Immigrant Organizing Committee

The Immigrant Organizing Committee (IOC) is the governing body of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement.  The following is a list of organizations represented on the Committee:

California

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
www.chirla.org

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles. As a multiethnic coalition of community organizations and individuals, CHIRLA aims to foster greater understanding of the issues that affect immigrant communities, provide a neutral forum for discussion, and unite immigrant groups to more effectively advocate for positive change.

Colorado

Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
www.coloradoimmigrant.org

CIRC’s mission is “to cultivate immigrant empowerment throughout Colorado to build a unified statewide voice, to defend and advance immigrant rights, and to create a society that recognizes and embraces immigrants’ contributions and efforts toward citizenship in Colorado and the United States.

District of Columbia

National Capitol Immigration Coalition
www.ncic-metro.org

NCIC is the NATIONAL CAPITAL IMMIGRATION COALITION, a group of organizations that advocate, educate, and mobilize the immigrant community in the DC metro area toward citizenship and civic participation. NCIC will work for economic and social justice, to prevent the erosion of civil liberties and civil rights for all immigrants and enhance their quality of life.

Florida

Florida Immigrant Coalition
www.fiacfla.org

Florida Immigrant Coalition seeks equal rights for immigrants and integration into the civic and cultural life of our communities. We accomplish our mission through coordination of immigrant organizations and community education, organizing and advocacy.  The Coalition believes in the empowerment of immigrants and the unification of immigrant communities to develop an amplified voice for immigrant rights. The Coalition fulfils this vision by uniting urban, rural, religious, legal, and community-based organizations to advance our mission.

People Acting for Communities Together (PACT)
www.miamipact.org

PACT, an affiliate organization of DART, is a coalition of local congregations in Miami committed to building a powerful, diverse, broad based, multi-issued, and democratically run organization for a greater degree of justice.

Idaho

Northwest Federation of Community Organizations/Idaho Community Action Network (NWFCO/ICAN)
www.icanweb.net

NWFCO is a regional network of four grassroots organizations, including ICAN, a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to the fight for social, racial and economic justice for all Idahoans. NWFCO's mission is to achieve systemic change by building strong state affiliate organizations and by executing national and regional campaigns that advance economic, racial, and social justice. In the ten years since its founding, NWFCO has trained hundreds of community leaders who are taking action and making change for their communities.

Illinois

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
www.icirr.org

ICIRR is dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to grant them full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society. In partnership with their member organizations, the Coalition educates and organizes immigrant and refugee communities to assert their rights; promotes citizenship and civic participation; monitors, analyzes, and advocates on immigrant-related issues; and, informs the general public about the contributions of immigrants and refugees.

Kansas

Sunflower Community Action 
www.sunfloweract.com

Sunflower Community Action is a non-profit grassroots organization in Kansas, with 13 years of experience working to develop the power in each individual to create social and economic change in their lives and communities. Sunflower addresses many local and state issues, and is linked to 35 other community organizations that belong to Chicago-based National Peoples Action.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
www.miracoalition.org

MIRA is a statewide organization working with members to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of Massachusetts' immigrants and refugees. MIRA advances this mission through education, organizing, and policy analysis and advocacy.

Michigan

Michigan Organizing Project (MOP)
www.ntic-us.org/issues/jobs/mop.htm

Founded in 1993, by a coalition of churches, MOP is a multi-issue church based community organization serving communities of the dual agricultural/industrial economy of Western Michigan. MOP's membership, which consists of 5,000 people in 50 different organizations, is comprised of Latino migrant workers and non-union, predominantly African American, factory workers in the auto and furniture industries.

Gamaliel Michigan : Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength
www.mosesmi.org

MOSES is a congregation-centered, faith-based community organization reflecting the religious, racial, and ethnic diversity of Metropolitan Detroit. MOSES is a vehicle by which congregations of faith come together to develop a network of relationships, to identify common interests, and to exercise power on behalf of those interests. Through MOSES we assert our religious principles in the public realm to improve the quality of life in our communities and to create a more just and human society. 

Nebraska

Nebraska Appleseed Center
www.neappleseed.org

Nebraska Appleseed focuses on promoting self-sufficiency for Nebraska's working poor families, promoting the integration and participation of immigrant populations in communities across Nebraska, providing safe and adequate child welfare services to children who need protection, increasing low-income people's access to the legal system and supporting democracy by removing barriers to low-income people's participation in the electoral and public policy decision-making processes.

New Jersey

New Jersey Immigrant Coalition
www.njipn.org

The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network is a broad-based coalition of New Jersey organizations dedicated to protecting immigrant rights and promoting inclusiveness and full participation of immigrants in the life of the country. The Network is committed to incorporating the experience of grassroots communities in its policy and advocacy work. As a distinct institution, the Network works to enhance the effectiveness of pro-immigrant organizations and movements, and to facilitate communication, common purpose, and collaboration among them. 

New York

New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)
www.thenyic.org

Founded in 1987, NYIC is an umbrella advocacy organization for approximately 200 groups in New York State that work with "newcomers" to our country – immigrants, refugees, and asylees. The NYIC's membership includes immigrant rights advocates, immigrant community leaders and service providers, numerous community-based ethnic and non-profit human service organizations, and leaders from labor, academia and the legal professions. Utilizing this multi-ethnic, multi-racial and multi-sector base, the NYIC provides the opportunity for members to collaborate and implement strategies to address their common concerns.

Oregon

CAUSA, Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United (PCUN)
www.pcun.org

CAUSA, Oregon's immigrant rights coalition, and PCUN, Oregon's farmworker union, are dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and well-being of immigrant workers and families in Oregon.

Tennessee

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC)
www.tnimmigrant.org

TIRRC is a statewide, immigrant-led collaboration whose mission is to empower immigrant and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified voice, defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they are viewed as positive contributors to the state.

Washington

Hate Free Zone
www.hatefreezone.org

Hate Free Zone advances the fundamental principles of democracy and justice at the local, state and national levels by building power within immigrant communities, in collaboration with key allies.

Wisconsin

Voces de la Frontera
www.vocesdelafrontera.net

Voces de la Frontera is a low-wage and immigrant workers center in Wisconsin. The organization educates workers on employment rights and promotes community organizing.

Multi-State

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
www.nakasec.org

NAKASEC is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes political and civic participation among Korean Americans. NAKASEC is also an advocate for the civil rights of Korean Americans and works to raise cultural awareness as well as issues pertinent to the Korean American community.

Gamaliel Foundation
www.gamaliel.org

The Gamaliel Foundation has been empowering communities seeking justice for 35 years. For 17 years, Gamaliel has been training leaders and assisting them to build powerful organizations that enable the people to impact the decisions that effect their lives in their communities.