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From Georgia Appleseed: This manual guides volunteer lawyers and non-lawyer practitioners through important financial and family rights threatened by the deportation process, including final paychecks, bank accounts, car and home ownership, government benefits, child custody, and others. “Protecting Assets” provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions to help immigrants protect their financial assets and family relationships.
Metro Atlanta Hispanic Populations
County/percent total/overall population in 2008
Clayton -- 11.6% -- 273,718
Cobb -- 11.7% -- 698,158
DeKalb -- 10.4% -- 739,956
Douglas -- 6.2% -- 127,932
Fayette -- 4.2% -- 106,465
Fulton -- 8.3% -- 1,014,932
Gwinnett -- 17.5% -- 789,500
Hall -- 26.3% -- 184,814
Henry -- 5.2% -- 191,502
Rockdale -- 9.8% -- 83,222
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
June 16, 2008 ICM Newsletter: ICM Builds Partnership with Hispanic/Latino Faith Communities
ICM hosted its first workshop, "Expanding Our Voices; Embracing All Children" with Hispanic and Latino faith and community leaders Thursday, June 12 at Simpsonwood Conference Center and began a conversation about issues that impact Hispanic/Latino children and planned ways ICM can partner with our Hispanic/Latino sisters and brothers of all faiths to address them.
"While many issues are universal to all children, ICM wants to ensure that our agenda and efforts include those issues of particular concern to faith communities that serve Hispanic/Latino children and families," said Kathryn Stanley. Kathryn and Caitlin Foley are ICM's Faith-in-Action community organizers for this initiative.
"After many preliminary conversations with Hispanic and Latino faith and community leaders, ICM, with the help of GALEO, is ready to bring faith leaders together to talk," Kathryn said.
GALEO, co-host of the meeting, is the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.
The workshop was a success with some 20 attendees participating in identifying and discussing the most pressing issues that Hispanic/Latino children in Georgia face on a daily basis. This was the first of many collaborative efforts to come between ICM and the Hispanic/Latino communities.