New York Immigration Coalition
Program: Special Initiatives
Area of Work: Civic
Grant Purpose: General Support
Overview
The New York Immigration Coalition is an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents 200 organizations and groups that work with immigrants and refugees across New York State. Founded in 1987, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) has become a leading advocate for immigrant communities on the local, state and national levels, successfully bringing together multi-ethnic, multi-racial and multi-sector constituencies to pursue a common agenda.
Grant
Purpose: To provide general support to advance the NYIC’s policy advocacy, community organization, and legal services.
NYIC coordinates several issue-based collaboratives and working groups to address critical needs facing immigrant communities including immigrant rights, health, education and civic engagement. It also offers training on immigration law and other topics, reaching thousands of legal service providers and nonprofit staff a year, and leads several other special and regional initiatives that facilitate the integration of immigrant communities.
Impact
NYIC achieved several historic wins in 2021 and 2022 by registering and mobilizing hundreds of thousands of immigrant voters through its REMAP NYS 2030 statewide civic engagement program; expanding municipal voting rights to over 900,000 immigrant New Yorkers; creating the Mapping Our Future campaign to lead its statewide network of 200+ grassroots organizations in a sustained advocacy campaign, to protect and to enhance immigrant power in the 2021-22 redistricting process.
