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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.

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.

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.

TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR WOMEN SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants' (USCRI's) mission is to protect the rights and address the needs of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide and support their transition to a dignified life.

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid, litigation, and systemic advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders. IRAP believes that everyone should have a safe place to live and a safe way to get there. To that end, they value action, accountability, innovation, and candor. They are nimble, collaborative, and nonpartisan. They believe in the power of individuals to change their own circumstances. And they believe in results.

PARSA’s mission is to train and develop professional Afghan leaders who care for the women, youth, impoverished families, and the disabled citizens of Afghanistan by providing innovative and impactful programs.

The Rhizome Center for Migrants’ mission is to support and defend forcibly displaced persons and uprooted people at risk around the world. The organization's Mexico Project based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, provides legal aid and reintegration services to deported men and women and their family members.