Membership with the Rights Working Group is free and open to organizations that support the RWG Principles. The Principles guide our work and unify organizations from diverse sectors and constituents and across the country. RWG members receive training opportunities, participation in organizing opportunities that have a national and local impact, gain access to legislative updates, and opportunities to build cross-constituency partnerships. Download a Membership Brochure for more information.
To become a member of the Rights Working Group, complete the online Membership Form. If you have questions, please contact Tong Lee or call (202) 591-3309 x 102 or
America's Voice (Washington, DC)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (Washington, DC)
Abed Ayoub, Legal Director
American Civil Liberties Union (Washington, DC)
Joanne Lin
American Immigration Lawyers Association (Washington, DC)
Jenny Levy
Amnesty International USA (Washington, DC)
Appleseed (Washington, DC)
Arab American Institute (Washington, DC)
Asian American Justice Center (Washington, DC)
Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL - CIO (Washington, DC)
Greg Cendana
Breakthrough (New York, NY)
Mallika Dutt, Executive Director
Center for Community Change (Washington, DC)
Center for National Security Studies (Washington, DC)
Kate Martin, Director
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Eric Sterling, President
Defending Dissent Foundation (Silver Spring, MD)
Susan Udry
Hmong National Development, Inc. (Washington, DC)
Human Rights First (Washington, DC)
Annie Sovcik
Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC)
Japanese American Citizens League (Washington, DC)
Floyd Mori, Executive Director
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (Washington, DC)
Lexer Quamie
Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund (Washington, DC)
Muslim Advocates (San Francisco, CA)
Farhana Y. Khera, Executive Director
Muslim Legal Fund of America (Richardson, TX)
Khalil Meek, President
Muslim Public Affairs Council (Washington, DC)
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (Washington, DC)
National Council of La Raza (Washington, DC)
Laura Vazquez, Immigration Legislative Analyst
National Immigration Forum (Washington, DC)
Brittney Nystrom, Senior Legal Advisor
National Immigration Law Center - DC Office (Washington, DC)
National Immigration Project (Boston, MA)
Paromita Shah
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (Los Angeles, CA)
Hemi Kim
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (Oakland, CA)
Catherine Tactaquin, Executive Director
Open Society Policy Center (Washington, DC)
Pars Equality Center (San Francisco, CA)
Sarita Ahuja, Director of Development
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (Washington, DC)
Jasjit Singh, Associate Executive Director
Sikh Coalition (New York, NY)
Amardeep Singh
South Asian Americans Leading Together (Takoma Park, MD)
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (Washington, DC)
Helly Lee, Director of Policy
World Organization for Human Rights USA (Washington, DC)
Theresa Harris
Southern Law Poverty Center (Montgomery, AL)
Mary Bauer
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
Coalicion de Derechos Humanos (Tucson, AZ)
Isabel Garcia, Chair
Arkansas Public Policy Panel (Little Rock, AR)
Rosemary Brown
Access California Services (Anaheim, CA)
Nahla Kayali, Executive Director
Arab Cultural and Community Center (San Francisco, CA)
Sally Al-Daher
Arab Women Leadership (San Diego, CA)
Asian Law Alliance (San Jose, CA)
Richard G. Konda
Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco, CA)
Sin Yen Ling
Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Los Angeles, CA)
California Immigrant Policy Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Reshma Shamasunder, Director
Causa Justa: Just Cause (Oakland & San Francisco, CA)
Maria Poblet, Executive Director
Chinese Progressive Association (San Francisco, CA)
Sarah He
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Council on American Islamic Relations - Los Angeles Chapter (Los Angeles, CA)
Ilham Elkoustaf, Government Relations Coordinator
Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana (Santa Ana, CA)
