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The Immigrant Leaders Fellows Program (ILF) supports
and trains emerging immigrant leaders committed to organizing
effective civic action in California’s Central
Valley. ILF enables fellows to explore and expand approaches
to civic participation by:
• Matching
fellows with CVP mentor organizations
• Assisting
fellows in developing and implementing learning plans
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Hosting gatherings where fellows learn from one another,
develop skills, and gain knowledge
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Providing fellows with stipends and resources to
participate in the program and to collaboratively plan
and implement the Annual CVP Leadership Institute
Today ILF celebrates:
• A graduating
cohort of eight inaugural fellows working on a variety
of issues, ranging from public health to immigration
organizing to cross-cultural exchange
• The
first Annual CVP Leadership Institute, collaboratively
designed and coordinated by ILF fellows and sponsoring
organizations
• Expanded
civic action, leadership, and relationships across organizational
and geographic lines
QUOTES:
"Across the Valley, immigrants are taking on new
leadership roles—some struggle to educate fellow
parents in the local schools, others search for resources
to run literacy programs, others are simply building
relationships to encourage active citizenship among
often isolated immigrant families."—Noe Paramo,
ILF Program Director
"Together we can make a big difference. In our
churches we are organizing health fairs—along
with other leaders in the program we can bring this
service to new communities and see what concerns we
share."—Carmen Mirazo, ILF Fellow with Sacramento
Valley Organizing Community
PHOTO:
Made possible with support from the James Irvine Foundation,
National Rural Funders Collaborative, and the California
Endowment
For more information, contact Program
Director Noe Paramo at paramont@sbcglobal.net
or at (209) 499-8637.
Join us in supporting the vision.
If you are interested in becoming a funding partner,
contact Mark Miller at mark@larkspring.comor
at (916) 638-1733.
A project of the Central Valley Partnership for
Citizenship—engaging immigrants, migrants, and
refugees in the civic life of California’s Central
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