as an Urban Fellow in the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA).

Join us in person at:
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture,
269 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215