The San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium is a project of the Equality Alliance San Diego.

2011 Advisory Board

Chair: Pedro Rios (AFSC)

Legal Rep: Donald Sheppard (AILA)

Labor Rep: Alor Calderon | Peter Zshiesche (ERC)

Faith Rep: Daniel Stracka | Katia Hansen (UURISE)

Community Rep: Estela de los Rios (CSA)

Community Rep: Ursula (LSF)

Community Rep: Mark Dillon (SDHRC)

1. Support comprehensive immigration reform.
2. Stop the spread of local policies and practices that target and violate the civil and human rights of immigrants.
3. Educate immigrants about their rights and the legal and other resources available to them.
4. Educate the public about the important contributions of immigrants and counter the myths and misstatements made about immigrants.

CONSORTIUM ORGANIZATIONS

1. Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE). www.calorganize.org. a statewide community organization working with thousands of members in eleven counties creating transformative change by helping ordinary citizens to organize and take action.
2. American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLU). www.aclusandiego.org. National legal organization advocating for individual rights  on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
3. American Friends Service Committee www.afsc.org/sandiego. Quaker organization founded in 1917 that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service.
4. American Immigration Lawyers Association, San Diego (AILA). www.aila.org. National legal association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice and advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy.
5. Angeles del Desierto www.thedesertangels.org. Volunteer group that does search and rescue operations in the desert and mountainous regions of the border between the United States and Mexico.
6. California Immigrant Policy Center www.caimmigrant.org The Policy Center seeks to inform public debate and policy decisions on issues affecting the state’s immigrants and their families in order to improve the quality of life for all Californians.
7. Catholic Charities. www.ccdsd.org. Faith-based community service ministry of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego that advocates for a just society on behalf of the poor and promotes self-determination for all.
8. Catholic Relief Services. www.crs.org. Faith-based  organization that assists the impoverished and disadvantaged worldwide.
9. Center for Social Advocacy. www.centerforsocialadvocacy.org. Community organization promoting positive attitudes and actions that ensure respect, acceptance and equal opportunity for all people.
10. City of San Diego Human Relations Commission. www.sandiego.gov/human-relations. City commission that conducts and promotes activities that foster mutual respect and understanding; and protects basic human and civil rights.
11. Employee Rights Center. www.weberc.net.  Legal service organization that educates employees about their rights and advocates for them as needed.
12. Equality Alliance. www.equalitysandiego.org. An effort to build a network for working in coalition across ethnic, cultural, and geographic boundaries on issues of equality.
13. Escondido Human Rights Committee.  Grassroots human rights organizations that educates and advocates on behalf of immigrants and other community members in Escondido.
14. Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego County (ICWJ). www.ICWJ.org . Grass-roots, faith-based organization educating and mobilizing San Diego religious communities to support issues and campaigns that will sustain lives with dignity for workers and their families by such means as improving wages, benefits, and working conditions.
15. International Rescue Committee (IRC). www.theirc.org. One of the first to respond, one of the last to leave. For 75 years, the International Rescue Committee has been a leader in humanitarian relief.
16. La Raza Lawyers of San Diego – www.larazalawyerssd.com. Our purpose is to advance the cause of equality, empowerment and justice for Latino attorneys and the Latino community in San Diego County through service and advocacy.
17. Little Saigon Foundation www.littlesaigonsandiego.org. We shall engage in the economic revitalization, enhancement of social justice, and promotion of cultural diversity of Vietnamese communities in San Diego.
18. National Latino Research Center (NLRC) www.csusm.edu/nlrc/. The mission of the NLRC at California State University San Marcos is to promote scientific and applied research, training, and the exchange of information that contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the rapidly growing U.S. Latino population.
19. National Lawyers Guild, San Diego (NLG). www.nlg.org. Legal association dedicated to the advocacy of immigrants, criminal defendants and other clients.
20. No Border Wall www.noborderwall-take-action.blogspot.com. No Border Wall is a grassroots coalition of groups and individuals united in our belief that a border wall will not stop illegal immigration or smuggling and will not make the United States any safer.
21. Oceanside Human Rights Council Community college based human rights organizations that educates and advocates on behalf of immigrants and other community members in Oceanside.
22. San Diego Foundation for Change www.foundation4change.org. To create a passionate community of support for progressive leaders and organizations in the San Diego/ Tijuana region.
23. San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center – www.thecentersd.org. The Center provides direct program services to the many different facets of the LGBT community, including men, women, youth, seniors, families, LGBT Latino community members and their families, and those struggling with HIV.
24. South Bay Forum. www.southbayforum.com. Non-partisan PAC committed to addressing the educational, socioeconomic, and political needs of the San Diego South Bay community while building coalitions with other communities.
25. Trans-Border Institute www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/tbi The Trans-Border Institute (TBI) was created in 1994 with two main objectives: 1) to promote border-related scholarship, activities and community at the University of San Diego, and 2) to promote an active role for the University in the cross-border community.
26. UURISE www.uurise.org. Unitarian Universalists (UUs) are a justice seeking people with a rich history of effecting change by taking social action.

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