*** Press Briefing to Preview Citizenship Day, Naturalization Drives Nationwide ***

Will Preview More than 25 Citizenship Workshops Being Held across the Country in AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, IL, KY, MA, NC, TX and VA

Washington, D.C.--In honor of National Citizenship Day, ya es hora iudadania! (Citizenship: It's Time!) partners--the NALEO Educational Fund, National Council of La Raza (NCLR), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)--will join the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) for a telephonic press briefing on Friday, September 11 to preview more than 25 citizenship workshops planned nationwide this month.

Despite economic hardship and a drastic increase in citizenship fees, participants will talk about the continued motivation of immigrants to become U.S. citizens and participate fully in the civic life of this country.

WHAT: On-the-record telephonic press briefing to preview Citizenship Day '09 and more than 25 naturalization workshops to be held nationwide.

WHO:

Clarissa Martinez de Castro, NCLR Director, Immigration and National Campaigns
Eliseo Medina, SEIU Executive Vice President
Eun Sook Lee, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) Executive Director

Moderator: Erica Bernal, NALEO Educational Fund

WHEN: Friday, September 11, NOON EDT (9:00 a.m. PDT)

CALL-IN NUMBER: (800) 288-8968; Ask for Citizenship Day" call

Ya es Hora iudadania! (Citizenship: It's Time!) is an unprecedented campaign to inform, educate and motivate eligible permanent residents in the United States to apply for U.S. citizenship. Since helping a record one million immigrants become U.S. Citizens in 2007, the campaign has built a nationwide network to help immigrants overcome the economic and bureaucratic hurdles on their path to U.S. citizenship. National partners include the Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, the NALEO Educational Fund, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and Spanish language media partners Univision, Entravision and Impremedia.

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) is a consortium of local community groups nationwide with the mission of projecting a national progressive voice on major civil rights and immigrant rights issues and promote the full participation of Korean Americans in American society.

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