Poarch Law Welcomes Newest Member to their Staff
Poarch Law welcomes Ryan Carroll to their staff. He is the new Marketing and Advertising Manager. He is recent college graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Poarch Law welcomes Ryan Carroll to their staff. He is the new Marketing and Advertising Manager. He is recent college graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Poarch Law Paralegal Zulmaire Gonzalez Cegarra has worked vigorously on behalf of Venezuelan political prisoners. Read more here: http://accionlibertad.org/almagro-dialogo-los-presos-politicos-accion-libertad/
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Attorney Christine Poarch spoke at Central Church of the Brethren‘s congregation this morning, April 30, 2017, about why lawful immigration options fall short and to share some important facts about removal and deportation.
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“Our ‘nation of immigrants’ has never been a seamless garment but rather, a disruptively-fashioned coat of many colors. And what made the quilted whole, what keeps all those rough edges together is the brutally painful cutting away of not only the cultural and linguistic and identity pieces of the country one leaves, but also an equally brutal, seam-ripping remaking of our own national fabric.”
Read more here: https://medium.com/@christinelockhartpoarch/https-medium-com-christinelockhartpoarch-one-tin-soldier-c5e61db3887
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Attorney Christine Poarch was a guest on this morning’s Good Day Virginia to discuss yesterday’s immigration stakeholder meeting held at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke. See the story here: http://www.virginiafirst.com/news/local-news/immigration-law-affecting-our-area/658335862
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Theory to Practice: Leading Change on Immigration
Wednesday, February 15th | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The Jefferson Center’s Fitzpatrick Hall 541 Luck Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia 24016
Sponsors: Poarch Law, Strickland Diviney Segura, Roanoke Spanish, and the Batten Leadership Institute at Hollins University.
Session I: The first two panels enhance objective understanding of our immigration system. This portion is intended to be purely educational with an opportunity for questions for the panelists.
Immigration Myths and Truths | 1:00 – 2:20 PM
A critical foundation for understanding immigration law in the U.S. and the common myths, truths, challenges, and complications that exist in our current immigration system.
Christine Lockhart Poarch, Poarch Law Attorney
From National Policy to Local Impact: Immigration & Southwestern Virginia | 2:30 – 3:20 PM
A panel discussion on the recent executive orders, other nationally-promulgated immigration policies, and their potential effect on the local immigration community.
Moderator: Dr. Elda Stanco Downey, Founder, Roanoke Spanish
Christine Lockhart Poarch, Poarch Law Attorney
Tim Jones, Roanoke City Chief of Police
Session II: This session will introduce key concepts in adaptive leadership theory – the “practice of mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges and thrive” (Heifetz) – and their application to the current immigration debate. These panels will be interactive.
Adaptive Leadership: How We Make Change or Avoid It | 3:30 – 4:20 PM
Covers the basic principles of adaptive leadership theory to support effective local leadership and advocacy on the subject of immigration law.
Christine Lockhart Poarch, Poarch Law Attorney
Dr. Abrina Schnurman-Crook, Executive Director, Batten Leadership Institute,
Hollins University
Adaptive Leadership: Applying Theory to Practice | 4:30 – 5:15 PM
Interactive application of the tools of adaptive leadership (with facilitation) on key issues like the border, refugee bans, immigration reform, and the economics of immigration
For further information, please contact Elisabeth Bass at elisabeth@poarchlawtest.wpengine.com or (540) 387-1005.
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Attorney Christine Poarch is a guest this morning, November 7, 2016, on WFXR News to present a 4 minute crash course from on the importance of immigration for economic growth and to launch their Scholar of the Month initiative.
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Poarch Law Attorney Christine Poarch wrote an article on immigration court reform published in the Federal Lawyer. (Oct. 2016) It can be accessed here: https://www.fedbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Imm-Law-pdf-1.pdf
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We invite you to read the July edition of Somos Virginia Magazine, where you can read the article What did the Supreme Court decide about DAPA and DACA? written by Attorney Christine Poarch.
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Attorney Christine Poarch is at the United States Capitol, discussing immigration court reform with United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security and others for Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Section.
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