Immigrant Civic Engagement

FRESC also supports the civic participation of immigrants who live and/or work in our community.  FRESC works in coalition with other organizations to provide information and referral to immigrants seeking English as a Second Language and/or citizenship.

Ya Es Hora, Ciudadania (It is time, citizenship) kicked off in Denver and dozens of other cities in June 2007 in a national coordinated campaign for immigrants who have ambitions to naturalize and apply for citizenship before new, higher fees went into effect July 30 (from $400 to $675).  The National Council of La Raza, Univision, the National Association of Latino Eelected & Appointed Officials, and Service Employees International Union created the “Ya Es Hora” campaign to move people to become civically active and contribute as citizens. As a part of this nationwide effort, FRESC joined ten other local organizations to help 500 people fill out citizenship applications in time to meet the deadline.