Nativo Lopez
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco, CA)
Angie Junck
Korean Community Center of the East Bay (Oakland, CA)
Ann Menzie
Korean Resource Center (Oakland, CA)
Dae Joong Yoon, Executive Director
La Raza Centro Legal (Los Angeles, CA)
Anamaria Loya
Los Angeles Community Legal Center (Hungtington Park, CA)
Rafael Barajas
Mujeres Unidas Y Activas (San Francisco, CA)
South Asian Network (Los Angeles, CA)
Volantarios de la Comunidad (San Jose, CA)
Jose Sandoval
Young Workers United (San Francisco, CA)
Rael Silva
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (Denver, CO)
Julien Ross, Executive Director
Colorado Progressive Coalition (Denver, CO)
Rights for All People (Denver, CO)
Liz Hamel, Organizer
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (Denver, CO)
Rachel Boyle, Director of Programs
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
Center for Community Change (Washington, DC)
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Washington, DC)
Ricardo Juarez
Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office (Washington, DC)
Gabriel Schlabach
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (Washington, DC)
Rob Keithan
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
Arab American Community Center (Orlando, FL)
American Friends Service Committee - Miami, FL (Miami, FL)
Herman Martinez, Community Social Advocate
Catalyst for Justice (Tequesta, FL)
Jane Tierney, CEO
Duval Greens Party (Jacksonville, FL)
Edward Kilty
Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. / Haitian Women of Miami (Miami, FL)
Marleine Bastien, Executive Director
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (Miami, FL)
Charu Al-sahi
Florida Immigrant Coalition (Miami, FL)
Maria Rodriguez, Executive Director
Haitian American Youth of Tomorrow (Miami, FL)
Carline Paul
Haitian Citizen United (Lake Worth, FL)
Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, Inc. (Dalton, GA)
Helen Ho, Executive Director
Coalicion de Lideres Latinos (Dalton, GA)
America Gruner
Coalition for the People's Agenda (Atlanta, GA)
Helen Butler, Executive Director
Center for Pan Asian Community Center (Doralville, GA)
Judy Yi
Hawaii Human Rights Center (Honolulu, HI)
Philmund Lee
Idaho Community Action Network (Boise, ID)
Leo Morales, Community Organizer
Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (Chicago, IL)
Susana Short
Arab American Action Network (Chicago, IL)
Hatem Abudayyeh, Executive Director
Arab American Family Services (Bridgeview, IL)
Itedal Shalabi, Executive Director and Founder
Center for New Community (Chicago, IL)
Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition (Chicago, IL)
Jenny Dale
Coalition of African, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (Chicago, IL)
Francisco Ramos
Council on American Islamic Relations - Chicago
Reema Ahmad, Governmental Relations Coordinator
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (Chicago, IL)
Fred Tsao, Policy Director
Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (Chicago, IL)
Universidad Popular (Chicago, IL)
Albert Mendez
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
Diocese of Des Moines (Des Moines, IA)
Carlos Rios
Lawrence Action Network for Diversity (Lawrence, KS)
Kentucky Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (Lexington, KY)
Freddy Peralta
Kentucky Dream Coalition (Lexington, KY)Elizabeth Jacoby
Somali Bantu Association of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
Hussein Issack
Somali Bantu Community (Louisville, KY)
Email: somalibantu@bellsouth.net
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
East Africa Family Association (Portland, ME)
Email: hamzaadan@yahoo.com
NAACP - Portland Branch (Portland, ME)
Rachel Talbot Ross, President
LULCAC - Maine (Lewsiton, ME)
Joey Lopez
Somali Community Development of Maine (Portland, ME)
Alaw Elm
Action Langley Park (Langley Park, MD)
CASA de Maryland (Silver Spring, MD)
Kerry O'Brien
Bill of Rights Defense Committee (Northampton, MA)
Emma Roderick, Grassroots Campaign Organizer
Irish Immigration Center (Boston, MA)
American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee - Michigan (Dearborn, MI)
Imad Hamad, Regional Director
