CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS 2017 ANNUAL REPORTA Community-Based Education and Resource Center for Immigrants in Western Massachusetts

WELCOMING SERVINGIMMIGRANTS

Since 1992

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OUR MISSIONCenter for New Americans (CNA) is a community-

In 2017, Center for New Americans marked our 25th year welcoming and serving immigrants in Western Massachusetts.

consider current challenges, and to draft future plans. We engaged in a strategic planning process that began with staff members’ identifying key priorities, continued through a dialogue between staff members and the board of Directors, and culminated in board members’ outlining a plan to support and advance those key priorities.

Thus, even as we celebrate a year in which we supported the naturalization of over 66 immigrants, taught English to many more immigrants, piloted a personal care attendant training class, and dramatically enhanced our innovative use of technology in both the classroom and in our data management, we are looking forward to the next 25 years.

We were fortunate, during this milestone year, to be able to shine a spotlight on the inspiring stories of the immigrants we serve, as well as on our own story.

Our students wrote poems in class during our celebration of 30 Poems in November! They performed songs and dances representing their respective cultural traditions for Immigrant Voices, our artistic celebration at the Shea Theater. They shared their journeys with reporters at our ninth annual July 4th naturalization ceremony.

All of this takes many hands. It takes staff members who donate more time than they are paid to work. It takes the board of directors who meet monthly to review details, while also stepping back to consider the big picture. It takes volunteers who tutor students, study with students, photograph students, coach performers, and organize 30 Poems in November! It takes foundations and businesses and individuals who believe in the work enough to support it. It takes political leaders who advocate on our behalf and welcome our constituents and our proposals.

One illustration of how we collaborate to tell our story is the mural which now graces our Northampton program site.

by our tutor/volunteer, Mary Ellen, supported by The Awesome Foundation, welcomed by the Mayor and City of Northampton into their city-owned building, the mural tells the story of Center for New Americans and our students: learning English; training to follow career dreams; embarking on the citizenship journey.

We offer this annual report with appreciation to the many partners who have helped to make our work possible this past year.

Gratefully,

Laurie Millman

FROM THE DIRECTOR

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Since 1992, Center for New Americans has maintained the vision of an immigrant-centered welcome

has grown, the participation of its students has also grown, contributing to course design, establishing an alumni association, and even signing on as teachers and volunteers. Center for New Americans’ students participate not only in learning English, but also in the life of their new communities.

staff, volunteers, donors, and students all seek to empower local immigrants, refugees and migrants. That focus has made serving on the Board of Directors particularly gratifying during the upheavals of 2017. It is inspiring to meet with Center for New Americans staff around goals for our strategic plan. It is inspiring to share ideas with board colleagues, knowing we are working toward a common goal. It is inspiring to hear from staff members about their progress in curriculum development and citizenship training. Our Executive Director, Laurie Millman, working with an experienced and dedicated staff, has overseen Center for New Americans effectively and with imagination throughout the

and solving problems creatively. For example, Center for New Americans’ capacity-building around technology this year enhances students’ language and work-related skills, and also improves communication among Center for

Falls.

In spite of, or because of challenges to supporting new immigrants in our towns, most inspiring of all has been the outpouring of many, many local voices offering their help and support for Center for New Americans. This has been more than encouraging. It has expressed the values that founded

New Americans’ mission. As we all explore new resources, we can count what Center for New Americans has right now as most precious: the dedication of staff and volunteers, the courage and determination of its hardworking students, and the responsive, generous support from local communities for Center for New Americans’ worthy cause.

We look forward to discovering next year’s challenges and inspirations together.

Kit Carpenter

Interim Board Chair

FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

CRISTIN L. CARPENTER, Ph.D.INTERIM CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

In spite of, or because of challenges to supporting new immigrants in our towns, most inspiring of all has been the outpouring of many, many local voices offering their help and support for Center for New Americans...It has expressed the values that founded our country in the

Kit Carpenter

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Center for New Americans continues to thrive under the guidance of its dedicated Board of Directors. Working as a team, as well as individually, they support our efforts to help immigrants become fully integrated into

our community. They are volunteers who care deeply about our mission, they meet monthly to review program details, and some are immigrants themselves. This year, the Board drafted a strategic plan to guide our work, joined our staff at our annual naturalization ceremony and other fundraising events, and introduced us to community resources. We are grateful for the time, talent, and treasure each member contributes in overseeing

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Sitting: Frances South, Moses Kibara, Hamid Id Abdella Standing: Jean Blakeman, Roger Webb, Bernie Baker, Kit Carpenter, Anne-Marie Demetz

PROGRAM REPORT

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TELLING OUR STORIES:

Tugba, a student from Turkey, wrote a poem about learning English, exploring her new community, and the hope that this experience gives her. She joined

two other students who shared their stories in verse at the Reading & Celebration hosted by the Poetry Center at Smith College to celebrate this year’s 30 Poems in November!

The students were welcomed warmly by 30 Poems in November! co-chairs, Abigail Warren and Elsa Phillippi Cline. Long-time friends and dedicated writers, Abby and Elsa

dedicated writing group members, to well-known, published authors, these 70 people joined Abby and Elsa in writing a poem a day and cajoling family members and friends to support them. Together, 70 writers and their 700 supporters raised over $38,000 for English classes for immigrants. Among this year’s supporters were generous local businesses: Broadside Bookshop, Jones Realty Company, Cambridge College, Paul & Elizabeth’s, Sasson Turnbull Ryan & Hoose, and Wohl Family Dentistry.

Once again, we worked with Levellers Press to produce a poetry anthology to thank those who wrote and raised in support of Center for New Americans’ free English

classes for immigrants. Nancy Haver’s beautiful woodcut of the Mill River and Randy Zucco’s careful editing distinguish the book. An anthology of student poems written in classes in all four of our program sites, with guidance from teachers and classroom volunteers, was designed by one of our Smith College interns. Some student writers were even videotaped reading their poems by Holyoke Community College students as part of a community service learning project.

