Many people fleeing Afghanistan will seek refuge in the U.S. The U.S. government is preparing for some 22,000 refugees that could be arriving in the coming weeks.
Kentucky Heartwood kicks off its 15th Annual Music Festival at the Millville Community Center on Saturday, July 31 from 3-10 p.m.
The event features a youth music contest, art exhibitors, childrenâs activities, a chalk-drawing competition, hands-on workshops, dancing, and entertainment by local bands Nate Orshan and Native Invaders. Entry fee is $8 per person; kids are free.
According to organizer Chris Schimmoeller, the festival was conceived 16 years ago as a fundraiser for Kentucky Heartwood, whose mission is to protect and restore the integrity, stability and beauty of Kentucky s native forests. While the festival is the organization s biggest fundraiser of the year, she said it has also become a wonderful family event that is becoming a tradition in our community. My daughters have grown up with the festival, and it has been fun to see the festival grow up with them. Â Â
Several programs are providing free services to undocumented immigrants who wish to remain in the U.S. and obtain work permits. One based in San Francisco is specifically looking to help LGBTQ people apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or renew their participation in the federally administered program.
Meanwhile, the Boston-based nonprofit Immigration Help is offering free assistance to anyone eligible for the DACA program. Immigrants from across the country can visit its website at http://www.immigrationhelp.org/ to request assistance. We have been able to help several thousand individuals at different stages of the process. We help determine if they are eligible to helping them submit their forms to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said Fernando Urbina, a gay student at Harvard who is the nonprofit s director of outreach. It is all free of charge. We help them bypass paying the thousands of dollars to an attorney to help them complete these pr
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