Tempest Tossed: NPQ's Discussion on the Nonprofit Sector's Role in Immigration Reform

Special Coverage: Nonprofits and Immigration

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The Editors

Every nonprofit has a stake in how our nation deals with immigrants, including “unauthorized” or “undocumented” immigrants. The Editors unpack this and other ideas in this introduction to the online supplement to NPQ’s Summer 2009 issue, Tempest Tossed.

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Immigration-themed articles including NPQ's latest edition, and exclusive Web-only content, appear in the column below. The articles are themed to help you browse:

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Amid the Contentious Politics of Immigration, a Community Organizes

Elena Letona

Arguably, the most important challenge for immigrant communities is to detoxify the political landscape.

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Special Coverage: Nonprofits and Immigration

Browse NPQ's Special Coverage of Nonprofits and Immigration

The Editors

August 31, 2009

Immigration-themed articles including NPQ's latest edition, and exclusive Web-only content, appear in the column below. The articles are themed to help you browse:

Community Development and Immigration

Building Economic Power in Immigrant Communities- Lessons from the Field

Various Authors
August 28, 2009
Fast-growing credit unions have helped immigrant populations develop a new approach to their financial futures.

An Immigration Agenda for 'Regular Jane and Joe' Nonprofits

rick cohen
July 24, 2009
Some people might think that a concern about documented and undocumented immigrants is sort of outside the ken of most "regular Jane and Joe" nonprofits, the groups that aren't immigrant-founded or -run, the groups whose agendas ostensibly have little to do or nothing to do directly with immigration reform. That's not true.

Immigration Policy

The Immigration Reform Bakers' Dozen

The Editors
August 17, 2009
Here is a baker’s dozen of good organizations to contact if you want to learn more about serving, advocating for, and promoting immigration reform.

State Immigration Policy Issues

Dan Petegorsky and Kalpana Krishnamurthy
August 28, 2009
State immigration laws can help or hinder new immigrants from fully contributing to their communities.

Immigration and Philanthropy

Immigration and Philanthropy: A Conversation with Geri Mannion and Taryn Higashi

Joyce Baldwin
August 28, 2009
The Four Freedoms Fund has mined the power of a collaboration-based approach to philanthropy.

Immigrant Youth

Supporting Immigrant Youth - Removing Obstacles and Building on Strengths

Cynthia García Coll and Flannery Patton
August 28, 2009
Does the process of “becoming American” threaten immigrant success?

Youth Leadership: The Engine of Immigrant Civic Participation

Mari Ryono
August 28, 2009
Among the lessons of the 2008 presidential election was the importance of immigrant youth groups in fueling civic engagement.

Undaunted and Before Congress: Tam Tran's Testimony on Undocumented Students

The Editors
August 17, 2009
As undocumented immigrants, many young people can be derailed from pursuing their dreams. Tam Tran, an undocumented student, organizer, and documentary flmmaker, testified before Congress on her marginalized, liminal state as one such student. She graduated from UCLA in 2006 where she was part of IDEAS, a support and advocacy group for undocumented students, and, with Prerna Lal, contributes Undocumented but Undaunted: Immigrant Youth at Work in the Nonprofit Sector to this issue of NPQ. Read her testimony here, courtesy of the National Immigration Law Center.

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