Strategies/Areas of Action
If you are interested in joining us in ACTION, consider our three action areas below. The Coalition provides a forum for dialogue regarding ongoing challenges, needed resources, and ways to improve current interventions and approaches to mental health in communities of undocumented status through the following areas of action:
Education and Outreach
- Develop trainings and educational materials about mental health, for service providers, educators, advocates, community at large, individuals with undocumented or mixed status and their families.
- Disseminate developed resources and other relevant information through social media outlets to community organizations, educators, mental health providers and others seeking to support individuals with undocumented or mixed status.
- Connect with, support and network with initiatives and/or organizations that support immigrant and refugee communities.
Volunteers are needed to:
Help develop our website and organize resource material, update and continue to develop mental health services directory for Chicagoland area and Illinois.
Collaboratively develop, provide and disseminate information on training and education.
Network and develop community- based partnerships.
Seek support and funding for collaborative efforts.
Research and Data
Support and develop community-based research to identify gaps in services and knowledge regarding the dynamic mental health consequences of undocumented status and translational research to improve services and interventions for undocumented individuals.
Volunteers are needed to:
Plan and coordinate Community Convening (Research Conference)
Develop community-university partnerships that will promote community- based participatory research.
Advocacy/Policy
Engage coalition members, community members as well as other stakeholders in advocating for positive legislative policies, programs and initiatives in support of people who are undocumented.
Volunteers are needed to
Help mobilize CIMH members to stay informed and engage in advocacy efforts on behalf of immigrant communities.
Join the Coalition
If you are interested in joining us in ACTION, consider our three action areas above.
Advocacy-Oriented Community Based Organizations
ICIRR
ICIRR is dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society.
AFIRE
We envision and work towards a Filipino/a/x community that centers the leadership of people who are most affected by structural injustice and organizes toward progressive social change.
Protecting immigrant families (PIF)
A partnership of the National Immigration Law Center and CLASP (The Center for Law and Social Policy), the “Protecting Immigrant Families, Advancing Our Future” campaign is made up of hundreds of diverse organizations committed to lifting up immigrant voices and advocating for humane immigration policies in our communities and in our country.
Take On Hate Campaign
TAKE ON HATE is a multi-year, grassroots campaign that challenges the growing discrimination and persistent misconception of Arab and Muslim Americans, including refugees of Arab and Muslim descent, in the U.S. It also inspires a positive perception of Arab and Muslim Americans (including Arab and Muslim refugees), creates systematic policy changes at the national and local levels and builds greater capacity for this community as a whole.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Fighting for civil rights and empowering Asian Americans to create a more just America for all.
PASO
A community-based social justice organization that works to engage community members to address issues that affect them, their families, and neighbors with the mission to build stronger communities where all residents can live dignified lives regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic or immigration status.
Arab American Action Network
The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) strives to strengthen the Arab community in the Chicago area by building its capacity to be an active agent for positive social change. As a grassroots nonprofit, our strategies include community organizing, advocacy, education, providing social services, leadership development, cultural outreach and forging productive relationships with other communities.