Thanks to several generous grants, Center for New Americans invested last year in new ways to tell our organizational story, and showcase our

students’ achievements.

A capacity-building grant from the Beveridge Family Foundation enabled us to design a new database to more effectively document our students’ and clients’ progress. “How many students enrolled in college last year?” “How many alumni opened a new business?” “How many of the students we trained and coached secured jobs as home health aides?” “How many of the clients we guided passed their citizenship interview?” These are the

Also during this past year, Center for New Americans staff and board members were privileged to attend a thought-provoking workshop series hosted by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. We were encouraged to think about how to enhance marketing, technology, board, and fundraising components to build a foundation for future growth. With a grant from the Foundation at the series’ conclusion, we re-designed our website to interface more seamlessly with our new database, and highlight our programs and the immigrants who rely on them. Please visit www.cnam.org to learn more about our work and our students’ stories.

Finally, we took note of students like Gaby, who was almost late to the classes she loved because she also loved studying English online. Teachers recognized the power of introducing lessons in class and giving students tools to study at home online, and have enrolled more than 30 students in online learning. Students practice listening, reading, pronunciation, and

learners, and teachers are hastening to expand the opportunity to as many students as we can capably support.

“I’m learning, I’m talking -I meet new people.I hear new voices.I taste new tastes.

Never -I’m not tired, I’m not tired!

Because,I’m looking for Pandora’s box,

There is hope in the box!”

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Teachers have long remarked that providing childcare not only opens doors to parents who want to learn English; it helps non-English-speaking children prepare for school. With support

from Community Development Block Grants and the Bete Family Foundation, we offered childcare in Amherst and Turners Falls. In some cases we were able to hire former students as childcare providers, and we tasked another former student, Marise Lyra, a current teacher and childcare professional, to guide and supervise them. Children and parents practice English in their respective classrooms. In addition, with assistance from the Franklin County Council of Governments, we applied for and received a donation of a van from the Franklin Regional Transit Authority. Twelve parents and children were transported to class this summer in our new van!

For many, the stories of recipients of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), are the stuff of newspaper articles.

For Center for New Americans, these stories represent the very real struggles of current students and their children. And the stories of refugees from Iraq and Iran are shared with Center for New Americans’ staff as we help them to apply for citizenship. The record number of applications over the past year – for citizenship, for family petitions, for DACA renewals – threatened to overwhelm the region’s capacity to serve all the immigrants needing legal services. Thanks to out-of-the-box thinking by William Newman, A.C.L.U attorney, and Harris Freeman, Western New England University School of Law professor, Center for New Americans and other immigration legal services providers collaborated to establish the Immigrant Protection Project, to offer a coordinated community response to immigrants’ legal needs in Western Massachusetts. Center for New Americans is proud to participate in this innovative support network in partnership with our pro bono immigration attorneys, Joseph Best and Scott Clark.

When Degaulle applied for Center for New Americans’ personal care attendant training, offered this past summer at Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School, he was working three jobs. Nevertheless, he

assured staff that he would attend classes 6 hours every Saturday, stay current with the homework, and maintain his participation in English class. He kept his word, completed the 60-hour course, and was recently hired by Cooley Dickinson Healthcare as a patient observer. Made possible with a pilot grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, the personal care attendant training was implemented in partnership with Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School, which opened the doors to its health technology suite; the Tripp Memorial Foundation, which developed the curriculum; the Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board, which contributed a healthcare jobs navigator; the Franklin Hampshire Career Center, which hosted a Jobs Fair; healthcare employers, who agreed to interview our graduates; a healthcare teacher who communicated weekly with Center for New Americans’ English teachers; English teachers who reinforced vocabulary and healthcare concepts in class; career advisors who helped students draft resumes and role play interviews; retired nurses who volunteered as tutors; and highly motivated students.

Our students and clients told their stories in many other ways. They sang, danced, read poems at our second annual Immigrant Voices: A Celebration of Arts at the Shea Theater

in April.

They shared the struggles and victories of their journeys to citizenship with reporters at our 9th annual naturalization ceremony on the grounds of the Hampshire Superior Court in Northampton, July 4th.

And, thanks to a grant from the Northampton chapter of The Awesome Foundation, our alumna, Maricella, brought our work to life in the colorful mural she painted in our Northampton program site. Our volunteer, Mary Ellen Kelly, photographed Maricella as she painted, telling the story of Maricella telling our story.

Healthcare class

On stage at Immigrant Voices: A Celebration of Arts

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS

Susan AdelsonMeri AmesFrederica BadoeLynn BarclayDaniel BelmontMaureen BlackmoreKayla BiggsSandra BostonMeghan BrennanQuaid CainHelen ClementNeil Young CloacaDvora CohenRichie DavisAnne-Marie DemetzCharlie De RoseLaura DintinoDavid DodwellGlorimar EstevezBen EwingHowie FaersteinRolando Fallas-GarroKaren Golding-StaelinRachel GreenwoodMargaret Adams

GroesbeckLisa HannahanFaith HarrisonConway HilliardMarsha HumphreyAdriana IsazaChiara JacobsonMary Ellen KellyEric LemmeSara LondonKaren LutskyJarrett ManKatherine McConnellKara McElhoneSusan McIntoshSarah McKusickBecka Moldover

Lisa MooreMarcelia MuehlkeDan MuscatGary OrlinskyCindy PalmerChris ParrishJayne PearlTed PowersCarlene RiccelliJoe RobertsDevorah RosenbergDianne RyanCarol SartzJon SassWendy SintonAaron St. JeanGail ThomasKaren ThomasEmily TiedtkeYara WehbeMartin WohlAnn Zulawski

