The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrant Communities 

Wednesday, July 29 at 7pm

From healthcare disparities and economic loss, to immigration policies and procedures; immigrant communities have been hit hard by COVID-19, often left out of federal and state relief efforts. Join Itzel Hernandez, the Immigrant Rights Organizer with American Friends Service Committee in Red Bank where she works on local, state and federal policy initiatives to improve the lives of mixed status and undocumented families and Adriana Medina Gomez. the Legal Assistant for the American Friends Service Committee - Immigrant Rights Program in Red Bank for an important LTAR conversation.

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Adriana Medina Gomez is the Legal Assitant for the American Friends Service Committee - Immigrant Rights Program in Red Bank. For the past 5 years she has worked in immigration law and has worked with immigrant communities for over 10 years.

 Itzel Hernandez is the Immigrant Rights Organizer with American Friends Service Committee in Red Bank where she works on  local, state and federal policy initiatives to improve the lives of mixed status and undocumented families. Her work focuses on engaging immigrant youth in political activism in a range of social issues, including current immigration topics like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS) & access to higher education for undocumented students.  Prior to working with AFSC, Itzel was part of the Friends Committee on National Legislation Advocacy Corps in Washington D.C,  where she lobbied for bipartisan federal legislation on climate change at her home district. A graduate of New Jersey City University with dual degrees in National Security Studies and Political Science. 

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