From Sore to Soar
Immigration
“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once too.” - Barack Obama
Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines
Legal Service Providers:
Advocacy & Resources
Canal Alliance
Website: https://canalalliance.org
Description: Offers social justice immigration legal services, education and career programs, and social services to help Latino immigrants and their families overcome the barriers to success.
Website: https://www.girlforward.org
Description: A mentoring program, education program, and safe space program in Chicago and Austin for Girls ages 14-21, in grades 9-12 who identify as refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers
Open door NYNJ
Website: http://www.theopendoornjny.org
Description: Immigrant families get support through weekly English, TASC, and computer classes as well as community-building activities
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Website: https://www.ilrc.org
Description: Provides advocacy and immigrant civic engagement in order to educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector building a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people, including training, technical assistance, and education materials.
Immigration Direct:
Description: Ways to become a citizen
National Immigration Law Center
Website: https://www.nilc.org
Description: Defends and advances the rights of immigrants with low income. Information on DACA, Health Care, Immigration Enforcement, Workers Rights, and more