Richmond asylum-seekers need transportation, post-release help
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Donations are 100% tax deductible
Central Virginia Sanctuary Network (CVSN) volunteers provide transportation and accompaniment services for local and regional immigration appointments, for asylum-seeking families without access to drivers licenses or cars. If transportation volunteers are not available, CVSN provides micro-grants to families to assist with the cost of private transportation.
CVSN also provides care packages and orientation to asylum seekers being released from regional detention centers who may be travelling to other points in the US to reunite with their families.
According to the Migration Policy Institute, Virginia is one of the top five destinations for Central American refugees after they cross the border, with a community of nearly 300,000 in the Alexandria / Arlington / DC region alone. ICE has a large presence in Central Virginia, with two facilities in Greater Richmond and two detention centers within an hour and a half of the city, including the highly controversial for-profit facility in Farmville.
Families we support are referred via Sacred Heart Center’s Family Protection Project, low-cost immigration attorneys in Richmond and Charlottesville, the CAIR Coalition and via word-of-mouth.
We will use your tax-deductible contributions to provide:
We are always looking for volunteers. Fill out our volunteer interest form here.
Instagram: @centralvasanctuary
Facebook: @centralvasanctuary
Twitter: @cvsanctuary
The Central Virginia Sanctuary Network is a grassroots organization of over 90 community members and concerned residents standing in solidarity with migrants and refugees in and around Richmond, VA. Since the Fall of 2017, when we were convened by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, a 501(c)3, our volunteer network has supported local migrant and refugee families who have had the obligation to appear at over 600 local immigration check-ins, immigration court hearings, and/or related mandatory immigration appointments.
Bill Giordano
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
Donations are 100% tax deductible
Central Virginia Sanctuary Network (CVSN) volunteers provide transportation and accompaniment services for local and regional immigration appointments, for asylum-seeking families without access to drivers licenses or cars. If transportation volunteers are not available, CVSN provides micro-grants to families to assist with the cost of private transportation.
CVSN also provides care packages and orientation to asylum seekers being released from regional detention centers who may be travelling to other points in the US to reunite with their families.
According to the Migration Policy Institute, Virginia is one of the top five destinations for Central American refugees after they cross the border, with a community of nearly 300,000 in the Alexandria / Arlington / DC region alone. ICE has a large presence in Central Virginia, with two facilities in Greater Richmond and two detention centers within an hour and a half of the city, including the highly controversial for-profit facility in Farmville.
Families we support are referred via Sacred Heart Center’s Family Protection Project, low-cost immigration attorneys in Richmond and Charlottesville, the CAIR Coalition and via word-of-mouth.
We will use your tax-deductible contributions to provide:
We are always looking for volunteers. Fill out our volunteer interest form here.
Instagram: @centralvasanctuary
Facebook: @centralvasanctuary
Twitter: @cvsanctuary
The Central Virginia Sanctuary Network is a grassroots organization of over 90 community members and concerned residents standing in solidarity with migrants and refugees in and around Richmond, VA. Since the Fall of 2017, when we were convened by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, a 501(c)3, our volunteer network has supported local migrant and refugee families who have had the obligation to appear at over 600 local immigration check-ins, immigration court hearings, and/or related mandatory immigration appointments.
Bill Giordano
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