COMMUNITY PARTNERSAmherst Health

DepartmentAmherst Regional Public

SchoolsAmherst Police

DepartmentAmherst Senior CenterAmherst Survival CenterAndy Marrero, Maintenance

Supervisor, Hampshire County Courthouse

Berkshire Immigrant Center

Best & Associates LLP Immigration Law Firm

Carnegie LibraryCasa LatinaCenter for Women &

Community

Chambers Advisory GroupCommunity Action Pioneer Valley

CollegeCurran & Berger LLPEdwards Public LibraryEmily Williston Memorial LibraryEvelyn Harris Forbes LibraryFranklin County Immigrant Service

Providers CoalitionFranklin County Council of

GovernmentsFranklin Hampshire Career CenterFranklin Hampshire Regional

Employment BoardGill-Montague Community School

PartnershipGill-Montague Regional School

District

Hack for Western MassHampshire Council of GovernmentsHolyoke Community CollegeImmigrant Protection Project, ACLU

MassachusettsInternational Language InstituteLeague of Women Voters –

Northampton and Amherst Chapters

Lilly LibraryLinda ManorMassachusetts Coalition for Adult

EducationMaurice Lindsay, Deputy Clerk, U.S.

District Court Mayor William MartinMayor David NarkewiczMontague Catholic Social MinistriesMontague Police DepartmentNELCWIT (New England Learning

Center for Women in Transition)Northampton Public Health

Department

Northampton Public SchoolsNorthampton Survival CenterNorthwestern District Attorney’s

SABES PD Center Safe PassageShea Theater Arts CenterSmith CollegeSmith College Poetry CenterSmith Vocational & Agricultural High

SchoolSunraise PrintingThe Honorable Katherine Roberts,

U.S. Magistrate The Jones LibraryLeague of Women Voters –

Northampton and Amherst Chapters

The Literacy ProjectThe Montague ReporterTilton LibraryUniversity of Massachusetts – AmherstU.S. Citizenship & Immigration

ServicesWesthampton Public LibraryWHMP-AMMeg Kelsey Wright WRSI-FMWTCC-FM

IN-KIND DONATIONSAtkins Farms Country MarketBest & Associates LLPBig Brothers Big Sisters

of Hampshire County Bueno Y SanoCity of NorthamptonCoca Cola N.A.Community Action Pioneer Valley

Dropbox for BusinessFranklin Regional Transit AuthorityNancy HaverPam LedouxLevellers PressPoetry Center at Smith CollegeShea Theater Arts CenterSunraise PrintingTown of AmherstTrader Joe’s

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Volunteers at Center for New Americans are among our greatest resources, bringing with them diverse skill sets and a deep appreciation of our work with immigrants. Volunteers enrich our program in so many ways: practicing English, assisting teachers

in the classrooms, mentoring clients seeking citizenship, providing career and business guidance, even driving job-seekers to career fairs and job interviews. Volunteers offer their expertise in human resources, graphic design, fundraising, and so much more. We are grateful to those volunteers who have worked with us for more than two decades, our energetic college students, and to those volunteers just starting their training. From all of us at Center for New Americans, thank you for helping us with our work – there aren’t enough of us to do it without volunteers!

VOLUNTEERS

volunteer, Dianne, with students

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Healthcare jobs career fair

Mary Ellen, photographer and classroom volunteer, in front of her photos of Maricella’s mural

Center for New Americans acknowledges that only with the support of an entire community can we fully

welcome immigrants. Our generous donors make everything we do possible. It is with genuine gratitude we share their names with you.

Thanks to the dynamic leadership of Abigail Warren and Elsa Phillippi Cline, this year’s 30 Poems in November! event Chairs, over 70 writers wrote, donated, and raised over $38,000 for Center for New Americans. Individuals who wrote and raised for 30 Poems in November! are noted with an asterisk following their names, and are listed based on the total of their donations and funds raised.

ORGANIZATIONS

ANNUAL REPORT LISTINGS

First Churches of NorthamptonFlorence BankFriends of the Amherst Senior Center

Gallery of Readers PressGrace Church Parish

Grobman & Bollinger Family FundJackson Street SchoolJones Realty GroupMolly Cantor PotteryOde BoutiquePam LedouxPaul & Elizabeth’sPledgling FoundationSasson Turnbull Ryan & HooseSt. John’s Episcopal ChurchThe Common SchoolThe Pilates StudioThe Synthesis CenterThe Todd Nemetz Family FundTTrends SalonUnitarian Universalist CongregationWEBSWhite Square – Fine Books & ArtWohl Family Dentistry

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS(September 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017)

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $1,000+AnonymousNeal Abraham & Donna WileyDennis Caraher*Elsa Phillippi Cline*Sarah CreightonNicole GravesPatricia Hill*Jennifer Ladd*

Deborah ShifterMary Ellen Shaughan*Sarah Sullivan*Adin Thayer*Abigail Warren*Jane Yolen*

CHAMPIONS $200-999AnonymousJanet Aalfs*Kate AllenRex ArrasmithJeannine AtkinsBernie & Laura Baker MV Lee Badgett & Elizabeth SilverRobin Barber* & Carol EdelsteinJeanne BartelLisa Unger BaskinCarmen Bernier GrandDennis Bidwell & Mary Ann KellyBarbara BlackEdward BlaguszewskiJean Blakeman* & Peter MahieuSarah & Woody BlissSteven BloomHarriett BrickmanJudson Brown*R. Frederick BrownSteven BuddMargaret Bullitt-JonasPenny Burke & Jonah BurkeRachel and Cory CappsCristin Carpenter

& Richard SchuetzGuadalupe CastillaGeo Cernada*

James ChaceBetsey ChaceTom (Tommy Twilite)*

& Jeannine ClarkChia CollinsAnna CookPJ CopelandJessica Corwin & Philip SilvaTrish Crapo*Ann CrimminsFiona CrimminsHarry CurtisRobert DayClaire Day*Will & Serin DecherdAnne-Marie DemetzLori Desrosiers*William Diehl & Jane BirdsallAmy Dryansky*Edward FeldColleen FillerDidi Firman*Nancy FloodRuth FolchmanJana FrenchAnita Gallers*Marianne & Jim GambaroRobbie GambleStephen GarrowPeggy GillespiePatrick GogginsKaren Golding-Staelin & Charles StaelinKol Goodstein*Kathy Goos & Barry WerthLeah GrossGay Hapgood

(September 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017)

$100,000+Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

$10,000-$99,999Amherst Community Development Block Grant

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board

Massachusetts Bar Foundation

ImmigrantsThe Beveridge Family FoundationThe Clowes Fund United Way of Franklin County, Inc.United Way of Hampshire County, Inc.

