Advocacy

We use advocacy as part of our 4 building blocks for liberation by:

• Building civic power through redistricting—organizing campaigns to redraw equitable district lines to ensure that representation is accurate
• Educating Southeast Asian communities about their civic power
• Creating and launching our Advocacy Training group, an intergenerational cohort whose main focus is to learn how to be effective advocates for people impacted by deportation
• Advocating for universal representation through our project in collaboration with Vera Institute of Justice and SAFE Network
• Working with National Networks on the Right To Be Together national policy & working with Detention Watch Network (DWN) and other partners to minimize immigrant detention
• Advocating for policy change by building power with national networks and coalitions

Leadership Development

We use leadership development as part of our 4 building blocks for liberation by:

• Providing leadership development for impacted community members
• Organizing meetings with congressional leaders and impacted folks
• Supporting our Core Team members as they rise up our leadership ladder
• Offering a summer youth program that encourages conversations around topics such as consent

Community Organizing

We use community organizing as part of our 4 building blocks for liberation by:

• Offering legal clinics and legal kiosks to empower the community with legal knowledge of their rights and provide assistance for their cases
• Organizing record clearance clinic and post conviction relief with the Decriminalizing Communities Coalition
• Providing COVID-19 Rapid Response Relief
• Providing resources for impacted families to advocate for themselves through power mapping, narratives, and accompaniments