Creating A Community of Allies for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers (Hybrid)

How a LGBTQ congregation champions a social justice project.

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 Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST. Noah is also a Department of Justice Fully Accredited Representative, which allows him to represent immigrant New Yorkers before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Immigration Courts, and the Department of Homeland Security. 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). He is a 2024-2025 Interfaith Civic Leadership Academy Fellow at the Interfaith Center of New York.

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

Please RSVP below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeking-asylum-finding-empowerment-hybrid-tickets-1326156863879?aff=oddtdtcreator
Those who RSVP will also be sent the hybrid link.