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1 Prepared for distribution at the WORKING WITH IMMIGRANTS: THE INTERSECTION OF BASIC IMMIGRATION, HOUSING, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA 2015 Program San Francisco, May 12, 2015 CONTENTS: PROGRAM SCHEDULE FACULTY BIOS The Role of Culture in the Lawyer-Client Relationship Tirien Steinbach East Bay Community Law Center 2. Client Counseling & Advocacy: The Role of Race, Class and Culture in the Elimination of Bias (PowerPoint Slides) Tirien Steinbach East Bay Community Law Center 3. The Cycle of Violence Diagram and Explanation Power and Control Wheel Why People Stay In Abusive Relationships Immigrant Power and Control Wheel
2 7. Power and Control Tactics Used Against Immigrant Women Lesbian/Gay Power and Control Wheel For Further Reading Orientation to Domestic Violence (PowerPoint slides) Housing and Immigrants: Types of Immigration Status, Eligibility of Subsidized Housing for Immigrants, and Advocating for Immigrants Housing Rights Monique Farris Protima Pandey 12. Domestic Violence and Housing: How California Laws, the Fair Housing Act, and the Violence Against Women Act Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence from Denial of Housing, Help Them Defend and Avoid Eviction, and Aid Survivors in Maintaining Safe and Stable Housing Domestic Violence Safety Plan Checklist
3 14. Safety Planning for Survivors of Abuse VAWA 2013 Continues Vital Housing Protections for Survivors and Provides New Safeguards (January 2014) The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Action of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 151 (August 2013) Housing and Community Facilities Programs Administrative Notice: Implementation of 42 U.S.C e-11 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act in Rural Development s Multi-Family Housing Programs (January 2015) HUD Programs: Violence Against Women Act Conforming Amendments, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 207 (October 2010)
4 19. Assessing Claims of Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence Under the Fair Housing Act (FHAct) and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (February 2011) Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Form HUD (July 2014) Domestic Violence and Housing (PowerPoint slides) Immigration and Family Law Intersections When Representing Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence DV-100 Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order
5 24. DV-110 Temporary Restraining Order DV-130 Restraining Order After Hearing (Order of Protection) USCIS Form I-864 Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act Form G-639, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Request Immigration Options for Abused Immigrants Chart Authored by: Susan Bowyer Immigration Center for Women and Children 29. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U Visa Waitlist Notice
6 30. Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault (September 2012) Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence (September 2012) Alien Victims of Certain Qualifying Criminal Activity, 8 CFR Ch. 1, U Visa Resources Domestic Violence as a Basis for Asylum: An Analysis of 206 Case Outcomes in the United States from 1994 to Authored by: Blaine Bookey Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Eunice Lee Center for Gender & Refugee Studies 35. Getting Legal Status Based on Domestic Violence (PowerPoint slides) Eunice Lee Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Catherine Seitz INDEX Program Attorney: Christina Thompson 10
PROGRAM SCHEDULE FACULTY BIOS... 19
Prepared for distribution at the WORKING WITH IMMIGRANTS: THE INTERSECTION OF BASIC IMMIGRATION, HOUSING, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA 2016 Program San Francisco, May 10, 2016 CONTENTS: PROGRAM
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