Other Resources

Added August 27, 2008

Resources

• Accidental American website — further information, book tour dates, video testimonials and resource links.

• Applied Research Center—advances racial justice through research, advocacy and journalism.

• American Civil Liberties Union, Immigrant Rights Project—the ACLU is a leading advocate for the rights of immigrants, refugees and non-citizens, challenging unconstitutional laws and practices, countering the myths upon which many of these laws are based.

• American Immigration Lawyers Association—AILA is a national association of over 11,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. AILA Member attorneys represent tens of thousands of U.S. families who have applied for permanent residence for their spouses, children, and other close relatives to lawfully enter and reside in the United States. AILA Members also represent foreign students, entertainers, athletes, asylum seekers, and U.S. businesses and industries that sponsor highly skilled foreign workers seeking to enter the United States.

• ColorLines—the national newsmagazine on race and politics.

• Council on American-Islamic Relations—CAIR's mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

• Fair Immigration Reform Movement, a national coalition of grassroots organizations fighting for immigrant rights at the local, state and federal levels. For FIRM’s principles(http://www.nwfco.org/firm_principles.pdf)

• Interfaith Worker Justice—IWJ calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the U.S. on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers. Interfaith Worker Justice.

• National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights—is a national organization composed of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor organizations and activists working to promote a just immigration and refugee policy in the United States and to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status.

• National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States working to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

• National Immigration Forum—The Forum advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and are fair to and supportive of newcomers to our country.

• National Immigration Law Center—has been dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of low income immigrants and their family members. In the past 20 years, NILC has earned a national reputation as a leading expert on immigration, public benefits, and employment laws affecting immigrants and refugees.

• New America Media is the country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations. Over 51 million ethnic adults connect to each other, to home countries and to America through 3000+ ethnic media, the fastest growing sector of American journalism.

• Northwest Federation of Community Organizations—exists to advance a progressive national agenda by executing regional and national campaigns for economic, racial and social equity and by building strong affiliates.

• RaceWire—the blog of Colorlines, the national newsmagazine on race and politics.

• Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY)—is dedicated to winning improved conditions for restaurant workers and raising public recognition of restaurant workers' contributions to the city. Members include over 2300 restaurant workers and their families from all parts of the world and from all different sectors of this nation's fastest growing industry.

• Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC-United)—is a national restaurant workers' organization, comprised of restaurant worker organizations across the country.

• South Asian Americans Leading Together— SAALT, formerly known as South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow, is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to fostering an environment in which all South Asians in America can participate fully in civic and political life, and have influence over policies that affect them. SAALT works to achieve this goal through advocacy, community education, local capacity-building, and leadership development.

• UNITE/HERE()—UNITE (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union) merged on July 8, 2004 forming UNITE HERE. The union represents more than 450,000 active members and more than 400,000 retirees throughout North America.

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