Leadership Development Program
Led by Refugees for Refugees
The Refugee and Immigrant Leadership Development Program provides monthly workshops to refugee and immigrant organizers across the United States. Led by refugees for refugees, this training series is an opportunity to learn more about advocacy tactics being used to advance pro-refugee / pro-immigrant policy on the state and national level, story-telling and narrative shifting, and connecting with resources and local networks to build more welcoming and inclusive communities.
Participants who attend a minimum of 3 workshops will receive a Certificate of Participation by We Are All America. Similarly, those who attend every training will be gifted a Certificate of Completion, where the alum of our program will be invited to co-facilitate or propose future workshops.
Organizing an Effective Campaign & Power-mapping
This workshop will teach participants how to effectively organize a campaign and how power mapping can help create systemic (institutional) change. This workshop will equip local refugee and immigrant leaders in learning how effective campaigns and power mapping can be used to push refugee and immigrant legislation forward and how to identify goals, formulate a … Continued
Fundraising for Advocacy & Grassroots Organizing Movements
Refugee and immigrant leaders will learn fundraising strategies and tactics to use in advocacy and grassroots organizing movements. The workshop will provide tools, resources, and tips on how to successfully fundraise, how to build relationships with funders and donors, and how to build your own development fundraising plan.
Effective Story Telling When Engaging Elected Officials
This workshop will cover topics on the power of storytelling and provide tools and resources on how to be an effective storyteller. Participants will be prepared to share their stories effectively in different platforms and for different audiences, including public figures and elected officials. Participants will also learn best practices when meeting with elected officials … Continued
Digital Organizing within the Refugee & Immigrant Community
This workshop will provide insight on digital organizing and tools available to refugee and immigrant leaders and organizers. Participants will learn on how to better elevate their messaging and narrative work about their communities, ways to build followers via social media, and tips on how to engage the media.
Organizing and Leadership: Activating Power in Refugee and Immigrant Communities
The Organizing & Leadership Development Workshop will cover the basics of effective community grassroots organizing, ways of being an effective leader, case studies of successful coalition-building models, advocating for specific social justice causes, the act of community service (models of social change), and power dynamics. This workshop is designed for participants who are interested in … Continued
Basics of US Government and Advocacy
This workshop will review how power is wielded in grounding people with their own experiences of government in their countries of origin, how the government in the US is structured, and the impact of advocacy and civic engagement among refugee and immigrant communities. We will review how federal, state, and local governments operate. Participants will … Continued
We, at We Are All America, offer expertise in developing materials, conducting workshops, and effectively engaging participants to meet all your organizing and advocacy needs. With partners spanning across the United States, our network continues to expand. Our partners include prominent immigrant rights movement and refugee resettlement coalitions such as Global Refuge, National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), Church World Service (CWS), Welcoming America, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Human Rights First, Refugee Advocacy Lab (LAB), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Refugee Council USA (RCUSA), Refugee Congress, Alianza Americas, Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) and Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC).
Testimonials
The table helps me connect to other forcibly displaced individuals and asylum seekers. It helps me learn more how I could be helpful as a refugee who lives in the United States of America
Melena
I am grateful for these informative workshops and will love to see more in the future!
Maryam,
Asylum seeker
These important workshops should be recorded and distributed to refugees and immigrant communities all over the USA.
Tesfalem,
Former refugee