“No One Left Behind” Leads March on Washington
And pays Winning Connections a visit.
From L-R: Matt Zeller, Brian Steblay, John Jameson, Matthew Landis, and Janis Shinwari and Aleem Akrami at Winning Connections
No One Left Behind (NOLB) helps America’s Wartime Allies with Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) resettle safely in the United States by providing legal, housing and employment assistance.
On Thursday, April 26, Winning Connections (WC) President John Jameson and Brian Steblay, Vice President for Operations at WC and Co-Founder and Board Member at No One Left Behind, had the privilege of hosting NOLB CEO Matt Zeller, Pittsburgh Chapter Director Matthew Landis, and interpreters Janis Shinwari and Aleem Akrami – both of whom served side-by-side with US forces, and all of whom served in the military.
It's outrageous we have to fight every year to keep the Special Immigrant Visa program alive. An amazing display of veterans joined us today to demand that lawmakers meet our obligations to the brave Iraqi & Afghan men & women who risked their lives to help us. #SaveOurAllies pic.twitter.com/gYKUG1iNIO
— Earl Blumenauer (@repblumenauer) April 26, 2018
The four heroes were in Washington DC to lead a contingent of over 100 veterans and former translators to the Hill to ask Congress to save the Special Immigration Visa (SIV) program. Under the current administration, the number of visas issued has decreased 65% this year alone, meaning 2,000 already allocated visas will go to waste (visas are “use or lose”). Winning Connections believes our country has a moral responsibility to bring the interpreters here. We urge you to ask your leaders support Senator Shaheen’s bill to save the SVI program.
It was an honor to join fellow veterans & stand with @repblumenauer yesterday on Capitol Hill to call for standing by our closest #Afghan & #Iraqi partners & support #SIV candidates & recipients. @Vets4AmerIdeals @n1leftbehind #ServiceDoesntStop pic.twitter.com/slTJ11yw2G
— Steve Miska (@SteveMiska) April 27, 2018
Winning Connections has long advocated on behalf of our service heroes. We hope to see Senator Shaheen’s bill up for a YES vote in the near future, and will do anything and everything we can to assist in that fight and support our veterans.
To support No One Left Behind, donate to their cause and keep track of all their great work, please visit http://nooneleft.org/ and follow them on Twitter @n1leftbehind.
