Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment

1)Citizenship Assistance - Low cost application assistance with attorneys and trained volunteers for low-income immigrants. Monthly clinics are held throughout the Chicago area. 2)Workforce Empowerment - We work with low income Filipinos to provide contract templates and a support network of other workers. 3)Tagalog Classes - Beginning level classes in the Tagalog language. Topics include grammar, vocabulary, conversational phrases, and social and cultural issues that impact the community. Classes run weekly for 10 sessions total. Tagalog Language programming is held in Fall and Spring. 5 Mental Health - A new project to provide young people the tools to examine their Filipino identity and create resources for themselves and the community at large. Supported with a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.