Upcoming Trainings

 

To request any of the following trainings contact Jessica Chicco, MIRA’s Director of Training and Catherine Ramirez Mejia, MIRA’s Access and Resource Specialist at: training@miracoalition.org

  • Know Your Rights and Best Practices for Service Providing Organizations Working with Immigrant Families: The training includes best practices when working with immigrants including children, youth and families and discusses your rights if immigration enforcement comes to your organization’s offices. The training then shares the rights of immigrants and how families can prepare in case of an emergency, where to get legal help, information on immigration scams, and additional resources. This training is best suited for staff and leadership at social service organizations, healthcare organizations, mental health organizations, youth-centered organizations, etc. 
  • Know Your Rights for K-12 Schools and Educators: This training is intended for those working in Massachusetts K-12 schools, including teachers, counselors, and administrators. It covers basic Know Your Rights information and reviews recent guidance to K-12 schools issued by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and review best practices with regard to data sharing, responding to ICE presence or requests for information, and navigating conversations with immigrant students and their families.
  • Know Your Rights for Houses of Worship: The training discusses your rights if immigration comes to your place of worship and the rights of immigrants when interacting with immigration enforcement. The training shares how families can prepare in case of an emergency, where to get legal help, and additional resources. Lastly the training provides information on how to be an immigrant advocate and how to support MIRA’s policy priorities.

 

To request a Know Your Rights in the Workplace for Business Employers and Employees training contact MIRA’s Corporate Engagement Specialist, Ana Cristina Chavez Andonie: achavezandonie@miracoalition.org

This training is best suited for businesses including restaurants, hotels and hospitality, retail, construction, manufacturing, technology, etc.

 

 

For additional training offerings, please visit MIRA’s Training & Capacity Building webpage and view our Overview of Training Offerings. 

 

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