Our members

Established in 1980, Access Living is an agent of change committed to fostering an inclusive society that enables Chicagoans with disabilities to live fully engaged and self–directed lives. Nationally recognized as a leading force in the disability advocacy community, Access Living challenges stereotypes, protects civil rights and champions social reform. Their staff and volunteers combine knowledge and personal experience to deliver programs and services that equip people with disabilities to advocate for themselves. Access Living is at the forefront of the disability rights movement, removing barriers so people with disabilities can live the future they envision.

Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice brings together various organizations and individuals from around the State to provide a unified voice to ensure the social, legal, and civic rights of immigrants in Alabama; to promote equal participation and involvement; and to help facilitate the organizing and building of grassroots leadership within the immigrant community.

Together with medical providers and community liaisons, ALAC connects people with healthcare. They work with Latinx living with HIV/AIDS in Alabama, their partners and their families. They help with treatment follow up as well as other supportive services.

America para Todos is the sister organization to CRECEN in Houston, providing information and networking for the constituencies served by CRECEN

Arkansas United Community Coalition (Arkansas United, AUCC) is an immigrant rights nonprofit based in Springdale, Arkansas that is dedicated to empowering immigrants and their communities through leadership development, coalition building, the promotion of civic integration and immigration service navigation. Founded in 2010, AUCC boasts a network of 150 immigrant organizers and over 400 active volunteers in 17 communities across Arkansas. AUCC currently maintains immigrant resource centers with partners in Springdale, Fort Smith, Little Rock, De Queen and McGehee, Jonesboro, and Monticello.

The Armadillos Ni Un Migrante Menos are an autonomous, all volunteer-based search & rescue team with members from San Diego, Vista, San Marcos, Madera, and Fresno. They do the majority of their work in the Arizona & California deserts (occupied Tohono O´odham & Kumeyaay Land).

Asociación Guatemaltecos Sin Fronteras is a group of Guatemalan people with a generous and caring spirit who bring their talents and resources to support the Guatemalan people. Their mission is to develop socioeconomic projects for their communities in the United States and Guatemala.

The mission of Asociación de Salvadoreños de Los Angeles (ASOSAL) is to improve the quality of life of Salvadorans, other Central Americans, and the Latino communities of Los Angeles by assisting immigrants to obtain legal permanent residence; promoting community and economic development projects and strategies for low-income communities; promoting the civil participation of Central American immigrants in the political system of Los Angeles and disseminating the richness of the Salvadoran culture and identity throughout the racial mosaic of Los Angeles.

Casa Yurumein is a Garífuna (afro-CentralAmerican) cultural center in the Bronx, NY. They provide cultural and educational programming to Garífuna populations in NYC and is a center for collective organizing and advocacy

Center for Immigrant Progress is a youth-led grassroots organization working to empower the immigrant community through awareness-building , policy advocacy, and building leadership capacity.

CRECEN Houston is a community-based institution that has been responding to the needs and aspirations of Central American and other immigrants in Houston Texas since 1984. Advocating for the rights, economic and social justice for all immigrants, CRECEN is a family-driven force for community empowerment and immigrant leadership in the US and transnationally.

CARECEN’s mission is to foster the development of the Latino population in the Washington metropolitan region by providing direct legal services, housing counseling, citizenship education, and community economic development, while promoting grassroots empowerment, civic engagement, and civil rights advocacy.

CARECEN Los Angeles empowers Central Americans and all immigrants by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice and promoting cultural diversity. CARECEN works for the Los Angeles region to become a place where Central Americans and all other communities can live in peace, with dignity, and enjoy economic well-being, social justice, and political empowerment.

CARECEN San Francisco empowers and responds to the needs, rights and aspirations of Latino, immigrant, and under-resourced families in the San Francisco Bay Area – building leadership to pursue self-determination and justice.

