Virginia Organizing is happy to be working alongside these impactful organizations to discuss issues facing our immigrant communities. Please see the media advisory sent out by the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights this week.
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
Monday, January 6, 2025
Contact: Monica Sarmiento, press@vacir.org, (202) 509-1497
ADVISORY: Virginia Organizations Unite to Discuss Issues Facing Immigrant Community
Richmond, Virginia— The Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR), will host a press conference to discuss their priorities for the legislative session:
- Affordable Housing and Tenant Rights
- English Language Learners Program
- Cover All Kids – Expanded health coverage for children regardless of immigration status
VACIR will call on legislators to take action so that everyone in our community has the opportunity to thrive.
Speaker for Voting Rights Protection
- Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
- Sheila Herlihy-Hennessee, Faith Organizing Director
Speakers for Tenant Rights
- Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia
- Laura Dobbs, Research and Policy Analyst, Director of Policy
- Legal Aid Justice Center
- Gustavo Espinosa, Senior Organizer
Speaker for English Language Learners
- Hamkae Center
- Suja S. Mathew, Advocacy & Communications Manager
Speakers for Cover All Kids
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Virginia Chapter
- Dr .Christine Page-Lopez, Pediatrician
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Freddy Mejia, Policy Director
What: A virtual press conference to present three troubling issues currently impacting immigrant community members in Virginia
Where: House Briefing Room, Virginia General Assembly located at 201 N 9th St. Richmond, VA 23219 and live stream on Facebook.com/VACIR
When: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 11 am
Why: All Virginians deserve the opportunity to thrive in our great Commonwealth.
About the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR):
Our Mission
The Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR) is a multi-racial and multi-ethnic coalition of organizations that exists to win dignity, power and quality of life for all immigrant and refugee communities.
Our Vision
Virginia is a place that uplifts our diversity and where all people are welcome. Immigrant and refugee communities, regardless of status, are thriving, powerful, and have full access to family, civic, economic and social life. Throughout the state, policies are advanced that are equitable, inclusive, and just for everyone who lives here.
Member Organizations:
- ACLU People Power – Fairfax
- ACLU Virginia
- African Communities Together
- American Jewish Committee
- AYUDA
- Bread for the World
- Centreville Immigration Forum
- Church World Services – Virginia
- Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia
- Community Healthcare Workers of Virginia
- Congregation Action Network
- Cornerstone
- Domestic Workers Alliance
- Dream Project
- Dreamers Mothers In Action (DMIA)
- Edu Futuro
- EMGAGE – Muslim Leaders
- Fuego Coalition
- Hamkae Korean Community Center
- Hispanic Organization of Leadership and Action
- Jewish Community Relations Council
- Just Neighbors
- Korean American Association of Northern Virginia
- Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice-Virginia
- League of United Latin America Citizens – National
- Legal Aid Justice Center
- Multicultural Community Center
- Neighbor’s Keeper
- New Virginia Majority Education Fund
- Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance (NVAHA)
- NoVA Labor
- Progress Virginia
- Sacred Heart Catholic Community Center
- SEIU 512
- SEIU32BJ
- Shirlington Employment and Education Center
- Sin Barreras
- Tenants and Workers United
- The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
- United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400
- Virginia Civic Engagement Table
- Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations
- Virginia Immigration Intercollegiate Alliance
- Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
- Virginia League of Planned Parenthood
- Virginia League of Women Voters
- Virginia Organizing
- Virginia Poverty Law Center
- Voices for Virginia’s Children
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VACIR is a multi-racial and multi-ethnic coalition of organizations that exists to win dignity, power and quality of life for all immigrant and refugee communities.
