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SUMMARY:The Impact of Recent USCIS Policy Manual Changes on Immigrant Survi
 vors
DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;\n\n<span style="font-weight: 400">Mid-Atlantic Region (
 Delaware\, District of Columbia\, Maryland\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and
  West Virginia)</span>\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n<b>Speakers:</b> <span style="font-we
 ight: 400">Cristina Velez\, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Legal
  and Policy Director</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">\, ASISTA</s
 pan>\n\n<span style="font-weight: 400">Kelly Byrne\, </span><i><span style
 ="font-weight: 400">Staff Attorney</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400
 ">\, ASISTA</span>\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n<b>Who can attend?</b>\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n<spa
 n style="font-weight: 400">This webinar is open to OVW LAV and ELSI grante
 es\, sub-grantees\, STOP subgrantees\, and potential grantees in the follo
 wing jurisdictions: Delaware\, District of Columbia\, Maryland\, Pennsylva
 nia\, Virginia\, and West Virginia. Eligible attendees include staff of do
 mestic violence coalitions\, sexual assault coalitions\, dual coalitions\,
  and potential grantee organizations (including nonprofits and law school 
 clinics serving survivors). </span>\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n<b>Description: </b>\n
 \n&nbsp\;\n\n<span style="font-weight: 400">This interactive webinar for i
 ntermediate-level attorneys and DOJ accredited representatives will explor
 e the impact of recent changes to the USCIS Policy Manual on immigrant sur
 vivors of domestic violence\, dating violence\, sexual assault\, and stalk
 ing. Through lecture\, hypotheticals\, and group discussion\, panelists wi
 ll discuss changes to VAWA Self-Petitions\, including USCIS interpretation
  of the joint residence requirement and the “any credible evidence” st
 andard\, as well as changes to the confidentiality and prohibited source p
 rotections in 8 U.S.C. 1367. Panelists will share practical tips throughou
 t the webinar and will lead a discussion on how to educate decisionmakers 
 about domestic violence dynamics and how to enhance decisionmakers’ pers
 pective of survivors’ credibility. Panelists will also invite grantees t
 o share their experiences.</span>\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n<i><span style="font-weigh
 t: 400">This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-23-GK-05161-MUMU aw
 arded by the Office on Violence Against Women\, U.S. Department of Justice
 . The opinions\, findings\, conclusions\, and recommendations expressed in
  this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not
  necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.</span></
 i>
URL:https://ncjfcj-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kXiefFTRRiGYWN1aj4x3TA#/
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