Stamford Patch   June 2019 – Parent leaders from the POWER (Parents Organized Will Effect Results) program at Building One Community – The Center for Immigrant Opportunity were awarded the 2019 Prize for Parent Organizing by the ZOOM Foundation on May 23. Held at the New Haven Lawn Club, Celebrate Parent Power: Connecticut Parents Uniting…

Yahoo Finance Fourteen college graduates chosen for selective Fellowship to represent low-income immigrants NEW YORK, June 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC), the country’s first fellowship program wholly dedicated to meeting immigrants’ need for high-quality legal assistance, announced today its 2019 Community Fellowship class. This select group of talented and promising recent college graduates…

La Voz Hispana Por Pablo Villacis STAMFORD – En un ambiente de cordialidad y lleno de emotividad se desarrolló este jueves (30 de mayo 2019) el séptimo desayuno anual para recaudar fondos para Building One Community, una organización que trabaja por el desarrollo de los migrantes que llegan de distintos países a Stamford, Connecticut. Read…

Greenwich Times By Ken Borsuk GREENWICH — When a team of young women united together to make an impact, they weren’t just offering up words. Generation Impact, a group of high school students, last week awarded a $10,000 grant to the Building One Community, The Center for Immigrant Opportunity where it will be used for…

Stamford Advocate STAMFORD — The Center for Immigrant Opportunity was awarded a grant of $10,000 at Generation Impact’s “Big Give” event in Greenwich, according to a news release. Generation Impact is a program for high school girls in Fairfield County to learn more about the needs of the community and make change. The $10,000 will…

Stamford Patch MARCH 2019 – Building One Community – The Center for Immigrant Opportunity (B1C) will host a Fair Housing and Fair Lending Workshop on Saturday, April 6 from 1-3 pm in partnership with the Connecticut Fair Housing Center. The two organizations first collaborated in January to host a workshop with the goal of educating…