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To View More Blog Posts Visit Our New Website 24 Oct 2012 | 09:41 pm
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Romney’s DACA Comments Creates Confusion for Undocumented Immigrants 22 Oct 2012 | 09:38 pm
A recent New York Times article by Julia Preston describes how Mitt Romney’s recent comments on his plans for the Obama Administration’s DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), if he’s elected ...
DVAP 2012 Pro Bono Awards 19 Oct 2012 | 11:21 pm
In honor of next week’s National Pro Bono Week, the Dallas Bar Association’s Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP) hosted it’s annual Pro Bono Awards last night. This year DVAP celebrates its 30th...
The Origins of DACA 18 Oct 2012 | 08:13 pm
A recent Wall Street Journal article by Miriam Jordan explores the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals movement, which was led by undocumented immigrants, and how the students were able to directly...
HRI Client Among First to be Granted U-Visa for New Fiscal Year 16 Oct 2012 | 07:33 pm
One of our clients is among the first to be granted a U-Visa for the new fiscal year for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which started October 1st. In August, the USCIS announced they had r...
Past President of HRI Board of Trustees Honored with 2012 Hope for Humanity Award 15 Oct 2012 | 09:37 pm
Don M. Glendenning, past president and lifetime member of the HRI Board of Trustees, will receive the 2012 Hope for Humanity Award from the Dallas Holocaust Museum – Center for Education and Tolerance...
Meet our new Women & Children’s Program Legal Assistant! 12 Oct 2012 | 11:40 pm
Hi, I’m Kristina! I graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.A. in general studies with concentrations in women’s studies, sociology, and music. I then went on to receive my M.A. in inter...
International Day of the Girl Child 12 Oct 2012 | 01:14 am
Today, October 11, is the first International Day of the Girl Child. The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution last December to “recognize girls’ rights and highlight the unique challeng...
HRI Named Nonprofit Communicator of the Year Finalist 10 Oct 2012 | 08:09 pm
We are pleased to announce Human Rights Initiative has been chosen as one of three finalists as Nonprofit Communicator of the Year for the 2012 Awards of Excellence, presented by the Center for Nonpro...
Executive Director: Law Man Walking 9 Oct 2012 | 08:36 pm
HRI’s Executive Director Bill Holston, an avid hiker, has recently written an article for D Magazine’s Front Burner blog about his last hike of the summer. Bill went hiking in the Trinity Forest and e...
