CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM NOTES
Baltimore City Community College, English as a Second Language
MAY 2013
Current Instructors
Mark Chalkley
Linnea Johnson
Haregewoin Kefyalew
Van Nguyen
Beila Organic
Jill Pardini
Mary Phillips
Martine Portee
Evelyn Reader
Jim Sivo
Brady Hammond
Rebecca Wyron
Current Class Locations
Baltimore
BCCC Reisterstown Plaza
BCCC Harbor Campus
Catonsville Library
Goodnow Community Center
Esperanza Center
CASA de Maryland
Montgomery County
Rockville Senior Center
Holiday Park Senior Center
Germantown Community Center
Gilchrist Center-Midcounty
Gilchrist Center-Upcounty
Gilchrist Center- Wheaton Library
Jewish Community Center
Long Branch Senior Center
Prince Georges County
Hyattsville Library
New Carrollton Library
VOL. X ISSUE 3
Mark your Calendar
Saturday, May 11th – Citizenship
Information Session with Deneice Kennedy
12pm
Gilchrist Center at Wheaton Library
11701 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Saturday, May 18th – Naturalization
Workshop
10AM- 2PM
CASA de Maryland
8151 15th Ave.
Hyattsville, MD 20783
http://www.citizenshipmd.org/
(240)-491-5765
Saturday, May 25th- Monday, May 27th
Memorial Day Break – NO CLASSES
Welcome!
Rebecca Wyron, our newest Citizenship
Program instructor. Rebecca will be teaching our
Tuesday/Thursday class at the Jewish Community
Center starting this summer. Rebecca has been
volunteering at the Rockville Senior Center since
January and has ample experience volunteering
with Montgomery College’s Citizenship Program.
Contact Information
Gail Mogol, Citizenship Program Coordinator
410-580-2756
gmogol@bccc.edu
Suzanne Waclawski, AmeriCorps Member
410-580-2759
swaclawski@bccc.edu
www.bccc.edu/citizenship
Our Newest Citizens
CASA
International Rescue
Committee (IRC)
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) offers
accredited U.S. Department of Justice Board of
Immigration Appeals immigration and citizenship
services, which including:
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Citizenship Eligibility Consultations
Completion of N-400
Completion of N-600
Completion of I-912 (Fee Waiver)
All follow-up correspondence with USCIS
Referral to Citizenship Preparation Classes
Preparation for the citizenship interview
Retain copies of all immigration paperwork from USCIS
Other low-cost immigration legal services
For IRC – Baltimore, please contact:
Paul Chandler
paul.chandler@Rescue.org
1-410-558-3191
Rachel Mogga
Rachel.mogga@Rescue.org
1-410-558-3191
For IRC – Silver Spring, please contact:
Abeje Chumo
abeje.chumo@Rescue.org
1 301-562-8633
New Curriculum Training
During the first two weeks in June, Marie Elalem,
BCCC’s ESL Instructional Specialist will be conducting
two mandatory training sessions on how to use the
newly-redesigned Citizenship Curriculum. The first
training will be held in the Baltimore area (Reisterstown
Plaza Center) and the second will be in the suburban
Washington area. Each session will be approximately
two hours long. If you haven’t contacted Gail about
availability, please do so as soon as possible.
*Times, days, and locations are subject to change*
Maria Aleman
Jorge Gargallo-Ramirez
Edelmira Guerrero
Irma Marquez-Martin
Luis Martinez
Wheaton Library 1
Marzieh Askarieh
Mohammad Bahri Yekta
Leonardo Jaramillo
Rosalina Lopez
Amilcar Torres
Upcounty
Mirelia Barcena
Milaagros Barcena
Martha Quintero
Holiday Park 2
Kim Oanh Vo
BCCC Harbor
Maria Rivera
Long Branch
Regina Suazo-Flores
RPC Sat
Sofia Tsitrinbaum
Meherunnessa Siddique
RPC Nite
Uma Dhar
Sunil Sen
Esperanza Center
Immigration Services
Ouranitsa Abbas, the Pro Bono Coordinator for
Immigration Legal Services, is organizing monthly
naturalization clinics in Baltimore for clients to
come and meet with volunteer attorneys to
review eligibility for naturalization and fill out the
immigration paperwork at a low cost ($50-$150
plus filing fees).
For more information about this program and
additional services provided by ILS, please
contact: Ouranitsa Abbas at 443-825-3421 or
oabbas@cc-md.org
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