Current opportunities to volunteer for immigration justice in the region:
The Congregation Action Network (CAN) organizes congregations of all faiths in the Washington, DC metropolitan area in support of immigrants and immigrant justice. CAN also recruits volunteers to accompany immigrants to ICE and ISAP checkins for the DMV Accompaniment Network (DAN), and can connect volunteers to efforts canvassing immigrant neighborhoods to provide Know-Your-Rights information. Email contact@congregationactionnet.org to find out how you or your congregation can help.
CASA is looking for volunteers to help with legal services (attorneys), as well as helping with ESL, citizenship and job search workshops. Join the CASA Allies Network, a multi racial, multi generational network of allies in the struggle for immigrant justice, coordinated by CASA and CASA in Action.
Help with Know-Your-Rights Canvassing with CASA and the Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective. Canvassing is currently taking place in both Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, with plans to expand to other counties. The Collective also hosts a DC, MD, VA Immigrant Resource Guide in English and Spanish.
Accompany immigrants to ICE checkin and ISAP (Intensive Supervision Appearance Program) appointments, as well as immigration court appearances. Training is required, as well as availablility during weekdays. Contact me on jerry@kickenson.net if you're interested, and I can provide information on how to get involved.
Jews United for Justice (JUFJ) works for social justice, including immigrant rights, in Maryland, Virignia, Baltimore, Montgomery County and Washington, DC. Sign up for email notices, Meet with a JUFJ Organizer, or come to a JUFJ Event.
Volunteer with HIAS, to help refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people. In the Washington, DC area, volunteer opportunities may include various types of mentorship, cultural orientation support, ESL tutoring and English conversation, and interpretation and translation.
The Amica Center for Immigrant Rights can use pro bono attorneys to help with cases, under the supervision of one of their immigration attorneys, as well as help with their hotline, translation and other needs.
Ayuda also uses pro bono attorneys to help with cases, and also can use volunteers to help with social services and administrative support.
Just Neighbors offers legal services and legal workshops for Know-Your-Rights, Maryland Standby Guardianship. Volunteer attorneys can help deliver these workshops, and anyone can help with translation, outreach, support at legal services clinics.
Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid directly supports migrants in many ways, including direct support as well as hotlines and rapid response to immigration enforcement activity.
Direct Support for Immigrants is a volunteer run group that helps immigrants, currently by printing, assembling and distributing Know-Your-Rights (KYR) packets in multiple languages.
Impact Silver Spring offers ESL and multiple community empowerment programs.
Identity provides services to youth (primarily Latino) in Montgomery County.
Immigration Court Observation & Awareness Project - Learn firsthand about the immigration court system, while helping identify patterns and practices that will inform advocacy to support access to counsel and due process rights for noncitizens. A project of the American Bar Association Commision on Immigration.