Social Justice

Latinx organizations working to promote equity, inclusion and awareness 

California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance	CIYJA is an immigrant youth-led organization that strengthens local and statewide grassroots organizing efforts to build collective power. Focuses on placing immigrant youth in advocacy and policy delegations in order to ensure pro-immigrant policies go beyond legalization and shed light on how the criminalization of immigrants varies based on identity.
Coalition for Human Immigrants Rights	(Justicia Campesina) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice. The organization was founded in 1981, and is based in Washington DC. They work with farmworkers and their organizations throughout the nation.
Farmworker Justice	(Justicia Campesina) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice. The organization was founded in 1981 and is based in Washington DC. They work with farmworkers and their organizations throughout the nation.
Ford Foundation	Ford Foundation supports immigrant rights to advance more just and humane policies. “Immigration enriches and deepens America’s democracy by making it more culturally, socially and politically diverse, but current laws and policies make it challenging for the immigrant community to thrive and live healthy fulfilling lives free of fear”.
Latino Equality Alliance ( LEA)/Alianza Latina por la Igualdad)	Based in Boyle Heights and the greater eastside of Los Angeles, LEA advocates for the safety, equity and wellness for the Latinx LGBTQI community
Latino Justice	For more than 40 years LatinoJustice PRLDEF has acted as an advocate against injustices throughout New York and beyond. This organization focuses its efforts on criminal justice reform, economic justice, Immigrants’ rights, and voting rights. Here is a link for a 7-part documentary series created by them: Decolonize Justice.
Latinx Racial Equity Project	Designed to educate (and celebrate) racial and cultural diversity within the Latinx community. They offer training as well as some free educationals resources on Latinx racial equity
MALDEF	The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 committed to protecting and defending the rights of all Latinos living in the United States and the constitutional rights of all Americans. Education, employment, immigrants’ rights, and voting rights are the main causes they advocate.
National Assosiation of Social Workers	The National Association of Social Workers is deeply concerned about children who have migrated with or without their families from Central American countries. Here you can access their Child Migrant Protection Toolkit which includes important information, numerous resources, and ways you can participate.
National LGBTQ Task Force	The Task Force’s Advocacy and Action team identifies and takes action on advocacy opportunities to advance full freedom, justice, equality, and equity for LGBTQ people. They seek to achieve this by Queering the Progressive movement and strategically galvanizing and mobilizing the LGBTQ community and LGBTQ allies at places of intersectionality.
The Southern Poverty Law Center	A nonprofit organization working to protect the rights of immigrants and their children to ensure they are treated with dignity and fairness.
Transgender Law Center	Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, we employ a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.
TransLatin@ Coalition	The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) was founded in 2009 by a group of Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles, California. Their mission is to advocate for the specific needs of TGI Latin@ immigrants who live in the United States and to plan strategies that improve their quality of life.
UNIDOS US	UnidosUS—formerly known as NCLR—has remained a trusted, nonpartisan voice for Latinos since 1968. They partner with a national network of nearly 300 affiliates across the country to serve millions of Latinos in the areas of civic engagement, civil rights and immigration, education, workforce, and the economy, health, and housing.
United we Dream	UWD is an organization with members across the country fighting for the dignity and fair treatment of immigrants in the U.S. Deportation defense, DACA, education and justice, mental health, and culture are some of the topics they attend.