Some places you can donate to help immigrants and refugees in the US
Today in the US is the Families Belong Together rallies nationwide. I decided to donate to some places that help refugees or immigrants. If you too would like some places to help with dollars, volunteering, etc, or signal-boost for others, here are the ones I gave to (obviously not a comprehensive list, just the ones that looked useful and reputable to me after some searching).
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project - Seattle-area nonprofit that provides legal assistance, education, and outreach.
Alaska Institute for Justice (formerly Alaska Immigrant Justice Project, renamed after they expanded their mandate to include Alaska Native communities as well) - provides legal assistance, translation services, assistance to human trafficking victims, and other services.
Fundraiser for Yeni Gonzales on Gofundme, one of the individual moms whose children were taken away from her and placed with a foster family in New York while she is held in Arizona. A group of NYC locals got together and started a fundraiser to bail her out and get her reunited with her children. Details at the link.
Other links to check out:
National Immigration Legal Services Network to find similar orgs in your area.
Pen pal program to connect volunteers with adults in immigrant detention centers that they can write to.
ACLU (which I already have an ongoing monthly donation to)
Added from comments:
Another fundraiser for an individual (Sonia Felix Castanon)
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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project - Seattle-area nonprofit that provides legal assistance, education, and outreach.
Alaska Institute for Justice (formerly Alaska Immigrant Justice Project, renamed after they expanded their mandate to include Alaska Native communities as well) - provides legal assistance, translation services, assistance to human trafficking victims, and other services.
Fundraiser for Yeni Gonzales on Gofundme, one of the individual moms whose children were taken away from her and placed with a foster family in New York while she is held in Arizona. A group of NYC locals got together and started a fundraiser to bail her out and get her reunited with her children. Details at the link.
Other links to check out:
National Immigration Legal Services Network to find similar orgs in your area.
Pen pal program to connect volunteers with adults in immigrant detention centers that they can write to.
ACLU (which I already have an ongoing monthly donation to)
Added from comments:
Another fundraiser for an individual (Sonia Felix Castanon)
If you have more links, please provide them in the comments!
This entry is also posted at https://sholio.dreamwidth.org/1186597.html with
comments.