MAYOR WALSH AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT
AWARD 20 IMMIGRANT-SERVING
ORGANIZATIONS
MINI-GRANTS FOR WE ARE BOSTON 2020
$100,000 to go to nonprofits that
support immigrant communities
BOSTON - On this year’s National
Immigrants Day, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh
and the Mayor’s Office for
Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) are celebrating Boston’s
rich cultural diversity by
awarding $100,000 in mini-grants to 20
immigrant-serving organizations.
The mini-grants are funded through corporate
sponsorships for We Are Boston , an
annual end-of-the year reception that honors
the contributions immigrants
have made to our City. This year’s We Are
Boston
2020: From Resilience to Equity
is on November 19 from 5-6 pm.
“The coronavirus pandemic shined
a bright light on the disparities in our
community,” said Mayor Walsh. “Immigrants
have been on the frontlines from the
beginning and they have also
been the most impacted. This year especially, we need
to celebrate immigrant
contributions to our community and recover from this
pandemic in a more equitable
state than we entered it.”
“We picked this year’s theme
because ‘resilience’ means the ability to recover
quickly from difficulties, and
that is exactly what our immigrant communities are
doing during this pandemic. And
this resiliency, this strength, is what gets us to
equity,” said Yusufi Vali,
Director of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement.
The 20 diverse nonprofits will
each receive mini-grants for $5,000 for services
including COVID-19 relief,
mental health support, legal services, youth development
and career services.
The following organizations are
selected for this year’s mini-grants:
Agencia ALPHA : The mini-grant will prepare 110 permanent residents to pass
their
citizenship exam and foster
civic engagement on campaigns that impact the
immigrant community.
African Bridge Network (ABN) : ABN will host workshops for 100+ skilled
immigrants and provide
individual career advising services to assist with career
development and job search.
Boston Asian Youth Essential
Service : Funding will support creative
and artistic
development activities for
Chinese and Vietnamese youth from low-income families
in Boston.
Boston Center for Refugee Health
and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center :
The Center will provide a
winter-preparedness packet and face masks for asylum
seekers, refugees, survivors of
torture and their families.
Brazilian Women’s Group (BWG) : BWG will support Brazilian immigrant women by
offering stipends for classes for
professional development and by offering mental
health support.
Cape Verdean Association of Boston : The mini-grant will support the Cabo
Verdean Immigrant Resource
Center that connects recent immigrants with
resources such as ESOL classes,
citizenship classes and application assistance and
BPS Parent Engagement.
Caribbean Integration Community
Development (CICD) : Funding supports CICD’s
work of helping Caribbean
residents in Boston process Metro Housing’s Residential
Assistance for Families in
Transition (RAFT) applications to make mortgage and rent
payments.
Center to Support Immigrant
Organizing (CSIO): CSIO’s program will engage more
than 500 immigrant youth
suffering from social isolation and other challenges
during COVID-19 and build their
capacity to be leaders in social change.
Chica Project : The grant will support young women of color during COVID-19 by
empowering them with the skills,
confidence and networks to thrive and close the
opportunity divide.
Dominican Development Center (DDC) : Funding will support the Latino Workers
Leadership Empowerment Program
to develop leadership skills among Latina
immigrant workers confronting
worker rights violations during and after the
pandemic.
Dudley Street Neighborhood
Initiative (DSNI) : DSNI will provide food and
financial
support to residents.
East Boston Social Centers, Inc. : The mini-grant will be used to purchase and
deliver groceries, formula,
diapers, cleaning supplies, masks, gloves and any other
basic needs that East Boston
families cannot afford at this time.
Found in Translation : Funding will support the Language Access Fellowship
Medical Interpreter Training and
Job Placement Program that provides a pathway
out of poverty for bilingual,
low-income and homeless women by training them as
medical interpreters and
connecting them to jobs.
ICNA Relief - New England : The organization will implement a voucher project to
increase food access to specific
halal markets for marginalized communities.
Massachusetts Immigrants Support
Group (MISG) : The mini-grant will support
immigrants in need of legal
assistance, including victims seeking a divorce from
abusive partners.
Project Hope : Funding supports classes for women and families in Dorchester
and
Roxbury to move up and out of
poverty and closes the digital divide that hinders
low-income communities of color
from keeping up with employment trends.
Somali Parents Advocacy Center for
Education (SPACE) : SPACE will expand the
Healthy Lives project that
provides services to Somali families who have children
with disabilities and have also
been exposed to or infected with a virus.
True Alliance Center (TAC) : The mini-grant will be used to translate COVID-19
prevention materials and
resources into Haitian Creole, create PSAs to educate the
Haitian community about key
issues and to conduct webinars targeting those at
higher risk of COVID-19.
VietAID : VietAID will provide mental health support during COVID-19 for
immigrant youth in Dorchester
through weekly workshops and culturally-specific
individual support plans.
Vietnamese American Thang Long
Limited : Funding will help launch a
business
support initiative for small
business owners in Fields Corner and provide classes for
employees.
These mini-grants are made
possible through the generous contributions from We
Are Boston 2019 sponsors including State Street Corporation, Arbella Insurance
Foundation, Eastern Bank and
Verizon; and this year’s corporate sponsors include
Arbella Insurance Foundation,
Eastern Bank and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
For this year’s We Are Boston 2020: From Resilience to Equity on November 19,
Mayor Walsh will recognize the
successes of the past year and name this year’s
honorees. The evening will
culminate with the City’s new Cabinet Chief of Equity,
Dr. Karilyn Crockett, speaking on
the convergence and divergence of African
American and immigrant struggles
and how the corporate and philanthropic
sectors can support the fight
for equity for all. Any media who wish to attend can
email paien.yu@boston.gov .
About the Mayor’s Office for
Immigrant Advancement
The Mayor’s Office for Immigrant
Advancement (MOIA) strives to strengthen the
ability of immigrants to fully
and equitably participate in economic, civic, social, and
cultural life in Boston. MOIA
also promotes the recognition and public
understanding of the
contributions of immigrants to the City. To learn more, visit
boston.gov/immigrants.
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