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Biden Shifts Focus of Crime Victims Office from Citizens to Immigrants

Biden administration increases support for programs that help immigrant victims of crime. Evangeline Chan of Safe Horizon Immigration Law Project comments.

June 15, 2021
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Majority of Anti-AAPI Hate Incidents are not a Hate Crime. How are we Dealing With Them?

With anti-AAPI violence increasing, Safe Horizon's Queenie Ng explains how hate crime data can help produce resources and education for the community to help unlearn racism.

May 18, 2021
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'A Historic Surge': Anti-Asian American Hate Incidents Continue to Skyrocket Despite Public Awareness Campaign

Safe horizon's Evangeline Chan explains how we can fight hate and violence against Asian Americans and Asians - "understanding the root causes of racism."

May 5, 2021
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Survivors of Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents Speak Out About Their Journey to Recovery

Survivors of hate crimes or hate incidents are likely to experience trauma, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Safe Horizon's Evangeline Chan explains.

May 4, 2021
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Anti-Asian Hate is Vastly Underreported in New York City. Here are Some Ways to Get Help.

Safe Horizon's lock replacement program Project Safe is featured as one resource hate crime victims can seek if they do not feel safe.

April 19, 2021
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As New Yorkers Face a Mental Health Crisis, We Can’t Afford to Lose the Resources ThriveNYC Provides

Safe Horizon CEO Liz Roberts joins community-based organizations in opposing funding cuts to ThriveNYC, which has strengthened NYC's mental health services.

April 12, 2021
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Six Ways to be an Ally to the Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community  

Racism and violence against the Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community is unacceptable. Read these tips on how you can be an ally.

April 1, 2021
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Safe Horizon and ASISTA File Lawsuit Against USCIS and DHS

The plaintiffs are suing to compel the agencies to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request seeking information on changes to USCIS’s practices that are making it more difficult for noncitizens to obtain lawful immigration status under the U-visa program—a humanitarian remedy specifically reserved for immigrants who have been victims of serious, often violent crime.

March 17, 2021
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Safe Horizon Appoints Lisa A. O’Connor as New Deputy CEO and Chief Program Officer 

Safe Horizon, the nation's largest victim services agency, appoints Lisa A. O’Connor, PhD as its Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Program Officer. 

March 15, 2021
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Pro-Bono Lawyers And Free Legal Immigration Services in New York

Safe Horizon's Immigration Law Project featured on list of Pro-Bono lawyers and free legal immigration services in New York City.

March 8, 2021