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IMMIGRANT EMPOWERMENT, CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND INTEGRATION
Bringing newcomers and communities together in action to improve our country's
future.
The Need
Too many low-income immigrants continue to live on the margins of our society.
CLINIC's Response
CLINIC documented models of immigrant community organizing in its report,
Immigrant-Led Organizers in Their Own Voices: Local Realities and Shared Visions.
This report, released in May 2006, is based on interviews with 19 immigrant
organizers. The report focuses on the effects of community organizing and its ability
to increase civic engagement and integration of immigrant communities. Designed for
community organizers, immigrant advocates, faith-based institutions, elected officials,
researchers, funders, and others interested in immigrant services and policy
development, this report includes the inspirational words of immigrant organizers
active in the struggle for justice through social change.
To further promote civic integration, CLINIC partnered with the National Council of La
Raza (NCLR) to hold an immigrant organizing and citizenship promotion workshop
between CLINIC member agencies and NCLR affiliates in March 2006. The objective
was to build the capacity of immigrant-led organizers in new gateway communities in
their pursuit of justice through the expansion of naturalization services and civic
engagement opportunities.
Bringing newcomers and communities together in action to improve our country's
future.
The Need
Too many low-income immigrants continue to live on the margins of our society.
CLINIC's Response
CLINIC documented models of immigrant community organizing in its report,
Immigrant-Led Organizers in Their Own Voices: Local Realities and Shared Visions.
This report, released in May 2006, is based on interviews with 19 immigrant
organizers. The report focuses on the effects of community organizing and its ability
to increase civic engagement and integration of immigrant communities. Designed for
community organizers, immigrant advocates, faith-based institutions, elected officials,
researchers, funders, and others interested in immigrant services and policy
development, this report includes the inspirational words of immigrant organizers
active in the struggle for justice through social change.
To further promote civic integration, CLINIC partnered with the National Council of La
Raza (NCLR) to hold an immigrant organizing and citizenship promotion workshop
between CLINIC member agencies and NCLR affiliates in March 2006. The objective
was to build the capacity of immigrant-led organizers in new gateway communities in
their pursuit of justice through the expansion of naturalization services and civic
engagement opportunities.
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Suite 150
Washington, DC 20017
202.635.2556
202.635.2649 fax
media inquiries:
e-mail me
(202) 635-5810
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