$1,000-$9,999Health New EnglandKeith & Nancy Johnson FoundationNorthampton Community Development Block Grant

Opioid Task ForcePeople’s United Community FoundationPorth Associates ArchitectsPritchard Family FoundationRiver Valley Co-OpSparks! A Generosity Community of Western Massachusetts

The Agnes M. Lindsay TrustThe Awesome FoundationThe Bete Family Foundation

$50-$999All Souls ChurchbankESBBorawski InsuranceBueno Y SanoCambridge CollegeCooley Dickinson HealthcareCrestal Health PeriodonticsDiana Stiles DesignsFitzgerald Law Company

Elizabeth K. EwingArdith FalknerRob FiedlerMaureen FlanneryCarol FosterCarmen Cumba Frias

& Carlos Frias AcostaSusan GallionGordon GarbDavid GlotzerBridget Goggins

Michael Goldman*Bruce GoldsteinCarolyn GoldsteinChris and Scott GordonJamila Gore*Jim GottliebTzivia GoverCamilla GrahamLori Gravley-NovelloKaren GreenPaula GreenRachel GreenwoodDeanne HarperRick HartNancy HazardThomas HeiseSara HermanKaren HeroldAnthony HillAbigail HillmanBob HoeppnerStephanie Holmes-FarmerRosemary HorowitzKathleen HowleyMary HuntMarjorie HuttonNaka IshiiAnne Baker JonesElizabeth JonesLynne JonesKaren JordanAmy KahnJames L. KaplanAlla KatnelsonPhilip Korman

& Nora IsraeloffLilian KravitzKelly KrycRepresentative

Stephen KulikDavid KulpFlorence LaddLily LamotteJames LaurilaGary LehringKara LeistynaSamuel LevittDaniel LevyValerie LieberMichael LissDeanne LooninJon LupferMike MacDonald*Jennifer MarkellShelly MartinErin MartineauRei MatsushitaKelly McCarthyMary McDermottCongressman

Jim McGovernKathleen McGrawSusan McIntoshLock MckelvyMicky McKinleyMary McNeilElizabeth McNellyJeff McQueenDenise McQuistonDale Melcher

& Bill NewmanMichael & Marie MewJennie MeyerChristy Taylor MihalyAlice MooreNancy MoraskiSusan MorrelloBarry MoserRenee MossAngela MotaYumi NabeshimaMerry NasserMarty NathanCongressman

Richard NealDavid NelsonKatherine NeviusIvan OranskyChris OrlenHelen O’ShaughnessyAnne OstbergCynthia O’Hare OwensRoss OzerHolly PekowskyChristina PlattPamela Porter

& Brian DevrieseJames PoseverMary Ellen & John PrestonSusan PrestonIsabel PurdySherry PurzakEleanor Hutton

& Keven RadwanskiJendi ReiterSally RileyGriselle RiveraBrooks Robards*Elisabeth RobertsNorma RocheLindsay RockwellLaura Rodley*Susan RossHannah Rothermel

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DONORS

Amy, healthcare teacher, in the Smith Vocational health technology suite

Leah, Smith College internBrian HayesClay HilesJohn HirdJack Hornor & Ron SkinnBethany HughesGail & Bill HuttonLeo Hwang*T K JanardhananJane McPhetres Johnson*Peg Johnson*Terry S. Johnson*T. Stephen JonesPhyllis Katz*Mary Ellen Kelly*Kathlene Kelly*Marian Kent*Moses KibaraOwen KingWilla KuhLori Leistyna*Carol & Peter LetsonClaudia LevinRachel LindsayNancy LloydEveline MacDougallPaula MahoneyJoanne MarquseeDonna & Andrew Kachites McCallumMike and Karen McCuneSarah & Mark McKusickMargaret McMahonSarah McNamara & Peter JauquetLauri MeadeMichael Mercurio*David MillerLaurie Millman & Stephen FreedmanMatilda MitsakosAndrew MorehouseNaila Moreira*Steven D. MorganRebecca MullerCarol Munro*Peg MurrayDavid NarkewiczLinda Rhinehart Neas*Nerissa NieldsWalt & Karen NielsenChristine NolanSara Nolan de AguilarAnna Novey CookRebecca OlanderCarol OttPatricia PayneJayne Pearl*Susan PerezAnnie Philips*Sarah “Sally” PickMarietta PritchardJohn Pucci & Mary BatesDaniel PuseyRichard RedikerJudith RenquistCarlene RiccelliMolly & Don RobinsonCarol RolfeAlison & Jane RyanAnthony SapienzaMargaret Sarkissian

& Jerry DennerlinePaula Sayword*John SchallJoan & Stanley SchapiroElizabeth SchoenfeldRae SedgwickJohn ShawMarguerite Sheehan*Evan ShopperDeborah ShriverKelsi SkeensTed SlawskiSuzanne SmithMaureen Solomon*

Juanita SpencerBob SproullPhyllis St George*Mary StantonRandi SteinAmelia StevensAnn SteverPamela ThayerAlice Thomas*Cheryl ThomasJim TilleyJill TolerSharon Tracey*Scott TrainorEdward Wayne & Jean TurnerDonna WhiteJoannah Whitney*Martin Wohl

