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JANUARY 22 - JANUARY 28, 2014 • Vol. 15 • No. 4 wAshiNgtoN heights • Inwood • hARLEM • eAST hARLEM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES Will Cabrini close? p4 ¿Cierra Cabrini? p4 UPKNYC p10 Cove p8 Dyckman p9 PUT CARE ON YOUR CALENDAR IN JANUARY Visit us at the At EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care you’ll find new Neighborhood Room programs every month to help you stay healthy, get well 215 West 125th Street and live better. 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For a full calendar of events and to RSVP visit us at ehnc.com or call 1-866-469-0999 2 january 22, 2014 • Manhattan tiMes • www.manhattantimesnews.com Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer ometimes those who lend Sa helping hand need one HIIP, hip, hooray themselves. New funding for immigrant programming The Hispanic Federation and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) launched the Hispanic Immigrant Integration Project (HIIP) this past Fri., Jan. 17 at the Federation’s headquarters. The launch incorporated workshops for nine non-profit organizations that received HIIP grants, which were funded by Walmart. The resources are designated for programming that will facilitate the integration of Latino immigrants into their communities and American society in general. “We believe that anyone who comes to America should have the opportunity to move forward,” said Paul Gómez, Walmart’s Director of Constituent Affairs and Corporate Relations. Immigration, he added, is “the number- one issue of the Hispanic community. The community needs the tools to help them assimilate in the United States.” Angela Fernández, the Executive Director of Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR), echoed the The Hispanic Federation and the League of United need for greater instruction and assistance Latin American Citizens (LULAC) launched the programs. Hispanic Immigrant Integration Project (HIIP). NMCIR, one of the recipient HIIP organizations, will use the resources to The money will also be used to help fund Founded in 1982, NMCIR, located in Organizations such as NMCIR have provide English and citizenship classes. citizenship applications, which cost over Washington Heights, assists 6,000 families advocated for comprehensive immigration The HIIP funding will make an impact. $600, assistance with adjustment of status, a year with such issues as immigration reform; they are often the first in line to serve “We’ve been turning people away because and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications, deportation, voter registration immigrants when laws are changed. we haven’t been able to hire a teacher,” she (DACA) applications. and more. said. See HIIP p22 Historia y fotos por Robin Elisabeth Kilmer lgunas veces aquellos que brindan Auna mano de ayuda también HIIP, hip, hooray necesitan una. Nuevos fondos para programación La Federación Hispana y LULAC (Liga Unida de inmigrantes de Ciudadanos Latino Americanos) lanzaron el Proyecto de Integración de Inmigrantes Hispanos (HIIP, por sus siglas en inglés) este pasado viernes, 17 de enero en las oficinas centrales de la Federación Hispana. El lanzamiento incorporó talleres para nueve organizaciones sin fines de lucro que recibieron subvenciones de HIIP, financiadas por Walmart. Los recursos están designados para programación que facilitará la integración de los inmigrantes latinos en sus comunidades y en la sociedad americana en general. “Pensamos que cualquiera que viene a America debería de tener la oportunidad de salir adelante”, dijo Paul Gómez, Director de Asuntos de los Constituyentes y Relaciones Corporativas de Walmart. La inmigración, añadió, “es el problema número uno de la comunidad hispana. La comunidad necesita las herramientas para ayudarlos a asimilarse en los Estados Unidos.” Angela Fernández, Directora Ejecutiva de la Coalición para los Derechos de los Inmigrantes del Norte de Manhattan (NMCIR, por sus siglas en inglés), se hizo eco de la necesidad de una “Socialmente, económicamente y políticamente mayor instrucción y programas de asistencia. prevaleceremos”, dijo José Calderón, NMCIR, una de las organizaciones presidente de la Federación Hispana. beneficiadas, utilizará los fondos para proveer clases de inglés y ciudadanía. El dinero también será utilizado para ayudar a Infantes (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés). deportación, inscripción para votar y más. Los fondos de HIIP harán un impacto. financiar solicitudes de ciudadanía, la cual cuesta Localizada en Washington Heights, NMCIR Organizaciones como NMCIR han estado “Hemos estado rechazando personas porque no sobre $600, y asistencia con el ajuste de estatus, fue fundada en el 1982, y asiste a 6,000 familias abogando por mucho tiempo por una reforma de hemos podido contratar un maestro”, dijo ella. aplicaciones de Acción Diferida para Llegadas de al año con problemas tales como inmigración, Ver HIIP p22 january 22, 2014 • Manhattan tiMes • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3 Fighting for the future of Cabrini Story by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer the news well after first hearing about the closure over the school’s intercom. hen Diurka Díaz was 14, she “She’s been crying since last week. They’ve all been crying. It was absolutely mishandled Wmoved to Washington Heights by the Board of Trustees,” she charged. from the Dominican Republic. In Florida, Bracht had also attended a Catholic high school, but her experience A week later, she started her freshman year at Mother Cabrini High School was an at Mother Cabrini High School. altogether different experience. Díaz was unsure of her English language “I didn’t know girls could coexist in the skills when she started school, but under same school,” she said. the care of her English teacher, Mrs. Clancy, Her time in Florida was not as positive. Díaz soon gained confidence and a grasp of “Everyone was ‘best friends’,” she recalled. the language. “But anyone who disagreed or didn’t like “I owe all my writing skills to her. I came what someone said, [there would be] a lot of straight from the Dominican Republic, and negativity and nasty comments. I didn’t think I had an accent, but I felt appreciated,” she real friendships existed.” said of her experience at the high school, from But now she has found a sisterhood. which she graduated in 1985. One of her favorite classes is physics, Now, her daughter, Tatiana Bracht, has which she has come to enjoy with the help of Mrs. Clancy as her English teacher. her classmates. Bracht entered Mother Cabrini High School “I really struggled a lot, and some other this past October as a junior. When she moved girls saw me crying in the hallway. They gave to New York from Florida, her mother was me their numbers and tutored me.” adamant about her attending her alma mater. Many of the school’s graduates concur, Díaz, now a researcher at Columbia “I felt appreciated,” said alum Diurka Díaz (left) saying that attending the school helped University Medical Center, explains that she of her experience at Mother Cabrini High School; them build positive relationships with other felt she owes her success to the school and her daughter Tatiana Bracht is now a student. women. wanted her daughter to attend. “You focus more on school, and you learn “[For me], it is the only Catholic institution about the future.