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RMM Featured on WJFF-90.5 FM Radio Catskill
Read more: RMM Featured on WJFF-90.5 FM Radio CatskillJuana Cortes de Torres, Esq., the Director of our Immigrant Legal Rights Project, gave an interview on public radio station WJFF-90.5 FM on June 11, 2025, to speak about the fear and disruption resulting from ICE raids in Rural New York. Juana spoke about RMM’s critical role in assisting immigrants and their families who are…
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RMM Featured on ABC-TV Report on Immigration
Read more: RMM Featured on ABC-TV Report on ImmigrationABC-TV aired an extensive report on immigration enforcement, particularly as it affects Long Island communities, on Feb. 3, 2025. The report features comments by RMM’s Executive Director, Richard Witt. Watch it here: https://abc7ny.com/…/immigration-crackdown…/15850334
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RMM Featured in New York Times Report on Immigration
Read more: RMM Featured in New York Times Report on ImmigrationRMM was featured in an extensive New York Times report on immigration, which tells of the struggles of our people in the face of the harsh and unjust policies of the current Administration. Several of our people, including members of JOY, are in the story but were not identified by name, for their protection. However,…
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RMM Featured in Daily Freeman
Read more: RMM Featured in Daily FreemanRMM’s Executive Director, Richard Witt, was interviewed by the Daily Freeman, a newspaper based in Kingston, NY (Hudson Valley). The report —a front-page Sunday story — highlights our work on behalf of immigrants under harsh federal policies.
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Maria Christina Martinez at Marble Collegiate Church
Read more: Maria Christina Martinez at Marble Collegiate ChurchMaria Christina Martinez, who has served on RMM’s Board and currently acts as our Legislative Advocacy Consultant for the Immigrant Legal Rights Project, spoke powerfully about our Youth Empowerment Program this morning at Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. Christina spoke about the impact that the Youth Empowerment Program, and particularly the Youth Arts Group, had…
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Youth Leaders Take RMM’s Cause to Albany
Read more: Youth Leaders Take RMM’s Cause to AlbanyALBANY — They spoke pointedly and from their hearts, sharing stories of their families, their friends, their neighbors. They spoke of their gratitude and their fears. They spoke these things to people in power — people whose support they seek, on behalf of immigrant and farmworking New Yorkers. They are the youth of Rural &…
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RMM Featured in USA Today!
Read more: RMM Featured in USA Today!RMM has exciting news to share: An extensive story about our Summer Overnight Leadership Camp has been published nationally in USA Today, along with a beautiful video and dozens of photos! Reporter Eduardo Cuevas and photographer/videographer Seth Harrison visited us on our first full day of Camp this year, interviewing many of our children and…
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Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc., receives $1Million gift
Read more: Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc., receives $1Million giftRural & Migrant Ministry, Inc., is thrilled to announce that the Yield Giving Open Call and MacKenzie Scott have chosen to invest in RMM, and we are deeply honored to accept a $1 million gift. We believe that this support, in conjunction with our being chosen to partner with the Clinton Global Initiative late last…
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Clinton Global Initiative: Commitment to Action
Read more: Clinton Global Initiative: Commitment to ActionPresident Clinton created a video spotlight to announce RMM’s Commitment to Action! Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc., is thrilled to announce that we have been chosen by the Clinton Foundation, founded by President Bill Clinton, to partner with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), specifically for our work in establishing a federal credit union for rural…
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Coffee House Full of Warmth and Joy
Read more: Coffee House Full of Warmth and JoySCARSDALE—It promised to be a celebration filled with warmth and joy, and it did not disappoint. The halls of Hitchcock Presbyterian Church rang out with music and witnessing at Saturday evening’s Coffee House, an event the church sponsors each year to benefit the Youth Empowerment programs and Summer Overnight Leadership Camp of Rural & Migrant…
