"Citizenship Now Collaborative"

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Citizenship Now Collaborative
Boston, MA
Margery Colten, Project Coordinator
(617) 350-5480 (T); (617) 350-5499 (F)

"The Citizenship Now Collaborative is an alliance of six large national coalitions addressing immigrant and refugee issues in densely immigrant-populated regions of the country. These areas include Northern California, Los Angeles, and the states of Texas, New York, Massachusetts and Illinois. The Collaborative administers the business of the alliance in its national work, facilitating informational networks and providing coordination. Work is divided into three central components: monitoring and advocacy, community education and outreach, and national coordination of issues related to naturalization and citizenship. Granted under the fiscal agency of Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition."


I also have found an interesting New York Times article, dated April 20, 1998

http://www.uoregon.edu/~jbloom/race/immigrat/backlog.htm

 

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American Bar Association
Immigration Pro Bono Development Project
Washington, DC
Christina DeConcini, Coordinator
(202) 662-1008 (T); (202) 662-1032 (F)
www.abanet.org/immigprobono/home.html

Since the early 1990s, the American Bar Association's Immigration Pro Bono Development Project has worked to institutionalize the legal needs of newcomers by annually awarding mini-grants to local bar associations in order to create or expand pro bono projects for immigrants.

American Bar Association Immigration Policy Project
Washington, DC
Carol Wolchock, Director
(202) 662-1006 (T); (202) 662-1032 (F)

The American Bar Association's Immigration Policy Project is one of the main voices in Washington on immigration issues. It also provides the ABA and other organizations with analysis of new legislation and regulations, and coordinates the activities of advocates from around the country in connection with the submission of comments for proposed regulations.

605 Citizenship Project
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Nelly Paredes-Walsborn, President
(562) 985-8816 (T); (562) 985-8761 (F)
www.csulb.edu/projects/tad

The 605 Citizenship Project is a distance learning consortium of educational, nonprofit and business partners that primarily serves immigrants residing in the 605 Corridor of Los Angeles County. This project will broadcast cable programs on citizenship to select senior centers and community centers. In turn, these centers will host community-based citizenship classes targeting the elderly, soon-to-be elderly, disabled, and those with limited knowledge of English.


Alliance For Justice
Washington, DC
Nan Aaron, President
(202) 822-6070 (T); (202) 822-6068 (F)
www.afj.org

The Alliance for Justice is a national organization of civil rights, women's, consumer, arts and environmental public interest organizations. Since 1994, the Alliance has coordinated annual programs to highlight the importance of the law as a force for furthering social justice and civil liberties.

America's Future Media Project
Silver Springs, MD
Edmund Rennolds, Director
(301) 585-4988 (T); (301) 585-4989 (F)

America's Future is a media assistance organization that works with nonprofits and individuals to get their messages and stories placed in local media outlets.

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrant's Rights Project
San Francisco, CA
Lucas Guttentag, Director
(415) 621-2493 x 54 (T); (415) 255-1498 (F)
www.aclu.org/issues/immigrant/hmir.html

The Immigrants' Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation is one of the premier impact litigation organizations in the country and collaborates closely with other major immigrants' rights advocacy organizations.

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Ramona Ripston, Executive Director
(213) 977-9500 x 201 (T); (213) 977-0128 (F)
www.aclu-sc.org

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California has been at the forefront of the advancement of individual rights and social justice. With a docket of approximately 100 active cases, it is one of the busiest and most influential public interest law firms in the nation.

 

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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Sebastopol, CA
Daranee Petsod, Consultant
(707) 824-4375 (T); (707) 581-1716 (F)
www.gcir.org

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), an affinity group affiliated with the Council on Foundations, seeks to promote awareness and understanding among grantmakers about issues concerning newcomers, national and international migration and refugee trends, and public policies affecting these groups. It also facilitates the sharing of information on these issues among grantmakers and works to increase financial support for activities concerned with immigrants and refugees.