LEGAL RESPONSE TO 9/11 REPORT

Members of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Guild continue conducting workshops and presentations on "Know Your Rights" and civil liberties.

Here are examples of some of the workshops
we have given:

Brazilian Women's Group in Somerville for portuguese speakers (by Nancy Kelly);
International Institute of Boston for national immigrant refugee services providers (by Nancy Kelly);

Latin American Health Institute for
Latin immigrants (by Ilana Greenstein);

Department of Public Health's RISE program for public health providers (by Ilana Greenstein);

?Consejos de Salud? TV program for Women & Children's Health Initiative at the Latin American Health Institute (by Leonor Suarez);

SCALE (Adult education center) in Somerville for teachers and educators of adult students (by Susan Church);

East Boston Ecumenical Council for Latin community members (by Ilana Greenstein).

Please Volunteer!

We need volunteer attorneys/legal workers/law students to:

• do community presentations on "Know Your Rights" vis a vis FBI
• do community presentations on "Know Your Rights" vis a vis INS
• do community presentations on "Know Your Rights" vis a vis harassment and discrimination
• help train hot line staffers -- law students and others -- on the above issues
• staff or provide back-up to staffers of hot line at the Islamic Center of Boston
• help develop written hand-outs, and coordinate editing and translations
• volunteer to take one detention/habeas corpus case

The Mass Chapter has been getting requests from mosques and various ethnic/religious/immigrant groups to provide educational presentations regarding FBI and INS, immigration issues, harassment, and discrimination. We have also been asked to train "hot line" staffers, to develop written hand-outs, and to set up referral panels. We are working in coalition with the NLG National Immigration Project (nlg.org/nip), American Association of Immigration Attorneys (aila.org), and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (lawyerscomm.org), so we can respond to all the requests. Please volunteer now!