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Community Action Award Winner: Faye Forman

As I reflect upon my experience interning at Hope 4 Immigrants Coalition of Long Island, INC., mixed thoughts and feelings come to mind: working with a start up nonprofit whose operations depend completely on volunteer hours and donor funding is both an advantage for our organization and a hardship. The vitality of our immigration center very much depends upon the time commitment of our 5 person volunteer staff and dedicated Executive Director, who opened the doors to H4I in February 2015. Our status as a start up means that all staff members contribute to tasks regardless of office hierarchy in order for our center to run accordingly, and because of that my duties vary on a daily basis. It is because of this dynamic that I've learned a variety of skills that might be otherwise inaccessible within a fully established organization. For example, I teach English to our Ecuadorian secretary, and she teaches me Spanish; I work alongside our paralegal to become familiarized with filling out USCIS forums; I work with our attorney to learn immigration as a bureaucratic process, this work is centered on distinguishing which clients we can help and those we can't; I'm an overall assistant to our Executive Director and maintain communication with our clients.

It is because of this dynamic that I've learned a variety of skills that might be otherwise inaccessible within a fully established organization.

I feel my experience this summer is unique mainly because the immigration center is still establishing itself and becoming familiarized with our surrounding community. I often think about how my role within H4I may have differed if the center was fully established, with years of experience and salaried employees watching over me for 8 hours a day. I'm grateful for the opportunity to be part of the work that helps this organization grow. This internship requires that I be adaptable and prepared to think on my feet to interact with people from all walks of life and manage the growing pains of center to the best of my ability.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to be part of the work that helps this organization grow. The fact that the immigration center is in its infancy, with a select group of volunteers limited in time has posed a problem for the daily function of the center. On some days I find myself alone in the office for a few hours at a time, relying on Google Translate to decode client's questions and requests. I feel embarrassed that I'm not fluent in Spanish because it cuts me off from connecting with the community, I can tell some clients don't take me seriously and it's a huge frustration. Something I have found though, is that whether I rely on a translating service or attempt my own piecemeal Spanish, the effort to speak Spanish is what's appreciated. I'm sure my experience will continue to be complex and as I work through August, and up until my trip to Ecuador. I look forward to being immersed in Spanish and talking to Ecuadorians about how they feel about their country, the U.S., and what they believe is a key issue that drives people to emigrate. As I go forward in my final year at Bard with this internship under my belt, I think about how this experience will impact my future in the field of immigration.

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