American Arab Chamber of Commerce (Dearborn, MI)
Nassar Beydoun
American Civil Liberties Union - Michigan (Detroit, MI)
Kary Moss, Executive Director
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (Dearborn, MI)
Nadia Tonova, Advocacy Coordinator
Armenian National Committee of Michigan (Dearborn, MI)
Narses Gedigian
Association of Chinese Americans (Madison Heights, MI)
Mary Weng, President
Center for Civil Justice (Saginaw, MI)
Terri L. Stangl, Executive Director
Council on American Islamic Relations - Michigan (Lathrup Village, MI)
Dawud Walid, Director
Freedom House (Detroit, MI)
Deborah A. Drennan, Interim Director
Great Lansing Arab American Social Services (Lansing, MI)
Dennis Denno, Board Chair
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (Ann Arbor, MI)
Charles Warpehoski
International Institute of Metro Detroit (Detroi, MI)
Wojciech Zolnoski, Executive Director
Jamaican Association of of Michigan (Detroit, MI)
Henry Montague, President
Latin Americans for Social & Economic Development (Detroit, MI)
Edith Castillo, Executive Director
Latino Family Services (Detroit, MI)
Alicia Villareal
Lebanese American Heritage Club (Dearborn, MI)
Ali Berry, President
Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (Detroit, MI)
Ponsella Hardaway, Executive Director
The Advocates for Human Rights (Minneapolis, MN)
Michelle Garnett McKenzie
Cherokee Park United Church (West St. Paul, MN)
Eric Paul Jacobsen
Main Street Project (Minneapolis, MN)
Amalia Anderson
Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network (St. Paul, MN)
El Pueblo (Biloxi, MS)
Jennie Searcy
Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance (Jackson, MS)
Bill Chandler, Executive Director
Somali Foundation, Inc. (Kansas City, MO)
Farah Abdi, Executive Director
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest (Lincoln, NE)
Rebecca Gonzales, Racial Justice Advocate
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
American Friends Service Committee - New Jersey (Newark, NJ)
Casa Esperanza (Plainfield, NJ)
Craig Phipps
Interfaith Refugee Action Team-Elizabeth (Elizabeth, NJ)
Charles Mulligan
Middlesex County Coalition for Immigrant Rights (Highland Park, NJ)
New Jersey Immigration Policy Network (Newark, NJ)
Shai Goldstein, Executive Director
Lutheran Justice Group (Jemez Springs, NM)
Alexandre Foundation (Kew Gardens, NY)
Eunide Alexandre, Executive Director
Arab American Association of New York (Brooklyn, NY)
Linda Sarsour, Program Coordinator
Arab American Family Support Center (Brooklyn, NY)
Lena El Husseini
Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, NY)
Annette Warren Dickerson, Education and Outreach
Desis Rising Up & Moving (Jackson Heights, NY)
Monamo Maulik, Director & Organizer
Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (Jamaica, NY)
Venessa Manzono
Email: fahsi@fahsi.org
Greater New York Labor - Religion Coalition (New York, NY)
Rabbi Michael Feinberg
New York, NY
Haitian Americans United for Progress (Cambria Heights, NY)
Elsie S.L. Accilien, Executive Director
Immigrant Communities in Action
Kavitha Pawria, Coordinator
Long Island Immigrant Alliance (Amityville, NY)
Luis Valenzuela
Minkwon Center for Community Action (Flushing, NY)
Yu Soung Mun, Executive Director
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Huntington (Huntington, NY)
Jayette Lansbury, Chair Forensic Committee
New Immigrant Community Empowerment (Jackson Heights, NY)
Martha Chavez
New York Civil Liberties Union (New York, NY)
Udi Ofer
New York Immigration Coalition (New York, NY)
Gabriella Villareal, Immigration Policy Advocacy Coordinator
Sihk Coalition (New York, NY)
Amardeep Singh
Somali Bantu Community of Rochester (Rochestor, NY)
Jama Liban, Director
TAMKEEN: The Center for Arab American Empowerment (Brooklyn, NY)
United for a Better World (Huntington Station, NY)
Osman Canales
El Pueblo, Inc. (Raleigh, NC)
FaithAction International House (Greensboro, NC)
Muslim American Society - Immigrant Justice Center (Raleigh, NC)
Khalilah Sabra
North Carolina Justice Center (Raleigh, NC)
Dani Martinez-Moore
Unitarian Universalist Association (Asheville, NC)
Marian Patten
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
American Civil Liberties Union - Ohio (Chester, OH)
