Nationalities Service Center, NSC

NSC is thrilled to welcome Alicia Karr, President of Meyer Design, back to our Board of Directors! A longstanding NSC volunteer and former Board chair, Alicia brings her deep knowledge of NSC and our work, as well as her creativity, strategic vision, and leadership skills. She will serve on our Executive and Major Gifts Committees. We’re overjoyed to have you back, Alicia!

Today is the final day to have your gift matched! Don't miss the chance to double the impact of your donation. To donate, please click here: https://secure.givelively.org//national/annual-appeal-2020

Please check out Kampar Kitchen, an innovative collaborative kitchen launched by Malaysian-born Ange Branca of Saté Kampar. Housed in the Bok Building, Kampar Kitchen provides a low-cost cooking space for up-and-coming restaurants. Ange--who frequently partners with NSC at Global Tastes, our annual fundraiser--describes Kampar Kitchen as a "new business model" to bolster the struggling restaurant industry: "Kampar Kitchen essentially transforms into a different restaurant eac...h day, providing a diverse roster of upstart chefs and food entrepreneurs with the [resources] required to grow our small businesses... More permanent than a pop-up and more nurturing than an incubator, it’s a mission-driven base of operations for Philadelphia’s dynamic and resilient chefs, providing concrete and transparent infrastructure to a tumultuous industry." For more, and to order from Kampar Kitchen's special NYE menu, click here: https://kampar-kitchen.square.site/ Saté Kampar

We plan on serving more immigrants, from more countries, with more stories of reinvention and determination in 2021. But we need your help! Won't you give today to our 2020 Annual Fund? To donate, please click here: https://secure.givelively.org//national/annual-appeal-2020

5 more days! Your gift will go twice as far to help enterprising immigrants to build safe, self-sufficient lives and add extraordinary value to our neighborhoods. To donate, please click here: https://secure.givelively.org//national/annual-appeal-2020

Tomorrow is our second demonstration in our NSC Cooks Around the World series! Abi will be showing us how to make Nigerian ayamase stew. Ticket registration for Abi's class closes tomorrow at noon, so make sure to sign up with the link in our bio! See you tomorrow at 6pm at the virtual table. . . . #virtualseries #nsccooksaroundtheworld #nsc #immigrants #refugees #onlineevents

With your help, we’ve raised $27,000 in direct assistance for immigrants through our "We're in this Together" fund! But we still need to get to $200,000. Every dollar you donate by Halloween will be matchedup to $100,000by a generous donor. Help us turn your generosity into immediate action by making a gift within the next 8 days! . . . #weareinthistogether #giftmatch #immigrants #refugees

Help us advocate for the continued funding of VOCA (Victims of Crime Act), which provides crucial supports to victim service programs including programs serving victims and survivors of child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, trafficking, drunk driving, assault, homicide, and other crimes. Please contact your Senator and Representatives to request immediate action to prevent devastating cuts to VOCA. The deadline is November 6, 2020. For information on how to contact Congress and a sample letter please visit: https://ncadv.org//action-alert-prevent-catastrophic-cuts-

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and today our staff honored victims for #PurpleThursday. If you or someone you know needs help, please know that you are not alone. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.7997233 or visit https://www.thehotline.org/ #domesticviolenceawareness

Immigrants and refugees are facing cascading consequences of job and income loss, food and housing insecurity, and educational and health outcome disparities, their hard-won new lives are smashing into pieces. Help us raise $200,000 to keep them fed, housed, and afloatyour gift will be matched! . . . #givetoday #givingtuesday #donate #immigrants #refugees #weareinthistogether #nsc

Tomorrow is our first demonstration in our NSC Cooks Around the World series! Irsa will be showing us how to make Indonesian chicken satay and pecel. Ticket registration for Irsa's class closes at 5pm today, so make sure to sign up with the link in our bio! See you tomorrow at 6pm at the virtual table. . . . #virtualseries #nsccooksaroundtheworld #nsc #immigrants #refugees #onlineevents

We are looking for therapists to join our team in serving the immigrant and refugee population of Philadelphia and the surrounding areas! This is a contracted position and candidates must be bilingual in English and Spanish. Apply at https://nscphila.org/about-us/careers.

For every dollar you donate to our "We're in this Together" campaign before October 31, a generous donor will match itup to $100,000doubling the impact of your gift! . . . #givetoday #donate #immigrants #refugees #weareinthistogether #nsc

At a time when the Latin American immigrant community is already facing hardship due to COVID, this threat is only adding additional stress, said Steven Larin, deputy director of Nationalities Service Center. NSC and Juntos, a community-led Latinx advocacy organization, had ramped up know-your-rights trainings to try to allay those fears. We rescheduled the "Know Your Rights" workshop with our lawyers and Juntos for this Monday, October 19. Join us on the FB live on the Juntos (Immigrant Rights Nonprofit) page to learn more about your rights to interactions with migrant. https://whyy.org//ice-officials-use-philly-press-conferen/

Meet our weekly chefs and the dishes they'll be demonstrating for our event series, NSC Cooks Around the World! Register with the link in our bio for as many dates as you'd like. - This is a free event but we welcome donations in any amount to support our #weareinthistogether campaign that goes directly to keeping immigrants and refugees fed, housed, and afloat! Donations before 10/31 will be matched dollar for dollar by a generous donor! . .... . #immigrants #refugees #phillyevents #virtualevent See more

Help NSC provide winter gift packages filled with coats, gloves, beanies, and extra comfort. Shop our wishlist for winter items as low as $5! Use our Amazon Wishlist for individual coat orders: https://a.co/hNs85Si A bulk order warms about 20 people in a single purchase. Click here to shop: https://www.dollardays.com/nsccoatdrive/wishlist.html

Next Tuesday, October 20th at 6pm we kick off our weekly virtual cooking demonstration series, NSC Cooks Around the World! Register with the link in our bio. Each week we’ll have a different chef and a different dish for you to learn to make! - This is a free event but we welcome donations in any amount to support our #weareinthistogether campaign that goes directly to keeping immigrants and refugees fed, housed, and afloat! Donations before 10/31 will be matched dollar for... dollar by a generous donor! - Thank you to @iamfrancisrice for helping us capture this series and @freelibrary for letting us use their space! . . . #freeevents #phillyevents #virtualevents #cookingseries See more

Help keep refugees and immigrants in your neighborhood warm this winter by donating to NSC's coat drive! We accept new and gently used coats. Contact Jackie at [email protected] for pick up, or order online! A bulk order warms about 20 people in a single purchase. Click here to shop: dollardays.com/nsccoatdrive/wishlist.html Use our Amazon Wishlist for individual coat orders: https://a.co/hNs85Si

We’re excited to announce that NSC is a #PlayEverywherePhilly winner! This award from KABOOM! funded by William Penn Foundation, will help us bring playful learning to our office on Arch Street and make it easier for families to incorporate play while they wait for our classes, legal and employment assistance, health services and food access. #PlayEverywherePhilly https://whyy.org//philly-kids-will-have-16-new-places-to-/