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Immigration Rights: Leaders in Motion
The Skillman Foundation held an intimate conversation with our grant partners, featuring three community leaders who are at the forefront of supporting immigration rights for children and families:
- Angie Reyes, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation (@amodhdc)
- Cindy Gamboa, Mi Poder (@wearemipoder)
- Alycia Meriwether, Detroit Public Schools Community District (@detroitk12)
Each speaker shared accounts of how the federal administration’s recent orders and actions around mass deportation are impacting the families they serve and explained how their organizations have taken action to support children and their parents. They also shared the following ways any community member can help:
Share information about immigration rights with those who might need it
- Michigan Immigration Rights Center: Know your rights information
- Detroit Public Schools Community District guidance: Letter from Dr. Vitti and immigration information
- ACLU Michigan’s Immigrants’ Rights resources (mobile hub) including a letter to State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice
Deepen your understanding and share with your network information that counters harmful, dehumanizing narratives
- The Opportunity Agenda: Winning narrative on immigration
- United Nations Human Rights: Reframing the narrative on migration
- Unidos US: The economic costs of mass deportation of long-time residents
- Fwd.us: Immigration benefits all Americans and strengthens the economy
- American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Michigan profile
The Skillman Foundation
The Skillman Foundation is a grantmaking organization established in 1960 by Rose Skillman. We have granted out more than $730 million and have served as a vocal advocate to strengthen K-12 education, afterschool programming, child-centered neighborhoods, youth and community leadership, and racial equity and justice.
We are in the process of developing a new strategic framework, co-designed with Detroit youth and their champions.