Leadership &

Community Organizing

The Leadership & Advocacy Department builds personal and collective power for social and immigration justice, through leadership education, community organizing, advocacy, and legal services.

We envision an inclusive movement where Latines are empowered to lead the change towards immigrant and social justice.

Immigration and Social Justice Education

We offer monthly virtual and in-person workshops covering the following topics:

  • Know Your Rights

  • Family Preparedness Plan Training

  • Core Asylum Knowledge

  • Mutual Aid, and Removal Defense

  • Train the Trainer classes for alumni

We also provide engagement opportunities for participants throughout the year.

Academia de Inmigración y Justicia Social

This course is offered annually and consists of ten educational sessions covering community organizing and immigration rights and environmental justice. The goal of the course is for participants to build leadership capacity to advocate for issues that impact their individual and collective well-being.

Our Theory of Change

IF Latina women and their social circles develop leadership skills, recognize their own power (agency), and organize around shared values, mutual relationships, and common goals;​​

THEN they build collective power to address individual and social concerns, influencing others and eventually transforming systems of injustice.​​