Mike Brickner
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Karen Dabdoub
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Cleveland (Cleveland, OH)
Julia Shearson, Director
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Columbus (Columbus, OH)
Adnan Mirza, Director
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Ohio (Cincinnati, OH)
Karen Dabdoub
Human Values for Transformative Action (Maumee, OH)
Lorna Gonsalves
Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Alice Gerdeman
Interfaith Worker Justice Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Don Sherman, Director
Religious Society of Friends (Circleville, OH)
Brad Cotton
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
Amigos Multicultural Services Center (Eugene, OR)
Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Hope Marston
CAUSA (Salem, OR)
Center for Intercultural Organizing (Portland, OR)
Latino Network (Portland, OR)
Maria Lisa Johnson
Rural Organizing Project (Scappoose, OR)
Amy Dudley, Program Director/Organizer
Safe Communities Project (Portland, OR)
Jacob Martinez
Western States Center (Portland, OR)
Kalpana Krishnamurthy
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
International Institute of Rhode Island (Providence, RI)
Michelle DePlante
Olney Neighborhood Association, Inc. (Providence, RI)
Will Lambek
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
American Civil Liberties Union - Tennessee (Nashville, TN)
Black Unity (Nashville, TN)
Maurice Muhammad
Highlander Research and Education Center (New Market, TN)
Islamic Center of Nashville (Nashville, TN)
Nashville Kurdish Forum (Nashville, TN)
Email: nkhrf@aol.com
Somali Community Center (Nashville, TN)
Somali Students Association of Tennessee (Nashville, TN)
Abdillahi Mahad, President
Sudanese Community & Women's Service Center (Nashville, TN)
Tennesse Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (Nashville, TN)
Remziya Suleyman
American Gateways (Austin, TX)
Chris Jimmerman
Border Network for Human Rights (El Paso, TX)
Saul Soto, Associate Director
Catholic Charities (Houston, TX)
Waaa Abdin, Legal Director
Centro de Legalizacion/American Dream Community Agency (Houston, TX)
Michael Chavez
Criminal Justice Coalition (Austin, TX)
Ana Yanez Correa
Fuerza Unida (San Antonio, TX)
Email: admin@lafuerzaunida.org
Muslim Legal Fund of America (Richardson, TX)
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.
Virginia Organizing Project (Winchestor, VA)
A. Phillip Randolph Institute - Seattle (Seattle, WA)
American Friends Service Committee - Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Susan Segall
Amnesty International - Puget Sound (Seattle, WA)
Yuriko Brunelle
Asian Counseling and Referral Services (Seattle, WA)
Diane Narasaki, Executive Director
Bethany United Church of Christ (Seattle, WA)
CASA Latina (Seattle, WA)
Hilary Stern
Chaya (Seattle, WA)
Pradeepta Upadhyay
Chinese Information and Service Center (Seattle, WA)
Church Council of Greater Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Michael Ramos
Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites (Seattle, WA)
Community to Community Development (Bellingham, WA)
Rosalinda Guillen
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Seattle (Seattle, WA)
El Centro De La Raza (Seattle, WA)
OneAmerica (Seattle, WA)
Pramila Jayapal
Horn of Africa (Seattle, WA)
Eskinder Sarka
Indonesian Lutheran Fellowship (Seattle, WA)
Diakonda Gurning
International District Housing Alliance (Seattle, WA)
Sujn Chon
Islamic Civic Engagement Coalition (Seattle, WA)
Janice Tufte, Founder
Lutheran Public Policy Office of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (Seattle, WA)
Washington Community Action Network (Seattle, WA)
Will Pittz, Executive Director
Washington Defender Association (Seattle, WA)
Ann Benson
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center (Bellingham, WA)
Marie Marchand, Executive Director
Centro de Justicia (Morganton, WV)
Lee Jaen
Freedom, Inc. (Madison, WI)
Tracy Benson
Latinos United for Change and Advancement (Madison, WI)
Salvador Carranza
U.S. for All of Us (Madison, WI)
Voces de la Frontera (Milwaukee, WI)
Christine Newumann-Ortiz
There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.