OneAmerica organizes immigrant and refugee leaders and our allies to build power in our communities and run campaigns to create a just immigration system, inclusive education for all, and a truly representative democracy.
We build the leadership of immigrant and refugee grassroots leaders to organize together with our allies to co-govern with elected leaders in communities where we live and work.
With our grassroots leaders driving our campaigns, we develop and advocate for policies that serve our communities at the local, state, and federal levels – building power each step of the way.
We train and support people like us to run for office, mobilize voters and funds to elect people who represent us, and endorse and support pro-immigrant candidates to govern with us through our sister organization, OneAmerica Votes.
We advocate for systems that include immigrants at every level, including the workforce, and provide English classes and U.S. citizenship support as a point of entry into our movement.
No matter where we were born or what language we speak, Washington is our home.
This year, at the state legislature, we strengthened our democracy, won protections for workers, and gave our state officials more tools to enforce civil rights and worker rights.
As recently reported by The Seattle Times, “[imagine] this: The U.S. Postal Service sending lists to states saying who is allowed to vote. Prosecutions of local elected officials who don’t follow new federal voting procedures. ...
