Our Members

Membership with the Rights Working Group is open to orgnaizations that support the RWG Principles. The Principles guide our work and unify organizations from diverse sectors and consituents 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.

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.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

America's Voice (Washington, DC)

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (Washington, DC)
Fahed Al-Rawaf, Legal Advisor

American Civil Liberties Union (Washington, DC)
Joanne Lin

American Immigration Lawyers Association (Washington, DC)
Jenny Levy

Amnesty International USA (Washington, DC)
Sarnata Reynolds, Refugee Program Director

Arab American Institute (Washington, DC)
Leigh O'Neill, Government Relations and Policy Analyst

Asian American Justice Center (Washington, DC)
Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL - CIO (Washington, DC)
Malcom Uno

Center for Community Change (Washington, DC)

Center for National Security Studies (Washington, DC)
Kate Martin, Director

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)
Rob Rhandava, Immigration Policy Director

Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund (Washington, DC)
Daniel Herrera

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)
Joan Friedland, Director of Federal Policy

National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (Los Angeles, CA)
Hemi Kim

Open Society Policy Center (Washington, DC)
Wendy Patten, Senior Policy Analyst

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)
Mou Kan

Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (Washington, DC)
Helly Lee, Director of Policy

World Organization for Human Rights USA (Washington, DC)
Theresa Harris

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)

Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (Oakland, CA)
Larisa Casillas, Director

Causa Justa: Just Cause (Oakland & San Francisco, CA)
Maria Poblet, Executive Director

Central American Resource Center, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Angela Sanbrano, Executive Director

Chinese Progressive Association (San Francisco, CA)
Sarah He

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Cynthia Buiza

Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana (Santa Ana, CA)
Nativo Lopez

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco, CA)
Angie Junck

Khmer Girls in Action (Long Beach, CA)
Suely Ngouy

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)

National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (Oakland, CA)
Catherine Tactaquin, Executive Director
E-mail: nnirr@nnirr.org

South Asian Network (Los Angeles, CA)

Tiburcio Vazquez Health Center, Inc. (Oakland, CA)
Marciela Gutierrez

Volantarios de la Comunidad (San Jose, CA)
Jose Sandoval

Young Workers United (San Francisco, CA)

Rael Silva

COLORADO

Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (Denver, CO)
Chandra Russo

Colorado Progressive Coalition (Denver, CO)
Art Way, Racial Profiling and Police Discrimination Coordinator

Rights for All People (Denver, CO)
Emily Parkey, Lead Organizer

Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (Denver, CO)
Rachel Boyle, Director of Programs

Sin Fronteras (Aurora, CO)
Margaux Milchen

CONNECTICUT

There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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

DELAWARE

There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.

FLORIDA

Arab American Community Center (Orlando, FL)

American Friends Service Committee - Miami, FL (Miami, FL)
Herman Martinez, Community Social Advocate

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
Maria Rodriguez

Haitian American Youth of Tomorrow (Miami, FL)
Carline Paul

Haitian Citizen United (Lake Worth, FL)

Healthy Start Coalition of Manatee County (Bradenton, FL)
Luz Corcuera

GEORGIA

Alianza Communitaria Latino Americana (Dalton, GA)

Coalicion de Lideres Latinos (Dalton, GA)
America Gruner

Center for Pan Asian Community Center (Doralville, GA)
Judy Yi

Arab American Family Services (Burbank, 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

Somali Bantu Community (Louisville, KY)
Email: somalibantu@bellsouth.net

LOUISIANA

Hispanic Apostolate - Catholic Charities (Kenner, LA)

MAINE

East Africa Family Association (Portland, ME)
Email: hamzaadan@yahoo.com

NAACP - Portland Branch (Portland, ME)
Rachel Talbot Ross, President

Somali Community Development of Maine (Portland, ME)
Alaw Elm

MARYLAND

CASA de Maryland (Silver Spring, MD)
Kerry O'Brien

Justice for Our Neighbors / United Methodist Committee on Relief (Silver Spring, MD)
Panravee Vongjaroenrat, Program Director

MASSACHUSETTS

Bill of Rights Defense Committee (Northampton, MA)
Emma Roderick, Grassroots Campaign Organizer

