One of Shetu’s core focus is creating healthy families through our
Health & Family Education programs
Shetu provides community education to promote civic participation.
Shetu's workforce development programs enable participants to hone their
job readiness skills and prepare for the professional workforce
Shetu, as our name suggests “bridge” in Bengali, works to bridge culture gap among
South Asian immigrant communities, and provides a space for cultural
programs based on Bangladeshi-American heritage
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Shetu hosted a voter registration drive at the Al-Amin Mosque in Astoria, Queens through which many of our community members learned about the importance of not only about becoming a citizen of this country, also to be able to vote as a responsible citizen. Thanks to Al Amin Mosque and letting us host the voter registration drive and giving people the opportunity to register to vote.
During this holiday season, Shetu took the initiative to reach out to the small businesses in our community to talk about Census 2020 and posted stickers on more than than 100 storefronts in the neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, Queens and Kensington, Brooklyn! This was an initiative to promote Census 2020, its benefits and importance.
On April 1st, 2020 is the National Census Day. Less than 100 days away. It is very important for us to participate in the census so that we can make sure that our families and the entire community wins over the next 10 years.
On Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 it was the Graduation Ceremony of Shetu's 2019 Free Tax Preparers Course. Shetu has successfully finished the Free Tax Preparers Course for this year. We are proud of all the students who have put all their dedication and hard work through out the course and made it to the end. Congratulations to you all!!! This year 19 people finished tax preparers course with a certificate and look forward to path to a career as a tax professional. Shetu is proud to build such capacity in our community through the Tax Preparers Course. We look forward to continue the same for many years to come.
Starting today, the NY DMV will make licenses available to everyone, regardless of their immigration status. Click link below to know your rights.
“The law is clear: on Monday licenses are available to all New Yorkers regardless of immigration status. However, there are people committed to opposing immigrant communities who could try to interfere.”
New York Civil Liberties Union
Starting Monday the NY DMV will make licenses available to everyone, regardless of their immigration status. Here are three things people applying for licenses should know, and how they should prepare...
