Immigrants take the Oath of Allegiance during a Naturalization Ceremony held at the Egg Harbor City Community School May 2, 2019.
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - The Stockton Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning will host a Naturalization Ceremony for 21 candidates at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 6 in the Board of Trustees Room in the Campus Center in Galloway Township.
The candidates will become U.S. Citizens once they take the Oath of Allegiance.
Supervisory Immigration Officer Keith Dorr and Ya-Mei Chen, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Mount Laurel Office, will administer the Oath of Allegiance. Stockton students are expected among the candidates.
Offering naturalization classes and hosting the Naturalization Ceremony speaks to the vision of the Stockton Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning, which is to promote the ideals of public service and social responsibility, and serve the public good, said Dr. Merydawilda Colón, executive director of the center.
Classes on how to become a U.S. citizen are offered every Tuesday at the Stockton Atlantic City John F. Scarpa Academic Center, 3711 Atlantic Ave., 6-7:00 p.m., through Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
The naturalization classes are facilitated by SCCESL Student Fellows Ariana Ramirez, Ivett Carrasco, and MSW Interns Maria Castaneda and Desiree Robinson supported by Dr. Merydawilda Colón.