Irish Immigration Center (Boston, MA)

National Immigration Project (Boston, MA)
Paromita Shah

MICHIGAN

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 American Institute - Michigan (Dearborn, MI)
Kenwah Dabaja, Michigan Field 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

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

Yemeni American Association (Southfield, MI)
Daifalla Asoufy, Director

MINNESOTA

The Advocates for Human Rights (Minneapolis, MN)
Michelle Garnett McKenzie

Main Street Project (Minneapolis, MN)
Amalia Anderson

Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network (St. Paul, MN)
David Skovholt, Associate Director

Hispanic Development (Newark, NJ)

Interfaith Refugee Action Team-Elizabeth (Elizabeth, NJ)
Charles Mulligan

New Jersey Immigration Policy Network (Newark, NJ)
Shai Goldstein, Executive Director

NEW MEXICO

There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.

NEW YORK

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

ARISE Capital District, Inc. (Schenectady, NY)
Andreas Kriefall

Breakthrough (New York, NY)
Mallika Dutt, Executive Director

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

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)
Francis Liu

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)

Minkwon Center for Community Action (Flushing, NY)
Yu Soung Mun, Executive Director

United for a Better World (Huntington Station, NY)
Osman Canales

United Sikhs (New York, NY)

NORTH CAROLINA

American Friends Service Committee - North Carolina (Charlotte, NC)
Antonio Vasquez

El Pueblo, Inc. (Raleigh, NC)

International House (Charlotte, NC)
David Stewart, Executive Director

Latin American Coalition (Charlotte, NC)
Angeles Ortega-Moore, Executive Director

Muslim American Society (Raleigh, NC)
Khalilah Sabra

North Carolina Justice Center (Raleigh, NC)
Dani Martinez-Moore

NORTH DAKOTA

There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.

OHIO

American Civil Liberties Union - Ohio (Chester, OH)
Mike Brickner

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

Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Alice Gerdeman

Interfaith Alliance of Cinicinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Tommie Thompson

Interfaith Worker Justice Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Don Sherman, Director

Religious Society of Friends (Circleville, OH)
Brad Cotton

OKLAHOMA

There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.

OREGON

Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Hope Marston

CAUSA (Salem, OR)

Center for Intercultural Organizing (Portland, OR)
Maria Damaris Silva or Kayse Jama

Latino Network (Portland, OR)
Maria Lisa Johnson

Rural Organizing Project (Scappoose, OR)
Amy Dudley, Program Director/Organizer

Safe Communities Project (Portland, OR)

Western States Center (Portland, OR)
Kalpana Krishnamurthy

Islamic Center of Nashville (Nashville, TN)
Email: masjidicn@bellsouth.net

Nashville Kurdish Forum (Nashville, TN)
Email: nkhrf@aol.com

Somali Community Center (Nashville, TN)

Sudanese Community & Women's Service Center (Nashville, TN)

Tennesse Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (Nashville, TN)
Remziya Suleyman

TEXAS

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)

Amnesty International - Puget Sound (Seattle, WA)
Yuriko Brunelle

Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center (Seattle, WA)
Lan Pham

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

Community to Community Development (Bellingham, WA)
Rosalinda Guillen

Council on American-Islamic Relations - Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Syed Arsalan Bukhari, Chapter President

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

Kitsap Human Rights Network - Executive Office (Poulsbo, WA)
Rik Garner

Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (Seattle, WA)

Tenants Union of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Michele Thomas, Tenants Union Community Orgnaizer

Washington Community Action Network (Seattle, WA)
Will Pittz, Executive Director

Whatcom Peace and Justice Center (Bellingham, WA)
Marie Marchand, Executive Director

WEST VIRGINIA

Centro de Justicia (Morganton, WV)
Lee Jaen

WISCONSIN

Freedom, Inc. (Madison, WI)
Tracy Benson

Latinos United for Change and Advancement (Madison, WI)
Salvador Carranza

Voces de la Frontera (Milwaukee, WI)
Christine Newumann-Ortiz

WYOMING

There are no current Rights Working Group partners in this state.

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