DONORS $100-199David AbelesGwen Agna & Tom MarantzAndrea Wright

& Margaret AndersonTeri AndersonVanessa AronsonTom AshleyJames Ayres & Keira DurrettMichele BarkerAlice Barrett*Sam & Marie BartlettRichard BarucGina BeaumontDavid BenedettiWendy & Tom Berg-WartenbergMichael & Tina BerinsSimeon BerryKathy BlackstockEdward BlatchfordGytelle BloomNathalie Boisard-BeudinFlynn BoonstraSara Jane BoyersMarilyn BradleyRobert BraininA.H. BrenionElisabeth BrookBill BullockMary & Peter BurgiJeff BusbeeMaria CahillaneMarilyn CareyJane CarmichaelEllen CarterCharlotte Causton Joseph CernadaStacie ChappellBeverly Choltco-DevlinHelen ClementBrian CollinsSusan CongerEd & Sheila CrapoChrissie CrosbySue CummingsRegina Curtis

& Mark MaynardJanet DaisleyDidi de AlmeidaDiane DegroatBarbara Turner DelislePeter Demetz

& Paola GambarotaNancy DenigCharles & Leila K. DeRoseWilliam DiamondCraig DreeszenDebra EarlyIrene Eigner

& William R. SimmonsLisa EkusRuth V. ElcanSteven Esrick

Michleen RygielKimberly SabatiniRobert & Claire SagorDebra SaltzHoward Sasson Paul SchroederPamela Schwartz

& Joel FeldmanVal & Samuel ScottDeborah ScottSusan SeccoEllen SehKaren SeifJulie ShannonNicola & Cullen ShipmanMeera SiddharthStephanie SilvermanKathy SkillicornKevyn SmithLisa SmulyanDavid SokolMadeline SpadolaHannelore SteppanowitzMaggie & Kevin SweeneyAmy SweetingPaul SwemJanet TaftKimberly & Thomas TaylorMillicent S. ThayerNina ThayerTracey ThompsonLaurel TurkMaureen WallaceDana WatsonBeverly WeeksPatricia WeidlerEdward Weisman

& Simona PozzettoDona WheelerWilliam WidlundCheryl WilfongGarrett WilkersonFrederick Williams

& Laurie PikeLynne WilsonMary WilsonKim WolfsonSamantha WoodJonathan WrightNick and Melissa ZainoKathy Zeamer

DONORS $1-$99Nancy AbdallaZainab AbdiJoyce AbelEthan AbelesJenny Abeles*Wendy AbelesEnee AbelmanJudith AbrahamLinda AdamsColleen AdamskiOlufemi AdeboMichelle Aguilar

Lisa AhlstromMary Ahlstrom*Kelly AikenGeraldine AiratoNorma AkamatsuSue A. AlexanderAmelia Alibozek*Teresita AliceaEmily AllingJulio AlvesMary Ann AmaruTim and Lucia AmsdenLouise AmyotAmy AnayaCarolyn AndersonElaine ApthorpMontserrat ArchbaldLeslie ArcherDelmer ArchuletaAlice ArmenKathleen ArnoldLibby ArnyMarilyn Singer AronsonTheresa ArrigonDorothy ArsenaultMichael AshJoseph AssadDoris AtkinsonPatricia AuchardSteve AusburyBrett AverettAndrea AyvazianJane BabcockKaren BaconJulia Bady &

Robert McGuiganBonnie BakerKristan & Ben BakkerJoseph BalgassiRobert BaloghAnthony BarbutoCynthia BargarRobert W. BarkerMichelle BarnesBlair BarondesSarah BarrMonica BarronRebecca BarrowsDanielle BarshakMira BartokTheunis BatesBethany BattershellAnne BauerVicki Baum-HommesElizabeth BedellCarol BeebyJade Matias BellMadeleine BellaJoanne BenkleyBruce BennettSusanna BensingerSuzanne BerchToby BercoviciPeter & Ellen BerekJeri BerensonMarcia BergeronJoyce BerkmanGabrielle Berkman-LevineAndy BerkvistEllen BersonPatricia BessetteMichael Biegner

Vincent BiggsJessica BigiLaura & Brant BlakemanKirsten BlakemanStephanie BlakemanRichard BloomBeverly BloombergMeadow BlumHope BodwellEdward BordasCathy BoschenSandra BostonMark BovéJanet BowdanKathy BowenBea BowmanFrancesca BowmanMary Bowman-KruhmLynn BowmasterCynthia Brackett-VincentLaura BradshawMary BradyNancy BradySharon BrasherCharlie BraunSara BreenVivian BresnitzJulia BrothertonJL BrownJason BrownLeslie BrownKathleen BrowneGretchen Browne-CourageBill BrudenellRichard BrunswickJane BrydenChristine BrysonJane BuchananJulie BuehlerMark BullaJo BunnyJulia BurgiPaula BurgiBonnie BurnhamElizabeth BurnsCraig BuschmannWhitney Bushey

Joan ButlerDaphne ByeDonna CacaceEstelle CadeMary CadoretteJames Francis CahillaneRosemary Caine

& Howard NatenshonKimberly CaouetteMarisa CarboneCandace CarlisleBrad CarmodyEmma Jane CarnesDebra CarneyMaureen CarneyAnina CarrMichael CaryPaul T. CassonCharlotte CathroJulie CavaccoLinda CavanaughKate CebikFrieda J. CeuterickPriscilla ChadwickSally ChaffeeNat ChaitkinLaurie ChamberlainCynthia ChamberlandAsante ChamberlinVeronica ChapmanNancy CharbonneauNan CharzukNancy ChildsRosemary CiccarelliTimothy ClarkEileen ClearySusie ClevengerCarolyn ComiskeyKatherine ConwayBarry CookPeter CookCarla CookeMarjorie CoonStella CorsoPamela CotheyCynthia CottonPatricia CoupalPeter Covino

WHAT YOUR DONATION BUYSYour donation to Center for New Americans helps to support classes, technology, citizenship support.

