Project SHINE Accepts MPI's 2011 E Pluribus Unum Prize

Project SHINE (Students Helping In the Naturalization of Elders) is presented with the 2011 E Pluribus Unum Prizes award for exceptional immigrant integration from the Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. With generous support from the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the award honors SHINE for its work connecting college students and volunteers with elderly refugees and immigrants to tutor them in English language and civic education, and healthy aging practices. The two-way integration aspect helps elderly immigrants in passing citizenship tests while exposing students to new cultures and traditions. Accepting the award is Patience Lehrman, Director of Project SHINE.

More details: http://www.migrationinformation.org/integrationawards/winners-SHINE.cfm

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• elders
• health care
• citizenship
• civic engagement
• volunteering
• immigrants
• migrants