Our vision and work
People with the courage to move for a better life help make our country and our communities vibrant and strong. But right now our federal immigration system is not working to honor these families – fueled by racist rhetoric and policy, and corporate backers that seek to divide us in order to maintain power.
At the local level, leaders are using their power to protect immigrant communities from the deportation pipeline, pass inclusive policies that treat people with dignity, and provide meaningful opportunities for people to participate equally in our society and become citizens in the country they to chose to call home.
FEATURED resource
Local Power to Choose Welcome: Supporting New Arrivals with Dignity
This policy memo offer local government leaders direction on how to ensure their localities can follow the lead of communities, and take on this shared responsibility to create a welcoming infrastructure. Based on interviews with grassroots organizers, government officials, policy advocates, and local elected leaders organizing in their communities, this memo details medium-term strategies that local governments can take to welcome migrants and people seeking asylum in order to support their transition into a new community.
Resources
Case Studies
Embedding Equity Into the Student Experience in Culver City Public Schools, CA
Blogs And Featured News
- News Article ▹ February 21, 2023
New Resource Helps Local Electeds Welcome and Support New Arrivals with Dignity
Our newly released resource aims to chronicle this roadmap – offering direction for local electeds to follow the lead of communities, and take on this shared responsibility to create a welcoming infrastructure.
- Economic Justice, Immigrant Justice, Just Recovery
- ▹ June 14, 2023
Federal Advocacy Roundup | June 2023
The June 2023 Local Progress Federal Advocacy Roundup breaks down the debt ceiling deal, the Trump indictment, the Supreme Court's decision in Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters, and the status of asylum seekers post-Title 42.
- Housing
- ▹ June 12, 2023
Minnesota local leaders strategize for the next wave of change
As Minnesota's 2023 state legislative session comes to a close, local leaders across the state came together last week to strategize on housing policy and narrative, learn from one another, build community, and dream up change.
- Home Rule, Public Safety
- ▹ June 8, 2023
Six Florida Cities Succeed In Reducing Harm Of HB 1, End Court Challenge
Southern Poverty Law Center shared a press release marking the end of six Florida cities' lawsuit against HB 1, Florida's anti-protest and anti-local control bill.
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