W H O W E A R E
We are Empowering Citizens an up and coming organization located in Milwaukee, WI, founded by two individuals with a passion and dedication to helping the immigrant community. Our story goes beyond a single dream and desire to help, it starts with our founders' immigration journeys and their path to living and achieve their American Dream!
Daniel Gutierrez Ayala a current DACA recipient and Nury Madrigal a naturalized citizen, with a life dream and desire to make a real change in their community co-founded Empowering Citizens in May of 2019 and officially opened the doors of Empowering Citizens in October of the same year.
We at Empowering Citizens are dedicated to helping lawful permanent residents prepare for their citizenship civics exam with USCIS and become active citizens of the United States.
Daniel Gutierrez Ayala a current DACA recipient and Nury Madrigal a naturalized citizen, with a life dream and desire to make a real change in their community co-founded Empowering Citizens in May of 2019 and officially opened the doors of Empowering Citizens in October of the same year.
We at Empowering Citizens are dedicated to helping lawful permanent residents prepare for their citizenship civics exam with USCIS and become active citizens of the United States.
W H A T W E D O
Helping You Achieve Your American Dream
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Empowering Citizens seeks to increase the naturalization rate in Wisconsin and beyond. We are an organization that provides high-quality citizenship classes for permanent residents to help them become active citizens of the United States. Empowering Citizens offers interpretation services for USCIS interviews, translation of documents, legal referrals, and provides educational materials needed for your journey towards U.S. citizenship. In addition, Empowering Citizens works collaboratively with community-based partners in Milwaukee, WI and nationally known organizations to provide a range of support services, civics instruction, and citizenship application assistance.
Please note that Empowering Citizens does not provide any legal advice. If you need an immigration attorney please refer to our list of trusted immigration attorneys or call us for a legal referral. Citizenship application assistance is only offered during certain times throughout the year to find out when our next legal clinic is please visit our class and event calendar or contact us for more information. |
Photo by: Lee Matz
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C I T I Z E N S H I P C L A S S R E G I S T R A T I O N
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Are you ready to become a U.S. citizen? Register for our Citizenship Classes today! No matter what level of English or education you have our volunteer instructors will work with you to ensure you are more than ready for your civics exam with USCIS.
Empowering Citizens provides each student enrolled with all the materials needed to succeed. To continue our work and mission we ask for a one time $50 donation. However, if a student is unable to cover this donation no student will be turned away. Part of our mission is to help eliminate any barriers to the immigration process of citizenship and this includes barriers such as cost and fees. Class Information:
Citizenship Classes for our English group are weekly on: Intermediate Class: Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Beginner Class: Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Citizenship Classes for our Spanish group are weekly on: Intermediate Class: Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Beginner Class: Monday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Classes are year round and students are welcomed to enroll at anytime All classes have resumed to in-person instruction. Please visit our COVID-19 information page for the most up-to-date information.
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SUPPORT OUR WORKWe are working on obtaining our 501c(3) status as an official non-profit corporation to apply for funding, however, in the meantime, we are in need of your financial contribution to continue to provide our students with high-quality citizenship classes in the greater Milwaukee area.
This work is made possible by the generosity of our donors. |
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T: (414) 207-6533
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Empowering Citizens
1579 S. 38th Street, Suite 13 Milwaukee, WI 53215 |
E: info@empoweringcitizens.org
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