“Presente!” Shouted the crowd in unison, 108 times. It became a chant, a prayer, a sacred word repeated. “Presente” a bold spiritual claim that dares fear and believes in hope and a courageous action of solidarity: to be present. We won’t let anyone turn us around…. “El pueblo unido…” Together we are “presente”.

IMIrJ partnered with APANO to train community leaders on building accompaniment programs that defend migrant communities. Leaders from the Asian Health & Service Center, Cambodian Community Organization, Hmong American Community Organization, Chinese American Organization, and others joined the effort.

There is something deeply sacred about the ways we come together as a community. Collective power, when shared, is not about one person carrying the load alone, it is about the many hands, voices, and hearts (offering what they can) to contribute to a shared vision. Each person brings a bit of their time, their energy, and their courage, and when those pieces come together, the load is lighter, and a choir of strength, resilience, and hop

President Trump announced the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland. As an interfaith community committed to justice and human dignity, the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ) stands firmly with our migrant and immigrant neighbors in the face of fear, intimidation, and militarization.

We are putting together a volunteer team to support our English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and citizenship classes. We need your help! Our mission is to create a welcoming and effective learning environment and make a real difference in our community

All of your support of IMIrJ resulted in a power win for the migrant justice movement! On Thursday August 14th, the members of the International Executive Board of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) voted unanimously to support a Statement of Policy titled “Condemning Recent Attacks on Migrants.” In doing so the ILWU, a union of tens of thousands of workers—from Hawaiʻi to Canada to across the West Coast—comitted a powerful part of the labor movement to solidarity with the migrant justice movement.