Did you miss our virtual Annual Celebration: Our Rising Tide? You can still watch here or below: weareoneamerica.org/celebration. It’s not too late to celebrate with us and hear the stories of powerful immigrant leaders, like Diana, who continue to raise their voices throughout this pandemic. For almost two decades, we have worked to ensure that immigrants and refugees have a …
As we gear up for a federal immigration fight, we know that we can’t let this opportunity to create a just immigration system go to waste. Now is the time to create a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people who call this country home, and it can’t wait. We are putting together a Peer to Peer online …
A Message from our Executive Director, Rich Stolz When I first heard about the mass shooting in Atlanta, I couldn’t help but wonder why the pandemic hadn’t slowed the ongoing epidemic of gun violence in America. And then I learned about the victims. Eight killed altogether, six of them Asian women, all of them in or around massage parlors. This …
We are home and we are here to stay. It’s long past time for Congress to act and pass permanent protections for undocumented immigrants. We have endured years of injustice and the time is now to come together and fight for a just immigration system. Join us as we kick-off the National March to Victory, Relay Across America here in …
Seattle, WA – Statewide immigrant rights organization OneAmerica has begun an immigrant-led project funded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) to expand and shore up early learning systems by organizing parents and providers who have been deeply impacted by early learning and childcare due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our early learning system is strained due to COVID-19 and a lack of …
What an incredible day for immigrants, refugees, people of color and allies. In the last few days we realized three BIG steps forward that were made possible by Black, Latinx, AAPI & immigrant voters like you who raised our voices, organized, and then took that fight to the ballot box and chose change. We witnessed the inauguration of President Joe …
What we saw in our nation’s capital on last Wednesday was absolutely despicable, but not surprising. It was the inevitable outcome of a President and far too many in the Republican party who are more than willing to put power before democracy, spread dangerous falsehoods to exploit racism and fear to further divide us, and to undermine our Democracy. Every …
Author: Ahmed Mumin, Executive Director, Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association In 2019, Uber and Lyft drivers provided roughly 28 million rides (about 53 rides per minute) in the Puget Sound Area – 4 million more than in 2018. This continued growth reflected an increase in people choosing to get around the city without their own cars. And the growth is made …
In collaboration with the Road Map Project, we have published a new report, Our Rising Voices: A Call to Action to Support Emergent Multilingual Students. See a webinar record of our report launch event held on 12/8/2020 below. For too long, our education systems have treated English language learners as a problem to be managed and minimized. This report instead …
WELCOME TO THE NORTHWEST PAPERS In this moment, because of the pandemic and resulting economic crisis, millions of us are facing delinquent mortgages, eviction, loss of employer-provided health insurance, lack of affordable child care, and fears that our children are losing ground in remote schooling with inadequate digital and language access. In less than a month, federal small business relief …
Things to remember while you’re anxiously watching election results: The Election will not be over on Election Day. With so many more voters voting by mail here and across the nation, because of the pandemic, it could take days or even weeks to count every vote. This is something Washington voters are used to, but most of the country isn’t. …
