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Awards & Recognition
Awards & Recognition given to PAIR
PAIR in the News
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PAIR selected for the 2012-13 Access to Justice Fellowship of Martha Koster, Mintz Levin litigation partner.
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PAIR honored in August 2012 with a special $10,000 grant from the Lenny Zakim Fund in memory of Jonathan Samen, a beloved board member of the Lenny Zakim Fund, a dedicated public servant and trusted attorney at Riemer & Braunstein.
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PAIR selected for the 2011-13 Equal Justice Works Fellowship of Sarah Sherman-Stokes, sponsored by DuPont and K&L Gates
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PAIR Asylum Staff Attorney Anita Sharma appointed as 2012-13 Co-Chair of the Liaison Committee on Asylum of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
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PAIR Asylum Staff Attorney Anita Sharma appointed as 2012-13 Co-Chair of the Asylum Liaison Committee of the New England Chapter of AILA
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PAIR Asylum Staff Attorney Anita Sharma appointed as 2012-13 Co-Chair of the Immigration Public Service Committee of the Boston Bar Association’s Immigration Law Section
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PAIR Asylum Staff Attorney Anita Sharma selected as 2012-13 Steering Committee Member of the Group Mentoring Program of the Boston Bar Association’s Diversity & Inclusion Section
- PAIR recognized by MIRA on November 16, 2010 for "its outstanding work as part of the Massachusetts Haitian Temporary Protected Status Consortium"
- PAIR Pro Bono Detention Manager Antonio P. Castro Aranda awarded honorable recognition on June 6, 2010, by Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson, of the Bristol County House of Correction, for services provided to immigration detainees
- PAIR recognized with the Daniel Levy Award from the National Immigration Project in November 2007 for its part in responding immediately to the March 6, 2007 workplace raid in New Bedford, during which Immigration arrested over 360 people
- PAIR client and Board member Edith Fobid spoke at the Boston Bar Foundation John and Abigail Adams Ball in November 2006 about being imprisoned and tortured in Cameroon due to her support for minority rights of English-speakers there.
- PAIR Asylum Attorney Anita Sharma received the John G. Brooks Public Service Award in October 2006 from the Boston Bar Association for her outstanding representation and mentoring, and tireless efforts on behalf of PAIR’s asylum clients
- PAIR awarded the Obunto Award in June 2006 by the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights for its “dedicated service to survivors of torture and asylum-seekers, for providing hope to countless individuals and their families, [and] for caring for each individual one at a time"
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PAIR in the News:
- PAIR client Edith Fobid sworn in as U.S. citizen at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall (February 17, 2011)
- Finding of 2 stowaways is concern in New Bedford, Boston Globe (November 16, 2010)
- PAIR honored in AILA's Pro Bono Newsletter (Fall/Winter 2010)
- George Packer, a speaker at the 2010 PAIR Gala, on PAIR’s excellent work, New Yorker blog (June 11 2010)
- PAIR: A Unique Public/Private Collaboration That Saves Lives Boston, by Kathy Henry, PAIR Board member and the Pro Bono and Hiring Partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP Boston Bar Journal (Summer 2010)
- PAIR Pro Bono Detention Manager, Antonio Castro Aranda, recognized by the National Immigrant Bond Fund's Dignity & Due Process Blog (March 24, 2010)
- Obama’s aunt won rare ruling, Boston Globe (May 19, 2010)
- Release of citizen held in immigration detention highlights difficulties for others, Harvard Law Record (November 19, 2009)
- Nearly a year in jail, stowaway freed, Boston Globe (June 30, 2009)
- Ordered deported, but kept in jail, Boston Globe (June 2, 2009)
- Immigration legal system does not protect rights, Associated Press (April 13, 2009)
- BBA Public Interest Leaders Lead the Way, Boston Bar Association Newsletter (March 26, 2009)
- A search for asylum and peace of mind, Boston Globe (March 9, 2009)
- Letter to the Editor - Immigration Raids, New York Times (February 10, 2009)
- Jailed immigrants buoy budgets, Boston Globe (February 9, 2009)
- She finally finds a safe haven, Providence Journal (February 3, 2009)
- The Other Bailout Plan, Boston Magazine (October 29, 2008)
- Bond help heartens immigrants, Washington Post (September 7, 2008)
- Some arrested in raids to seek asylum in U.S., Providence Journal (August 11, 2008)
- Fund would aid those seized in workplace raids, NPR (August 11, 2008)
- Crean fondo para fianzas de inmigrantes en EU, Associated Press/ Excelsior Online (August 11, 2008)
- Bond fund drive begins, Baltimore Sun (August 11, 2008)
- Illegal workers get help from fund, Houston Chronicle (August 7, 2008)
- Stuck in Syria, With No Way Home, Washington Post (June 1, 2008)
- Boston Financier Steps In to Bail Out Illegal Immigrants, Wall Street Journal (March 19, 2008)
- Cape immigrants fearful of government raids, Cape Cod Times (February 6, 2008)
- Their Lives in Limbo, They Fight to Stay, Boston Globe (June 12, 2007)
- As Deportation Pace Rises, Illegal Immigrants Dig In, New York Times (May 1, 2007)
- New Bedford Immigration Raid Separates Families But Unites Legal Community Response, Massachusetts Bar Lawyers Journal (May 2007)
- Lawyers Bone Up on Immigration Law for Pro Bono Work, National Law Journal (March 26, 2007)
- Cheers: The Ultimate Holiday Party, Boston Globe Magazine (November 19, 2006)
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