Citizenship assistance for 2 students $ 1001 mini tablet for use in an English class $ 2502 laptops for computer class $ 5001 class cycle of literacy class $1,000Transportation to College-For-A-Day for 30 students $1,000

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Northampton teacher, Linda, with her computer class

Mayor Narkewicz, Judge Robertson, Evelyn Harris, and Laurie Millman with a new U.S. citizen and his family at the July 4th naturalization

Kathy DunnMichael DunningDave DupuisElisa DurumChristine DuttonJane DyerJustine DymondJune EdelsteinEllen EdgeSteve EipperEmily EisbruchCarol EksterKhalid Elkalai

& Kathleen TraphagenPatricia ElkinsWendy EllertsonJennifer EllingAnne EllingerPeggy ElliottSarah EllsMelanie EllsworthMargaret EmersonDavid EntiinSharon EsdaleJean EstherPatricia EverettVivian EyreHowie Faerstein*Sue FarrellDiana FavalaKathleen FearingJulie FeinlandDave FeinsteinAlan FellerNancy Felton

& Joel DanskyTimothy FennLyza FennellEllen FentonTisha FergusonAdrianne FieldingKeith FinanConstance FitzgeraldJudith FletcherTom FlynnKaren FogliattiRachel Folsom

& Robert MollLisa FontesRichard FoxLouis FrancoCynthia FranklinStephen FraserLarry FrazierJared FreedmanRebecca FreedmanKat FreemanSteven FreimanElizabeth French FinnKerry FreyJohn FriendsSarah FullerJonna GabermanAnouchka GaillardDonna GallersHolly GalloLissa Ganter

Hillary Gardner*

Laurie GarlandSusan GarrettMary GarrettCameron D. GarriepyAnn GaubingerMarie GauthierTiffany GavinMeleah GeertsmaAdena GellerBill GessnerCory GiacobbeEileen GiardinaElisabeth GibansCharlotte GiffordJim GipeTalya GitinLenore GlaserKatherine GlatterEsther GoAva GogaMarilyn GoldJoanne GoldBenjamin GoldmanReuven GoldsteinAnne Golob McCabeBarbara GombergEllice GonzalezJeff GoodCynthia GoodridgeDoris GoodwinDiana GordonLinda S. GordonDeb GorlinElizabeth GouverneurJean Gran

G. Dorsey GreenPatricia GreenAnita & Thayer GreeneEmily GreeneRyan GreenleeSam GreenstoneDorian GregorySteven Gress

Margaret Adams GroesbeckCheri GurseKaren GuterEric GuyetteDeborah HabibStanley and Miriam HabibDavid HainesJayma HallRichard HamiltonSuEllen HamkinsNatasha HannaRuth HarmsMaria HarretcheDeborah HarriganElizabeth HarringtonMarguerite HarrisonPamela HarrisonMark HartAndrew Hart

Meg Hart-SmithMary Ann HartyGlen HatalaDanny HathawayJoanne HayesEllen Mary HayesSuzannah HeardEdie HeinemannPriscilla Kane HellwegCeacy HendersonRick HendraGuy HermannKathryn Herndon-PowellLinda HesselJoy HibsherJim HicksLise HicksBrenda HillmanChris HinchMary HockenJanet & Herb HodosSaralee HofrichterEddie HollyKristen Holt-BrowningKathryn HolzmanJ HolzmanAlison HopkinsMark & Abby HorowitzMegana HoseinCindy HouseRaven HowellJohn HubertWhitney HudakJane HudsonMelissa HuggonHeather HughesMarsha Humphrey

& Steve JasinskiGayle HuntressLee HuttMiriam Soo Young

& Hwang-CarlosH. Patricia HynesJason IlnickiMarlynn and Bob JabailyTerri JacksonJennifer JalbertSusan JamesEllen JampoleEve JenkinsBarbara Benda JenkinsDella JenkinsCaroline JenningsGail JenningsHope JinishianNorma JohnsonDaryl JohnsonMark JohnsonAnne JohnsonGail Irene JohnsonJean JohnsonChristine JonesJoshua JonesHeloise JonesAleda JonquilSarah JorgensenDaniel JosephsLois Joy

Pat JoyceJennifer JuddSusan JuskalianMargaret KaiserSari KalinNancy KalinHollie KalksteinSusan KanBob KanigBenjamin KaplanTamara Kaplan*Betsy KarasikLaura KatzPaul KatzJane KatzLennie KaumzhaMargaret KeatingKathleen KelleherPamela KellyPatricia KemptonEileen KennedyKaren KerrKathleen KerrKerrigan KesslerJanet KeyesUrsula Helene

KiczkowskiFaith KindnessErin KingEleanor KingBecca KingJulianne KinsmanMary M KitagawaMolly KitchenDiane & Erik KjeldsenNaomi KlaymanKaren KleinRandi KleinWendy KnightKelley KnightMary & George

KnightlyWendy KohlerAnh à à o KolbeMary KoncelDavid Kopaski-MerkelPam KorzaHolly KosiskyEllen KoteenSandra KowenValentina KrochikLaura Krok-HortonSukhonnan KruawanAriane KrumholzGabrielle KurthDale LaBonteDaniel LaddGeorgia LaddJeffrey LaddMarguerite LaddErika LaFormeSarah LainJan LambergAlexis LambertAndrea LambertBetty LangeReina LansiganGail Lansky

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Thomas CoxMaryEllen CoyneSue CrimminsNancy CroninPatricia CrosbyRoberta CrowellRobert CrownerJudy CummingsUrsula CurrieConstance CurrieCarolyn CushingJulie CyrAlexander DalenbergEdith DalySandy & Angie D’AmatoCornelia DanielLawrence DanieleDrake DanleyJudy D’AntonioKimberly McCarthy DavisMandy DavisLisa DavolJulie DayDuane de FourKim De VriesKatherine DeanHilary DearbornKaren DelaneyKristina DelmhorstPamela DemetrionJean DempseyTimothy DenneyElise DennisHyla DennisLynn DeNucciNathan DeRoseKaren DesantisBarbara DeskeyDaniel Desmond

& Lorraine YasinskiChina DeSpainElizabeth DetmoldKandice DeutschJane DeweyRobin DiamondAlexandra DicksonTimothy DiehlMary C. Dingman-Abel

& Chris AbelAndrew DiratsAndrew DiRuzzaAlexandra DixonJacob DolingerJoan DonaldsonZoe DongSusan DonnellyAnn DorrAmanda DosterLea DouvilleLisa DowningRommy DriksJeffrey DuckworthKathryn DunnSharon Dunn

Immigrant Voices: A Celebration of Arts

July 4th naturalization ceremony

Creceived an increase in government funding thanks to our successful application for a healthcare jobs training grant

of support from individuals who organized concerts and other fundraisers to support immigrants and our work on their behalf. Thanks to these efforts and the success of our 30 Poems in November! fundraiser, our non-public funding -- contributions from individuals and private foundations and local businesses -- increased 90% over the prior year. This is a positive trend given the very real uncertainties surrounding public funding in the current era.

