Immigrant Psychology Network

We partnered with Project Libertad again this week to provide a Know Your Rights presentation to nearly 90 Norristown Area middle schoolers! IPN also gave tips on recognizing and managing psychological stress, and helped to correct common myths about mental health. #shatterthestigma #ImmigrantsHaveRights

So much gratitude in our for the legal-mental health partnership with Project Libertad and the opportunity to connect with and lend support to the amazing students at East Norriton Middle School.

IPN is thrilled to partner with our friends at Project Libertad to increase access to legal and mental health services for newcomer youth in Chester and Montogomery counties! Couldn’t do this without the help of our awesome volunteers! Still looking for bilingual (Spanish/English) volunteers. If you’re interested just PM us!

LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! IPN is looking for a few volunteers to help with our latest project working with middle and high school students. Volunteers should be fluent in both Spanish and English. No long-term commitment. Help as little or as much as you'd like! Our next volunteer training is Saturday, September 19 at 10am. Please reach out if you'd like to participate. We'd love to have you!

Newcomer immigrant youth are significantly more likely to struggle with anxiety, depression, and PTSD than their peers. Yet, they face significant barriers to r...eceiving mental health care, including cost, language, and stigma. We are excited to expand our programs to include critical mental health services this school year through a partnership with the Immigrant Psychology Network funded by PA is Ready! See more

We are thrilled to announce Immigrant Psychology Network's plans to partner with Project Libertad, thanks to a PA is Ready grant! Through this partnership, we’ll be providing Know Your Rights presentations along with free legal and mental health screenings. We will also provide psychoeducational groups to newcomer youth in Montgomery and Chester counties, as well as psychological evaluations to support their immigration cases.

The pandemic has hit our immigrant and refugee families the hardest. Many have been left unemployed and unable to qualify for any relief. Our friends at Project Libertad have identified 30 families with children in need of emergency funds in Chester and Montgomery Counties. Please consider donating. Any little bit helps.

In more recent weeks, we have had school personnel from other districts across Pennsylvania reach out to LPA, seeking a better understanding of how to best welc...ome and work with newcomer immigrant students. We will be posting some (basic) resources that we find useful, starting with this one! See more

Urgent request for a Punjabi or Hindi interpreter available for a one-time immigration-focused evaluation. Am able to compensate for your time. If interested comment or Email: [email protected] request for a Punjabi or Hindi interpreter available for a one-time immigration-focused evaluation. Am able to compensate for your time. If interested comment or Email: [email protected]

The forced separation of parents and children at any age is an inhumane practice. A sudden or traumatic separation from a parent can cause toxic levels of stress that has the potential to harm a child's physical development and psychological wellbeing. #familiesbelongtogether

#immigrantrights #knowyourrights

If anyone is looking for a solution to our current detention crisis, we had one. It was humane. It was cost effective. It ended in 2017: http://immigrationimpact.com//the-government-ended-an-ef/

In a strongly worded report released this week, the inspector general said the prolonged detention of migrants without proper food, hygiene or laundry facilities some for more than a month requires "immediate attention and action."

#nooneisfreeuntilweareallfree

On this Fourth of July, consider being a voice for those immigrant children and families in our nation who continue to be oppressed or inhumanely detained. #humanityfirst #endfamilydetention #immigrantsarenotcriminals

Children shouldn’t be in jail.Regardless of where they happen to be born.Period.