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Human Rights First is an independent advocacy and action organization that works to actualize free and equal societies. Because every person deserves to be respected, valued, and invested in, Human Rights First protects freedom, and promotes equality at home and around the world. Human Rights First is an independent advocacy and action organization that works to actualize free and equal societies. Because every person deserves to be respected, valued, and invested in, Human Rights First protects freedom, and promotes equality at home and around the world. To reach that goal, Human Rights First leads actions that hold oppressors accountable, free people from injustice, and build institutions that ensure universal rights. Human Rights First, which for more than 40 years has built bipartisan coalitions and worked with front-line activists and lawyers to tackle global challenges, is based in New York, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles.

AFIRE's mission is to build the capacity of the Filipino American community of Chicago to affect transformative social change through grassroots education, action, research, and services.

We are a nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to under served immigrant children, families, and refugees. With legal services, social programs, bond assistance, and an advocacy team focused on changing the narrative around immigration in this country, RAICES is operating on the national front lines of the fight for immigration rights. We defend the rights of immigrants and refugees, empower individuals, families, and communities, and advocate for liberty and justice. Since 2018, our Bond Fund is the largest in the nation with just under $12 million spent to secure the release of more than 1,200 individuals from ICE detention. Our San Antonio Bus Station Project helped more than 9,000 adults and 12,000 children released from detention understand their legal rights. We have a volunteer program with over 5,000 trained volunteers and pro bono lawyers to perform essential tasks such as accompanying people to ICE check-ins and preparing detained clients for credible fear interviews.

Alight exists to walk alongside those who – by sheer circumstance – find themselves on the long and arduous journey of displacement. Each year Alight serves 3.5 million people in over 20 countries who have been displaced by climate, conflict, and social and economic exclusion. We listen closely to their voices, gathering insights that allow us to provide innovative human-centered services and programs. By co-creating alongside displaced people we can ensure that we are meeting their needs and moving beyond necessities to build lives that are full of joy, connection, and purpose.