Centro Comunitario CEUS is committed to strengthening and empowering the Hispanic immigrant population in New Jersey. Due to the increasing animosity directed toward the immigrant community, supporting CEUS’s goals have become more vital than ever. The non-profit seeks to organize and educate, and to create community power. Through programs of education, leadership, legal services, and community organization, CEUS seeks to enable immigrants to become full participants in their new home.

Centro Presente is a member-driven, state-wide Latin American immigrant organization dedicated to the self-determination and self-sufficiency of the Latino immigrant community in Massachusetts. Centro Presente advocates for immigrant rights and for economic and social justice. Through the integration of community organizing, leadership development and basic services, Centro Presente strives to give our members a voice and build community power.

For over 30 years, Centro Romero has been a community-based organization that serves the refugee immigrant population on the northeast side of Chicago. Their interrelated programs include the Youth Learning and Leadership Program, Family Services (encapsulating the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, the Public Benefits Program, and the New Americans Initiative), Adult Education, and Legal Services.

Centro San Bonifacio was founded in 1991 as an act of community solidarity by a group of families after the closure of the Church of San Bonifacio. The organization was created to be led by and in service of the Latin American immigrant community, and to create opportunities for those in front line jobs to hold positions of power. Centro San Bonificio started in one of its board member’s apartments until it became the self-sustaining community organization it is today. Their main objective is to train health promoters within the Latino immigrant community in the northwest side of the city of Chicago.

The Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN) builds partnerships among social movements and organized communities within and between the U.S. and Latin America. They work together through popular education, grassroots organizing, public policy advocacy, and direct action to dismantle U.S. militarism, neoliberal economic and immigration policy, and other forms of state and institutional violence. They are united by their liberating faiths and inspired by the power of people to organize and find allies to work for sustainable economies, just relationships, and human dignity.

Citizenship in Oregon (Ciudadanía en Oregon) is a community-based organization founded in 2018 in partnership with Temple Beth Sholom, Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Willamette Valley Family Health Center, Keizer Chamber of Commerce, Community Services Consortium, and Muntz & Ghio LLC. The purpose of our organization is to assist eligible immigrants with their US citizenship application process including citizenship classes. The other areas of our program include voter registration and voter education, as well as leadership development

The Transnational Collective for the Development of Michoacan (CODETMICH, for its acronym in Spanish) was born out of the leadership of people from Michoacan living in both sides of the border. Their mission is to improve living conditions in their communities of origin and destination, as well as to strengthen the identity of Michoacan as a migrant state.

Colectivo de Mujeres Trasnacionales (CMT) was formed in 2015 to promote broad participation of women from different migration contexts. CMT is a women's group that promotes the leadership of migrant women with a clear vision of the importance of women's organizational work.

CIELO’s mission is to fight for social justice through a cultural lens, including ending gender-based violence, providing language access rights, and working for cultural preservation and reproductive justice. They are based in Los Angeles, CA and serve primarily indigenous migrant communities from Guatemala and Mexico. They reach about 3,000 people per year and provide services in the different indigenous languages spoken by indigenous peoples.

Communities Organizing Latino Power and Action (COPAL, for its acronym in Spanish) aims to build the power and vision of Latinos across Minnesota and shape the possibilities of a greater future. The word copal, derived from the Nahuatl copalli meaning, “incense”, which comes from a healer tree family that is sacred.

A community center whose mission is to support immigrants with matters related to labor rights through organizing, advocacy, education, leadership training, capacity building, civic participation, and policy analysis. We promote the exercise of our community’s civil and human rights and a more just society for all.

Diaspora Hondureña Internacional is a non-profit, autonomous organization, that works to bring together Honduran migrants living abroad, with a strategic and inclusive vision, in order to dignify the migrant human being, to influence the life and important events in Honduras.

The Dominican Development Center (DDC) is a nonprofit organization led and directed by immigrant residents of Boston, Massachusetts. DDC strives to improve the quality of life for their members by promoting immigration issues that might affect our communities, including but not limited to current laws, legal procedure, immigration, and human rights.

Durango Unido en Chicago is a community, non-for-profit organization that works for immigrant rights and promotes the civic, economic, and social participation of immigrants from the state of Durango, México in the United States and their country of origin.

