SLIDESHOW: Framingham Citizenship Day

Congresswoman Katherine Clark, who represents Framingham, partnered with Project Citizenship and the Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants to host Citizenship Day in Framingham over the weekend.

Permanent residents eligible to apply for naturalization were invited to attend the March 14 free workshop, where volunteers were on hand to provide eligibility screening, application assistance, legal referrals and training.

“The good work and leadership of Project Citizenship’s impacts the lives of families who are on their journey to becoming citizens,” said Rep. Katherine Clark. “My hope is that through partnerships like these, our immigrant and refugee communities will see my office as another resource in their journey.”

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Photos courtesy of Congresswoman Clark’s office.

Photo 1: Congresswoman Katherine Clark with Ilma Paixao from WSRO Radio 650, who helped publicize Framingham Citizenship Day by holding a radio-a-thon to pre-register applicants

Photo 2: Rep. Katherine Clark thanks a Project Citizenship volunteer for giving up her Saturdays to help with eligibility screening, application assistance, legal referrals and civics trainings.

Photo 3: Dawn Slaven (USCIS Boston District Community Relations officer), Veronica Serrato (Executive Director, Project Citizenship), Alejandra St. Guillen (Director, City of Boston Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians), Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), State Representative Chris Walsh, Marcony Almeida-Barros (Acting Executive Director for the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants), and Atsuko Toko Fish (Fish Family Foundation).

Photo 4: Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5) and Project Citizenship Executive Director Veronica Serrato meet with applicants while they fill out their N-400 forms at Framingham Citizenship Day.