A panel of three guests will present the stories of their work with immigrant/ asylees in our area. Pat Bonilla, who works with Asylee Welcome ABQ, meets the buses of immigrants from the border who are going on to family and friends in other parts of the country. Also, as a volunteer with VIDA , she will talk about their work with the immigrants in detention centers. Julia Cusatis is Director of Development at Encuentro, a program that engages Latino immigrant families in education and career development opportunities. Sarah Camp will represent ABQ FaithWorks, and will discuss the organization’s work with asylum seekers and refugees living in our community. The panel will be moderated by Jessica Corley, ABQ FaithWorks Executive Director. This promises a wide variety of work being done in ABQ and ways in which CWU participants may become involved in many ways—volunteering, providing needed items for care, donating needed funds for their operations. Please join us in reaching out to these important efforts to welcome our new neighbors!

The program will be on ZOOM and will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 6, 2023. Please contact Marilyn at mstoops@swcp.com for the ZOOM link by Wednesday, January 4, 2023.