The organizations of NIYA are as follows, be sure to check out our mission statement and contact us if you would like to join the Alliance.
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DreamActivist.org is a multicultural, migrant youth-led, social media hub for the movement to pass the DREAM Act and pursue the enactment of other forms of legislation that aim to mend the broken immigration system. During the 2009-2010 campaign for the DREAM Act, DreamActivist.org served as the national website for the efforts.
The New York State Youth Leadership Council (NYSYLC) is a youth led organization that works on improving access to higher education and creating equal opportunity for immigrant youth, regardless of immigration status, through leadership development, organizing and advocacy. In the past 5 years the NYSYLC has mobilized immigrant youth in New York through different trainings and workshops such as “Get Active Trainings”.
The Immigrant Youth Justice League (IYJL) is a Chicago-based organization led by undocumented youth working towards full recognition of the rights and contributions of all immigrants through education, leadership development, policy advocacy, resource gathering, and mobilization.
DreamActivist Virginia: Our local organization—DREAM Activist Virginia—was established in October 2009. We are a group of community members of all ages and backgrounds who meet weekly to advocate for immigrant rights. If you would like to get involved, please join us at one of our weekly meetings.
One Michigan: Our mission is to provide immigrant youth and allies the space, training, and opportunity to make a difference in the lives of immigrants all over Michigan. We believe through being run by immigrant youth, we are held accountable to the immigrant community and not to founders. We will continue to organize in our own communities and develop leaders that will be at the fore front of the immigrant rights movement.
The North Carolina DREAM team (NCDT),is an organization composed of undocumented immigrant youth and allies who are dedicated to the creation of a sustainable, community-led immigrant rights movement in North Carolina. We aim to help undocumented youth recognize their individual and collective power to activate their communities. We also aim to make them conscious of the broader struggle for social justice. We will escalate in our efforts to achieve a just reform that is acceptable to–and guided by–the voices of those directly affected by our broken immigration system
The Inland Empire DREAM Team is a Partnership of Undocumented Students and Allies located in the Inland Empire from cities like San Bernardino, Riverside, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, and Pomona, to name a few. Our mission is to educate the community on the issues of undocumented students and advocate for equal rights.
DreamActivist Pennsylvania is an organization that fights for the passage of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act and immigrant rights. We are undocumented students and allies that believe all students deserve the right to pursue their dreams, regardless of their immigration status. We fight for justice.
Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance (GUYA) is an Undocumented Youth-led organization that seeks dignity and justice for the Immigrant Community in the state of GA. We at GUYA believe no human being is illegal. We are certain every human being has the right to education and the pursuit to lead a better life, without being targeted due to sexual orientation, religion, skin color, nationality, race or immigration status. These are matters of unalienable, universal human rights and NOT of privilege. GUYA’s mission is to fight to make this a reality by organizing the community; unifying youth and their families, the students and the heads-of-households, the undocumented, the allies, anyone and everyone who wants to join the movement, to come together and fight back. We commit ourselves to fight back against the hateful, racist, misguided legislation and rhetoric being crafted in state legislatures, especially in Georgia. So ask yourself, when ignorance turns into law, which side will you fall on?
San Gabriel Valley Dream Team (SGVDT) is a group of undocumented and unafraid students and their allies in the San Gabriel Valley. SGVDT works to create a diverse and safe space where undocumented students and allies can develop politically. SGVDT fights for the rights of undocumented immigrants and recognizes the complex identities of undocumented people who face racism, sexism and homophobia/transphobia. We believe in empowering those who are most affected by issues in our communities through education and organizing.
DreamActivist California is an undocumented youth-led statewide network of high school based groups and individuals committed to fight for the rights of immigrant youth and our immigrant communities.
We believe that in order to properly address the needs and issues affecting our communities, we as undocumented youth must lead the way and be at the forefront of our movement. We believe that our stories are one of the most powerful tools we have as undocumented people and we will make use of our voices, our experiences, and our stories as a way to demand the respect and dignity we deserve as human beings. Finally, we believe in peaceful, direct action as a means to achieve that respect.
Northwest Immigrant Youth Alliance More details coming soon..
Attn media: logos for each organization are available at: http://theniya.org/resources/logos/
