United Coalition for Immigrant Services

Our member organization Immigrant Legal Resource Center's Know Your Rights tool, a handy red card, is featured in today's The New York Times. "Since the election, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, which is headquartered in San Francisco, has received orders for about nine million cards, more than in the previous 17 years combined." Our work helps ensure immigrants have these and other tools and legal resources they need to safeguard their rights and their place in our communities. The need has never been greater. https://lnkd.in/dq-EDBfM

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlit the importance of Knowing Your Rights as "one tangible you can do", both for current immigrants and "if you are a US citizen as well", in her Live talk on Tuesday.? (Relevant bit is about 6 mins long.) Our member organizations have deep expertise providing Know Your Rights resources.?(Link to a prime example in the comments.) https://lnkd.in/g-fQrcnb

"What's Next for Immigration in Silicon Valley?"?Dozens of funders came together today to grapple with this urgent question in a donor briefing, featuring an update from Elizabeth Taufa on threats and response opportunities, an overview from Alison Kamhi on how many people in our region are immigrants and how immigration is a keystone issue enabling progress on housing, income disparity, health, and education among many other issues, remarks from Jack Mahoney on how we can meet this moment together, and a heartfelt closing from Melissa Nop. We could not be more grateful to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Northern California Grantmakers, and The Grove Foundation for co-sponsoring this timely event. Here's a recording of the presentations.?The lively discussion which followed was not recorded.?Slides are in the comments. https://lnkd.in/g4Rz3gjW

At a recent briefing in Palo Alto, Alison Kamhi from the Immigration Legal Resource Center highlighted the profound impact of immigration policies on our region, noting that about 40% of residents in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties were born outside the U.S. Leaders from Jewish Family Service of San Diego, Asian Law Alliance, Coastside Hope, and the City of San José shared stories of resilience and innovative partnerships that are making a difference. Public-private collaborations are proving essential to creating effective, durable solutions to the immigration issues facing the country. Read more about the inspiring efforts of local advocates and how you can support these initiatives: https://lnkd.in/gSJWNjTU

Alison Kamhi of Immigrant Legal Resource Center presented these slides at the recent funder briefing.

Here's a quick highlight reel (4:25) from the recent briefing for funders on the State of Immigration in Silicon Valley, sponsored by Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Northern California Grantmakers, The Grove Foundation, and Sobrato Philanthropies. For the full video, see our previous post below.? Follow us here on LinkedIn for updates on strategic opportunities for philanthropists to engage in support of immigrants in California's San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Huge thanks to our speakers, Zelica Rodriguez-Deams, Alison Kamhi, Kate Clark, Zulma Maciel, Bea Pangilinan, and Judith Guerrero, to our facilitator Kavitha Sreeharsha, and to all who attended.

Here's the full video of the recent briefing for funders on the State of Immigration in Silicon Valley, sponsored by?Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Northern California Grantmakers, The Grove Foundation, and Sobrato Philanthropies. Huge thanks to speakers Zelica Rodriguez-Deams, Alison Kamhi, Kate Clark, Zulma Maciel, Bea Pangilinan, and Judith Guerrero, to our facilitator Kavitha Sreeharsha, and to all who attended. Follow our page here on LinkedIn to watch this space. https://lnkd.in/g29s96dZ ? ?? ? ? ?

We were thrilled to have a packed house yesterday for the Funder Briefing on the State of Immigration in Silicon Valley, sponsored by Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Northern California Grantmakers, The Grove Foundation, and Sobrato Philanthropies.