Two days ago, a mass shooting in Atlanta took the lives of 8 victims, 6 of whom were Asian American. This was an attack against women and immigrants of Asian descent. Since March 2020, 3,800 anti-Asian incidents have been reported during the global pandemic and have been fueled by xenophobic and racist rhetoric. This needs to end NOW. Hope CommUnity Center is in solidarity with AAPI- Asian [...]
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Join Hope CommUnity Center, Farmworkers Association of Florida, and Florida Immigrant Coalition on October 21st at 6:30pm EST via FB Live for a panel discussion with the running candidates for Apopka City Council Seat 2. Translations will be provided in español and kreyòl ayisyen. https://fb.me/e/3Hu6vdoSn ________________ Acompañe al Centro ComUnitario de la Esperanza, la Asociación [...]
Hope CommUnity Center y Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc. se han asociado para ofrecer una sesión informativa sobre los derechos de vivienda. El abogado invitado, Camilo Parra, nos acompañara en una discusión sobre cómo entender sus derechos de vivienda en la era de COVID-19. Esta sesión será el 23 de [...]
On August 24, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided guidance (https://bit.ly/31sKeVu), on how it will implement the Department of Homeland Security's July 28 memorandum (https://bit.ly/3jgOMnE) regarding DACA. It is important to know: USCIS will generally reject DACA renewal requests submitted more than 150 days in advance of status expiration. DACA recipients should file [...]
Four years ago, the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community took the lives of 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, leaving Central Florida mourning for the loss of these lives but standing stronger together after. Today we remember and honor the lives of the 49 and stand strong to continue fighting against the injustices of racial and anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. This attack [...]
Hope Community Center joins in expressing our profound anguish and outrage over the senseless killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. Mr. Floyd's murder was yet further evidence of the brutal legacy of white supremacy and systemic racism in our country. It is also not lost on us that this event [...]
What is DACA? Since the Obama administration announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), in June of 2012, nearly 700,000 individuals benefited from temporary protection from deportation and employment authorization. In September of 2017, the Trump administration decided to rescind DACA and began taking steps to wind down the program. Several lawsuits challenging the rescission [...]
Dear Friends of Hope CommUnity Center: "We perceive a world in which everyone sits at the table together, with enough for everyone." -Joy Harjo In the three months since I joined the family at HCC, the world has been overwhelmed by an unprecedented global health crisis. COVID-19 has caused us all profound [...]
Early voting has officially commenced in Orange, Brevard, and Osceola counties. Want to know when early voting begins in your county? Locate your county in the list below: Orange County: March 2- March 15, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Seminole County: March 7- March 14, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Volusia County: March 7- March [...]
