Volunteer Guide
Arab Resource and Organizing Center
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The Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) has 2 staff attorneys, 3 paralegals including 2 accredited paralegals. AROC provides immigration legal services for low and moderate-income Arab and Muslim immigrants in the SF Bay Area. A founding member of the San Francisco Immigrant Legal Education Network, AROC is a multicultural immigration law and social justice center based in San Francisco. Our mission is to build, nurture, and empower the Arab-American community, all communities of color, immigrants and low-income people in the SF Bay Area. By providing legal services and empowerment skills, we seek to enable members of our diverse communities to assert their legal rights, oppose all forms of injustice, and exercise self-determination. In addition to legal services, AROC also provides case management services.
| Counties served: | Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Santa Clara |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), Temporary Protected Status (TPS) |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: | Federal court appeals |
| Other areas of legal assistance: | Civil Rights, Community Development, Education, Nonprofit Organizations |
| Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Housing referrals, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: | Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine), Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, Urdu |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
| Nominal fee charged? | No |
| Other information: | Consultations are by appointment only. |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 2 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 2 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 3 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Central American Resource Center, San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Serene Harb
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