ECCO is a New Orleans based 501c3 organization. It believes that access to higher education should be accessible to all regardless of income, culture, language and immigration status. It provides educational guidance to immigrant and first-generation parents and students on financial, admission, and scholarship application processes for higher educational pathways. Centro Comunitario ECCO NOLA ECCO Community Center is providing linguistically and culturally appropriate support, ECCO families can get the full benefit of the statewide FAFSA Now effort despite the lack of resources available at underperforming high schools. Camino a la Universidad sets families up for long-term success by increasing scholarship competitiveness through improved ACT scores and quality of applications. Lastly, by educating parents and student borrowers about their options and responsibilities for repayment, students will be better poised to take their education further and manage repayment. Also ECCO has given scholarships to 20 students.

Familias Unidas en Acción (FUA, for its acronym in Spanish) is an organization of impacted immigrant families based in New Orleans and dedicated to empowering their communities.

The Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) is a statewide coalition of more than 65 member organizations and over 100 allies, founded in 1998 and formally incorporated in 2004 .They are led by their membership – grassroots and community organizations, farmworkers, youth, advocates, lawyers, unions and others.

(AFROOS) works in El Salvador for the constitutional recognition of the Afro-descendant population in El Salvador and the diaspora. They also work to eliminate racism and discrimination in all its forms. Its current and founding members are people who self-identify as Afro-Salvadorans from different parts of the country and beyond. AFROOS has 12 years of history and struggle, working with El Salvador’s LGBT, differently abled, children, youth, and elderly of African descent. AFROOS has promoted efforts for the Congress of El Salvador to recognize people of African descent. Their advocacy reaches both public and private institutions.

The Heartland Workers Center develops and organizes leaders, promotes workers’ rights, and fosters a culture of civic engagement in order to build power and create change with immigrant and underrepresented communities.

Hijos de Livingston (Children of Livingston) is a Non-Profit organization based in New York City that works to advance the quality of life of the Garífuna (Afro-Central American) people in New York City and Guatemala making alliances with other organizations and Institutions that promote the well-being of Garifuna people.

Hondurans Against AIDS contributes to HIVI prevention and education, the care of the immigrant community of Honduras and other countries of Central America and the entire Latino community in the city of New York.

Illinois Workers in Action is a grassroots organization working to empower workers through education, organizing, policy, worker power and rights.

LILA LGBTQ, Inc. is a North Carolina based non-profit organization committed to continuous outreach, education, advocacy, and empowerment for the Latinx LGBTQIA+ community.

Latinas en Poder is a feminist, social-solidarity organization, aiming to strengthen (Latina) grassroots organizations and social movements through social and political dialogue, capacity building, and economic and financial inclusion. LEP was founded in March and April of 2021 fostering conversations with organizations led by women and youth in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, New York, Florida and Massachusetts.

The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community.

The Latino Policy Forum is the only organization in the Chicago area that facilitates the involvement of Latinos at all levels of public decision-making.

With the goal to give families access to the resources they needed to thrive, Latinos Progresando opened its doors in 1998 with a single volunteer and just $200 in the bank. Today LP is recognized as a community leader meeting the immediate needs of thousands of families, putting our community’s stories on center stage, investing in the next generation of leaders, and developing resources through coalition building.

Living Hope is an independent, non-profit organization serving people with spinal cord injuries as well as with other disabilities so that they may lead full and productive lives. Their group was founded by people with spinal cord injuries, the majority of their members are not entitled to benefits, lack medical insurance, and do not have a stable source of income. They provide services to their members and engage in community advocacy to achieve their goals.

Mundo Maya Foundation is a socially responsible nonprofit organization founded in 2000 with a volunteer Board of Directors and people that share common values rooted in humanity and respect for all based on their indigenous heritage. Their mission is to inspire cultural diversity through education and engagement of local and global communities.

