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Huge crowds apply for US citizenship in Aurora

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On Saturday August 28th more than 150 legal permanent residents came to an ICIRR New American’s Initiative citizenship workshop organized by Family Fo Read more…

Be Front Page News - media training for NAI partners

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Local media representatives talked about immigration and citizenship issues Read more…

New Americans Count Census Campaign Success

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2,283 volunteers reached 107,833 households to educate residents about the importance of the Census. Read more…

ICIRR Wins National Award

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ICIRR has won a very prestigious national award from the Migration Policy Institute for our exceptional immigrant integration initiatives. Read more…

An energizing Door Knocking Training on Chicago's northwest side

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Over 40 NAI leaders hit the streets and talked to residents of the Portage Park community on the importance of becoming U.S. Citizens Read more…

Immigrant Communities Count!

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On April 1, Bernie Wong, Chinese American Service League President and ICIRR Board member spoke at a census rally with Mayor Daley, Senator Burris, Cong. Read more…

"Immigrant Women: Civic Leaders Building Strong Communities"

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Snapshot of the state of immigrant women in Illinois and their role in the integration of their families into American society Read more…

"New Americans Count" Fellows Urge the Communtiy to Fill Out the Census Form

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Making our community count! Our census fellows have been hard at work knocking on doors and informing people about the importance of filling out the census form. Read more…

Census Fellows on the News!

Pilsen organizers hoping community won't be penalized in new census as it was in 2000
by Allison Clark
Feb 17, 2010

Funding cuts. Program cuts. Read more…

Census Fellows are Ready and Eager to Help Their Communities

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Census fellows held a meeting to look back at their first week as fellows and share great stories about their communities. Read more…

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