Shelter & Services Grant Program listening session. March 1, 2023 2pm ET

FEMA & CBP Advisory

 

FEMA and CBP to Hold Listening Sessions for Shelter & Services Grant Program

FEMA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will co-host virtual listening sessions with stakeholders to discuss program requirements for the new Shelter & Services Grant Program.

Overview

The 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R.2617) establishes the Shelter and Services Program. This grant program aims to support the sheltering and related activities provided by non-federal entities, including a limited amount for facility improvements and construction, in support of relieving noncitizen overcrowding in short-term holding facilities operated by CBP. FEMA will administer grants or cooperative agreements with tribal nations, state and local governments, as well as non-governmental organizations. FEMA and CBP will work with these governments and organizations to identify eligible costs of providing temporary shelter and related services to individuals released from Department of Homeland Security custody.

FEMA and CBP will host listening session opportunities with stakeholders to inform implementation of the Shelter and Services Grant Program.

 

Participation:

Two virtual listening session opportunities will be offered using the Zoom for Government platform.

 

§   Date: March 1, 2023

§  Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET

§  Register to attend

§   Zoom Meeting ID: 161 620 6109

§  Passcode: 924262

§  Join by phone: +1 669-254-5252 

              §   Date: March 3, 2023

§  Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET

§  Register to attend

§   Zoom Meeting ID: 161 655 1683

§  Passcode: 440275

§  Join by phone: +1 669-254-5252  

Mexico's African Mexican community February 2023

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Joe Agu

Author: Stolen Music

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We have to be careful not to develop the mindset of the victimized. Focus must be on #solutions, balanced with #sociopolitical activism. By now we know the history of slavery, colonialism, and the European perpetrators. What matters most is what we as individuals or collectively are doing about it. Do #tangible stuff, no matter how small. The first place that the Spaniards brought the enslaved black Africans to Mexico was Vera Cruz. As a music researcher I discovered the style of music the Africans introduced in Vera Cruz is known as Son Jarocho. The same history is repeated in Brazil (Samba), Cuba (Rumba), Colombia (Cumbia) and elsewhere throughout the Caribbean and the Americas. The discrimination, racism and the exploitation of Afro culture is the reason I wrote the book #stolenmusic. It has stories of the various music genres of the #africandiaspora throughout the #americas. Our music valued in the billions of dollars is the de facto music of the world, but we don’t control or reap the benefits of the #economics. Please read my book. It wasn’t written with the intention of making money. I wrote the book because it is what we owe to the #africanancestors.

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