Established in 2003 with the support of staff, students, and the metropolitan community at the University of Nebraska Omaha, OLLAS has helped fill a void in the Nebraska and Great Plains regions. They are dedicated to the productive incorporation of the new and growing Latino population into the political, economic, and social life of the region. The office is dedicated to developing its institutional capacities and academic initiatives aimed at improving their understanding of Latino/Latin American issues and populations within and across borders.

Black Central American Organization (ONECA for its acronym in Spanish) strengthens the population’s institutional development through the establishment of coordination mechanisms and inter-institutional support. The International Decade of the Afro-descendant Population marked their XVIII General Assembly.

Red Mexicana de Líderes y Organizaciones de Migrantes connects migrant leaders and migrant-led organizations in the United State for coordinated advocacy and education in support of the wellbeing of Mexican communities everywhere.

Red de Pueblos Transnacionales is a New York City-based network of community groups formed and led by immigrants from Mexican rural and indigenous communities, with the mission of advancing social, economic and cultural inclusion, as well as full access to rights through transnational education, organizing, advocacy, and activism.

Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA) opens doors to opportunities through quality child care and education from crib to high school and beyond.

Founded in 1991, the Rural Women’s Health Project (RWHP) is a health justice non-profit. They design and implement projects that strengthen communities and their understanding of critical health and social justice issues

Seeds of Resistance is a grassroots, community-based organization in Homestead, FL. It is composed of Indigenous, Black, and Latinx immigrant youth working together to defend their agricultural community from climate change, capitalism, heal from trauma, challenge anti-immigrant & anti-black policies through organizing, leadership development and artivism. Their work showcases the beauty and joy of young people and their families who come from a long legacy of intergenerational leadership, grounded in community, culture, and sustainable food systems.

The mission of the Southeast Immigrant Rights Network (SEIRN) is to uplift the leadership of immigrant communities of the Southeast at the regional and national levels. They promote collaboration and exchange between their members, as well as political education and collective action to build just and inclusive communities. SEIRN envisions collaboration between the immigrant community and other marginalized communities to build a movement that transforms the Southeast into a place that respects the dignity and the human rights of all.

Casa Mary Johanna is a project of St. Brigid’s Church in Westbury, NY. St. Brigid’s Parish has a long and proud history of responding to the needs of the local immigrant populations. Casa Mary Johanna provides services and programs to serve the community as ESL Instruction; Children and Youth Programs; and Advocacy among others.

The mission of the Telpochcalli Community Education Project (TCEP) is to mobilize youth and adults for social justice work by building individual capacity, collective power, and mutual responsibility through culturally relevant and community-directed education, leadership development, and organizing.

The Welcome Immigrant Network (WIN!) works to create social change and empower immigrant communities by validating the immigrant experience while providing orientation, advocacy, and support.

United for a Fair Economy is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that supports social movements working for a resilient, sustainable and equitable economy. They believe that uniting people is the first step in creating the change our world needs.

WeCount! is a non-profit organization of immigrant workers and families in South Florida, including agricultural workers, construction workers, and domestic workers. They are fighting for better living and working conditions in Miami-Dade, Florida.

At Wind of the Spirit, they aim to ensure justice and inclusion for immigrant communities through community organizing and advocacy, legal services, and health and safety initiatives. These services are available to all who hope to further their cause.

Women Working Together USA is an organization of working women, mostly domestic workers, who seek to empower other women through education. The women of WWT are a multicultural group that seeks to highlight the values ​​of each member, converging with the society they comprise.

Youth Ministry Explosion For Christ International knows that our strength lies not only in the words we stand by but most importantly through the actions of our initiatives. Back in 2019. YMECI was founded to provide direct care and services to people in crisis and deliver the gospel in Louisiana, Haiti, and the world. YMECI works to help the less fortunate who are in need by providing a sanctuary and necessities to live. YMECI currently works to improve the living standards of many in HAITI, however, they would like to expand our works with an orphanage for kids and a sanctuary for adults and teens. YMECI wants to provide a safe environment where people can be fed naturally and spiritually.