Center for New Americans, Inc. Statement of ActivitiesFor the Year Ended August 31, 2017

With Comparative Totals for August 31, 2016

Total FY17 Total FY16REVENUEContributions 128,178 67,434Foundations/Local Businesses 148,013 77,685Government/Public Funding 539,183 506,579 Total Revenue $ 815,374 $ 651,698 EXPENSES Program Services

Adult Basic Education 553,832 475,715Citizenship & Immigration Services 77,122 60,839

Support ServicesGeneral & Administrative, Development 151,171 122,705

Total Expense $ 782,125 $ 659,259

33,249 (7,561)

2017 FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Rosemary LaporteHenry LappenJack LaPreDiana Wolfe LarkinMatthew LarsenHolly LashKristina LasherGayle LauradunnMichael LavineMarisa Le RetteMariah LeavittGail LeeLin LeeJon LeeClaudia LefkoElizabeth LehmanMeredith LeinStacey LennardAnn LeonardTom & Kathy LeonardMaryAnn LeongRebecca LeopoldDeborah LevensonOwen LewisPassang LhamoChristine LindermanEve LinnMargaret LloydCynthia LoiselleLily LopezJudith LoreiErica LorentzStefan LovasikChris LucasLisa Lukas

Eleanor LynchShannon LynchBrian LynnBrenda LyonsHelen LysicatosGrace MaRoderick MacDonaldJim MacDonaldElizabeth MacDonald

Ellen MacGregorDebbie MacInnisSheila MackCarolyn MaillerTom ManfrediDeborah MannLynne ManringMary MarkSusan MarobellaElizabeth Welch MarshValerie MartinNancy & Sondlo

Marzilli & MhlabaLeslie MasonCatherine MatejcekShari MathieuLynn MattesonMary Kay MattiaceHannah MaxwellNancy McBrideMaggie McCallyKristin McCueJoanne & Bill McGeePatty McGillMary McHenryDorothy McIverSarah McKeeRosie McMahan

Malcolm McNeeMargaret McNeilBetsy McNerney

& Don BellMary McRaeTim McVaughSherri MeadeSarah & John MeiklejohnGretchen MellerJulie MelroseJay MenningerMira MenonChristopher MerrillSteve MerrillBeth MeyersJill MeyersMargaret MichalskiBecky Miller

& Thomas RandallDavina MillerEllen Miller-MackMargaret MinskyLinda MitchellAmy MitraniLynne MixsonBecka MoldoverDebbie MonfortEmily MonossonSarah Carolyn MooreEllen MoorhouseKathleen MoranKelly MorganSharon MorganEvlyn MorisJean MornardNicola MorrisChristine MorrisonMary MoyerJohn MucciaroneMarcelia MuehlkeDebbie MuellerAdeline MuellerLucy Mueller

Frances MurphyMarlene MusanteKim NadeauLadimer & Anna

NagurneyPhyllis NahmanDiane NassifMeryl NatchezMichelle Negron BuenoRebecca NeimarkKristi NelsonJanet NelsonBrenda NelsonJulie NelsonJenny NewWendy NewtonElizabeth NieldsKatryna NieldsDavid NielsenSonia Nieto

Deborah NiswongerHilary NolanKathleen NolanHeidi NortonsmithPatricia NozellMahdi ObeidDeborah OekyRobin OesterwindTim OLearyRose Oliver*Edward OlmsteadJoAnn OnestyMary Jean O’ReillyOlivia OrrAdam OrtizDanielle OsborneFern OstbergMary OstbergRenee & Tim OstbergTodd OstbergAlicia OstrikerGreyson PannillAvram PattRebecca Patt

New U.S. citizen registering to vote with League of Women Voters after July 4th naturalization

Children’s dance troupe, El folklor latino, ready to perform at Immigrant Voices: A Celebration of Arts

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Deborah PatulakSherry Payne KohlerLaurie & Ervin

Pearlman & StaubCarolyn PeckMarilyn PedersonGergory PerhamEd PerlmutterFelice PerlmutterElizabeth PetersonKristin PetersonMary PetersonPamela J. PetroMike Rockin PfeifferRobert PhaneufBrian PhilipsJulian PhillippiVictoria PillardCynthia PinskyKim PlosiaVivian PoeyEllen PollenCarol PopeJaye PopeCarolyn PorterThomas Posever

& Anne HavingaKaris PostMary PoulinRussell PowellVictoria PozzatoJulie PrentissNancy PrettoCarolyn ProvineLucy PulitzerNorma QuesadaAndrew RadinLaura RadwellMeryl RaffertyLynne RahmeierNancy RamseyMaria RamseyLisa RanghelliAnil RanjitLynne RappMarsha RaredonSharon RaymondZoe RaynerKate RaynerFlora ReedScott ReedKa RehmEllen ReichBarbara ReidValerie ReissHeidi RenauldElizabeth RenuartTucker RespessRebecca RiceKaren RiceDeborah RichardsPaul RichmondKari RidgeDorothy RiehmSusan RiterAmy RitterJoan Robb-FradkinJulie RobbinsJudith Roberts

