This seminar is particular for Mandarin-speaking AAPI Community members in Sonoma County & the North Bay.
ICE activity has been reported locally.
Everyone—regardless of immigration status—needs to understand their rights. An informed community is a safer community.
Join us for this important seminar focused on protecting yourself, your family, and your neighbors. Whether you're a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, DACA recipient, or undocumented, this information matters.
This presentation will be conducted in English with Mandarin Chinese interpretation.
English-speaking and bilingual AAPI allies are encouraged to attend.
If you missed our March seminar, this is your chance to get informed and take action. Let’s stand together.
Program
- Know Your Rights: Understanding Your Constitutional Protections - Speaker Jose Arturo Ibarra
- Immigration Relief & Advocacy: What You Need to Know - Speaker Priyanka Pokharel
- North Bay Rapid Response Network - What it is, how it works, and how you can participate in protecting our fellow community members when confronted by ICE.
More Information
- Presentation will be in English with Mandarin Chinese interpretation.
- Program starts promptly at 12:15 pm. (Doors open at 11:45 am with refreshments).
- Take home handouts including "Red Cards" and "Yellow Cards" in Chinese, English, and other AAPI languages.
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Free - registration required so that you'll be in a safe place.
- Email us at info@aapicnorthbay.org for any questions.
- Registration CLOSES on May 10 at 4 pm. Please register early.
Parking
- Park at church parking lot. Enter the building through the main entrance and follow directions to Room 202.
Speakers' Bios
Jose A. Ibarra
Jose was born in Mexico, became a U.S. citizen in the 1980s. A former seminarian, he earned a degree in Clinical Psychology with minors in Theology and Philosophy from Our Lady of the Lake University. Jose spent over 40 years as an international flight attendant, engaging in labor negotiations and cultural outreach, supported by his fluency in Spanish, English, and some French and Japanese. Deeply committed to human activism, his English and Spanish Know Your Rights presentations reflect his lifelong passion for justice and empowering others through knowledge and action.
Priyanka Pokharel
Priyanka is a Staff Attorney at VIDAS (Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy) in Sonoma County, specializing in immigration law. She holds an LL.M. from the University of Michigan and has worked with government bodies, international organizations, and nonprofits to advance the rights of marginalized communities, particularly women and displaced individuals. Before VIDAS, Priyanka practiced as a Human Rights Attorney in Nepal, focusing on legal reform, policy advocacy, and direct representation for individuals facing systemic discrimination. She also contributed to research on gender dynamics and human rights during Nepal’s Maoist-led Civil War.
At VIDAS, Priyanka focuses on removal defense as well as family-based petitions, U visas, VAWA, adjustment of status, work permits, and non-immigrant visas. Passionate about gender equity and immigrant rights, she actively engages in policy discussions and systemic legal reforms. Priyanka speaks Nepali, English, and Hindi.
North Bay Rapid Response Network (NBRRN)
The North Bay Rapid Response Network is a community-led first responder network for Sonoma, Solano, and Napa counties that allows our immigrant communities and allies to respond to fear and anxiety with power and action in the face of threats of ICE raids or attacks against our communities. The NBRRN serves as witnesses to immigration enforcement actions, uphold the rights and dignity of immigrants and our allies, and connect communities to networks of care.
The NBRRN provides a 24-hour emergency hotline (707-800-4544 in Sonoma County) to community members who experience or witness an ICE raid by federal immigration agents. Trained legal observers are dispatched to the location reported, confirm presence of ICE in our neighborhoods, connect communities to legal defense, and offer accompaniment to families following an ICE raid. NBRRN provides training for volunteers to act as multi-lingual dispatchers and legal observers.
Click below to download the flyer
English PDF / PNB; Chinese PDF / PNB
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