Ray W. Howard Library: Social Justice & Human Rights: Immigrant Rights

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Immigrant and Refugee Resources
Learning Guide created to assist the immigrant and refugee members of the SCC community navigate the resources available to them at SCC, as well as resources offered by local and national government and non-government agencies.

Immigrant Rights

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Online Resources

ACLU- Immigrants' Rights
"The ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project is dedicated to expanding and enforcing the civil liberties and civil rights of immigrants and to combating public and private discrimination against them."
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP)
Founded in 1984, the NWIRP is a nationally-recognized legal serviced organization that provides "direct legal assistance in immigration matters to over 10,000 people. We strive to achieve systemic change to policies and practices affecting immigrants through impact litigation, public policy work, and community education."
Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project
Based at the University of Washington, the project aims to document the "vital history of Seattle's civil rights movements to life with scores of video oral stories, hundreds of rare photographs, documents, movement histories, and personal biographies."
DreamActivist
DreamActivist describes itself as " community of over 300,000 activists from around the country. Our members take action on issues that are important to them and the communities in which they live."
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DreamActivist was "founded in 2008 as a safe space for undocumented youth to organize. After initially focusing efforts on passage of the federal DREAM Act, DreamActivist soon grew to become the platform for young people and their parents to fight deportations online. We have given hundreds of activists across the country the tools and know-how to organize. With each success, DreamActivist members took stronger, bolder action, drew new lines in the sand, and pushed the immigrant rights movement toward bigger and better victories.

The work of DreamActivist, which spearheaded new and innovative ways to take action, is replicated today in every major organization advocating for the rights of immigrants."
United We Dream
According to their about page, "United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation. Our powerful nonpartisan network is made up of over 100,000 immigrant youth and allies and 55 affiliate organizations in 26 states. We organize and advocate for the dignity and fair treatment of immigrant youth and families, regardless of immigration status."
My Undocumented Life
My Undocumented Life started as a blog, and seeks to "provide up-to-date information and resources to undocumented immigrants. We post scholarship opportunities that are open to undocumented students, strategies for navigating the educational system, information on how to apply for DACA/Advanced Parole, news on DAPA, and much more. Most importantly, we want to provide a sense of community to our diverse group of readers."
OneAmerica Resource List
Aiming to advance the fundamental principles of democracy and social justice by building power within immigrant communities in collaboration with allies, OneAmerica provides a great list resources that are within the Greater Seattle Area.