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Manassas Hispanic Festival |
| International Day of Prayer for Peace -- 2011 This year's observance of the International Day of Prayer for Peace will take place on Saturday September 24 at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Woodbridge Virginia. The interfaith gathering focuses on the many faith traditions at home in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. As always the community is invited to participate. A pot luck community dinner will follow the 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. International Day of Prayer for Peace Observance. |
Evaluation Study of Prince William County's |
The University of Virginia, Center for Survey Research completed a study of the implementation of Prince William County's immigration enforcement policy. The study, released in November of 2010 draws attention to the uniqueness of Prince William County's controversial policy and enforcement implementation. The report [An] Evalutaion Study of Prince William County's Illegal Immigration Enforcement Policy : FINAL REPORT highlights a number of situations that had an impact on the county's immigrant population. The involvement of many of these economic and administrative situations were determined to be difficult to isolate. Because of the number of socio-economic variables involved the report concludes that the enforcement policy alone may not have been directly related to reductions in the county's resident immigrant population. Jurisdictions that might seek to emulate the county's policy are cautioned that the Prince William experience may have resulted from numerous factors and may not be reproducible in other times and places. See the Executive Summary here: Evaluation Study : Executive Summary |
| Manassas Pilots 1-By-Youth Project |
The 1-by-Youth Project was the most recent culminating event born of a constructive collaboration initiated in January 2008 by Unity In The Community, Inc. Unity began forging a cooperative partnership with multiple organizations including the Prince William campus of George Mason University. The strength of that partnership which encouraged and expanded neighborhood dialog encouraged local political leadership to become engaged in a broader constructive dialog. The 1-by-Youth Project centered on emerging community building interests while the Manassas municipal administrative infrastructure identified support that interested and engaged the religious community locally and nationally. As the overall structure gathered momentum commercial interests were drawn to the community building energy and spirit of volunteerism. The generating spark for this project initially came from Unity in the Community. The energy and continuing commitment originated in community dialog and resident visioning reinforced by political support and an open opportunity for volunteer participation. Unity in the Community is grateful to Kayt Jonsson and Casey Nitsch, journalism students at American University for sharing this brief documentary of the 1-by-Youth Project with us. It's great to see what community building dialog can accomplish! |
Georgetown South: Community at a Crossroads (Full Credits) from Kayt Jonsson on Vimeo. |
Unity in the Community announces the release of a new document, Words of Compassion: Supportive Statements on Immigration. Words of Compassion is a rich compilation of statements from a variety of religious, secular and governmental organizations presented in one document for comparison, review and easy reference. All entries have been annotated with document source information. Hot links added to the Table of Contents will move you quickly through the document to the statements you want to review. We are proud to offer this resource to our colleagues and friends. We hope you will find it useful. |
Resources for Diversity Training. Unity in the Community has complied a list of resources for workplace diversity training. These resources are recognized trainers skilled in professional workplace training environments. As additional resources become known to us we will add them to this listing. Listing of the resources does not constitute an endorsement by Unity in the Community. |
Prince William Study Circles. Unity in the Community working with the Prince William Campus, George Mason University and The Center for Voter Deliberation (Falls Church, VA) will offer study circle dialogs to engage the community on topics of current interest. The series of dialogs began with dialogs on Immigration. In early 2009 Manassas Neighborhood Services began offering the project as Neighborhood Improvement Circles. To date eight circles and an action forum have been held. Study Circles are being recruited for the fall of 2009. Learn more about reactions to the Prince William Study Circles and the study circle process from coordinator John Landesman. Express you interest, Register to take part in a Prince William Study Circle. |
Instructions for the immigrant community. The Immigration and Human Rights Law Group makes basic rights instructions available to the immigrant community through seminars and free advice. You can view their summary of Basic Constitutional Rights and suggestions for Family Preparedness here. Know Your Rights classes are listed on our Calendar Page as they are scheduled. Conozcan Sus Derechos Know Your Rights -- English Prepárense para una emergencia familiar Family Preparedness -- English |
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