Executive Director (New York)

Position to Start September 2020

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Position Summary

The Board of Directors for African Services Committee is seeking an Executive Director to replace a retiring founding Executive Director. The position provides an opportunity for you to lead the organization into its next phase, setting strategic priorities and initiatives that reflect current and developing needs of the African Diaspora in New York and the most vulnerable populations in our Health and Community Development Centers in Ethiopia. We are looking for an individual to add their innovative and unique imprint to the organization while bringing a solid foundation in both program management and fundraising.

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The New Public Charge Rule: What It Means for the Community and Providers

Editor's note: ASC thanks our partners at Legal Aid Society, Protecting Immigrant Families, and The New York Immigration Coalition for providing information and resources. 

Updated Feb. 1, 2020: The U.S. Supreme Court granted the government’s request to undo the District Court’s injunction in the MRNY v. Cuccinelli case on Monday, January 27, 2020, which African Services Committee is a plaintiff. This means that the October 11, 2019 injunction we had obtained to block the DHS public charge rule will be un-blocked pending further litigation. The Supreme Court’s stay will last at least until the appeals court's decision, until the Supreme Court denies any request for certiorari (a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a decision of a lower court), or agrees to hear the case and issue a decision. However, even if we ultimately prevail in court, in the meantime the Rule would likely remain in effect for at least several months. 

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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Injunction on Public Charge

On Jan. 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit judges denied the Trump Administration's request to lift our and the New York State Attorney General’s Public Charge preliminary injunction. In other words, for now, our lawsuit will remain the only shield protecting millions of immigrant families nationwide from the Administration's brutal Public Charge revised regulation. 

Thanks to all who stood with us to Protect Immigrant Families at the hearing, to the Center for Constitutional Rights, Legal Aid Society, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, for their representation, and fellow plaintiffs Make the Road New York, Asian American Federation, Catholic Charities Community Services, and Catholic Legal Immigration Network (“CLINIC”).