Kit RobertsTeresa RobesonMary Lou RobinsonCarolyn RodgersAshley RodkeyArlene RodriguezElaine RogersChris RohmannPatty RomanoffTerry RooneyNancy RoseJulie RoseAnne RosenKenneth RosenthallVicki RosenzweigBarbara RothblattAmy RothenbergKathryn RotherFanny RothschildBarbara Rouillard*Megan Rubiner ZinnJulia RueschemeyerCourtney RusinDaniel RussellAlexandra RussellJanet RussellMaggie RussoCheryl SacksCarolyn SadehCliff SadofEve SadofRandy SailerRie SaitoStephen SaladrigasDenise M. SaldanaHilary SalkKeishya SalkoPriscilla SapienzaKathryn SarkenJon SassEmily SavinoBarbara

Schaffer BaconDeborah Ann Noe

SchakelElaine SchenkelDiane ScherrerAmy SchickLynn SchmittJennifer SchneiderPeter SchneiderRoxy SchneiderTricia SchuitenPeter SchullerOllie SchwartzLarissa SchwartzMarian SchwartzMarcie & Dick SloveKaren ScottMolly ScottOlivia SearsLuke SeemannLinda SeidmanPam SeiffertJennifer SekellaBarbara SenemanSacheverell SeneyPatricia SerrentinoChristine SerrentinoSudha SettyBev SevierEstelle SeyHarry Seymour

Frances ShawJohn SheehanMickey ShrairLaura ShubertGail ShufrinJoey Shyloski*Julia Sibley-JonesMicala SidoreMichael SilipoRobin SilvaSara SilviaPam SimpsonKaren SimsLinda SinapiLinda SingerWendy SintonTsitsi Sithole

Phyllis SleighBarbara & Ted SlovinElissa SmallMary Jane SmetankaCarol SmithLeah SmithMary J. Wilder SmithNancy SmithPatricia A. SmithSarah SmithRachael Smith-RamosIrena SmoluchowskiCindy SnowCynthia SommerLiping SongCaroline SoterJudith SouweineAmy SpaldingHolly SpauldingLinda SpelkoMargaret

Spencer ShultzKaren SpindelJoel Spiro

& Leigh BaileyElizabeth SpongJoanna SpringerSarah SteelyRobert SternKate StevensLinda StevensonDiana StilesSusan StinsonBarbara StoddardRobin StolkElizabeth StoneLaura Stone*Amber StonerVictoria Lee StrusdMary StuartDawn & Paul SullivanJames SullivanMia SullivanVirginia SullivanAnanda SundariBob SusskindMandy SuttonLisa SwansonLaura SylvesterMariya TaherKenneth TalanFrank TalaricoGarret TalbotJonathan TalbotJanelle Tan*

Liane TatumLila Templin*Janet TengSarah TenneyMeta Thayer

Peg ThibbittsVita ThielGail ThomasGwen ThomasWilliam ThompsonWendy ThomsonDiane TiagoJonathan TibbettsAmy TibbettsEileen TollettMargaret TomaskoSydney & George

TorreyJanet TownleyAnnette TownleyJohn TraceyDavid TrenholmHelena TreySiobhan TrippJason TrottaIlona TrousdaleMichael TruckeyTildy TurchinetzJanet TurnbullSue TwiggsSusan TylerPat TyrerMelinda UnderwoodAnn Van DykeElizabeth Van DykeJovonna Van PeltEmmy Van SwaaijCathy VanasseSky VanderlindeMarilyn VanderWeideSharon VardatiraLaura VarneyMonisha VasaPamela VictorElizabeth VolkmannDonna WagnerLisa WagnerJean WallLinda WallackJoan WallsteinJennifer WaltersKristen Walton-WadeJudy WarburtonFrazer & Alexandra

Ward & KellerKester Warlow-HarryBarbara WatsonEllen Doré WatsonDoc WatsonEmma Watson*Deborah WayDavid WebbRoger WebbTrish WebbNancy Rose WeeberBar WeeksSara WeinbergerHilde WeisertVivien WeissShari Weldon

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Carrie WestVanessa WhiteNightwing WhiteheadAnn WhitingMaryanna & Robert

WhittemoreAnn WileyDyan WileyRobert WillifordEleanor WilnerHurley WinklerPeggy WinnettPhoebe Zinman WintersEllen WittlingerLinda WlodykaJudith WobstSophia Bonnie WodinElizabeth WolfJean WoodLinda WoodJane WoodmanGeorge WoottonAndrea WrightCharles WrightMarilyn WrightRosamond WulsinDeborah WunderJulianne YankoSara YasharLorraine Yasinski

& Dan DesmondGerald Yelle*Yenna YiAbriel YoungReed YoungCarolyn ZaikowskiBettie Zakon-AndersonSusan ZarchinRobert ZenkAlthea ZeskGary ZmolekJennifer Philley ZolotJulie Zuckman

& Peter HaasJustin Zullo

Maricella, alumna and artist

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with coaching; students can study English online at home or in the library;

in manufacturing;

applying for jobs;

naturalize; over 60 Center for New Americans clients naturalize every year;

legal services and supported by attorneys Joseph Best and Scott Clark; we help clients to prepare applications for change of status and employment authorizations, for example, and we offer Know Your Rights and other information sessions;

tutor, coach, drive, help with data entry, and provide business mentoring;

courage, motivation, and persistence inspire all that we do.

Personal Care Attendant Graduates

Career fair

Grupo Folklorico Tradiciones performing at Immigrant Voices: A Celebration of Arts

CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS STAFF MEMBERS

Front: Tina Sanchez, Marise Lyra, Laurie Millman, Maureen McMahon, Linda Neas, Ruth Hutton, Amy Pechukas, Kelly DayBack: Rosa Guerra, Griselle Rivera, Sarah Wing, Taryn Amina, Peg Thibbitts, Tamara Kaplan, Peg Johnson, Diana Stiles

CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS42 Gothic StreetNorthampton, MA 01060

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