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Immigrant Rights Groups in Santa Barbara:

  • PUEBLO (People United for Economic Justice Building Leadership through Organizing)
        Purpose:
          1. Working with low-income people to improve their lives through educational programs and civic participation.
             2. Developing organizational leadership within the working community.
             3. Educating the larger community to the problems and needs of the low-income families whose work supports
                 the entire economy.

  • Santa Barbara City College IDEAS
        Purpose:
            "The network seeks to serve as a primary source for innovating ideas and action to ameliorate the                          
              plight of undocumented students. Furthermore, it seeks to serve as the central meeting ground for
              existing and emerging groups who activelyaddress undocumented student issues and who work to
              create broader social change."


DREAM Networks in California:

  • CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles)
       Mission:
           "The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) was formed in 1986
                to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles; promote 

                harmonious multi-ethnic and multi-racial human relations; and through coalition-building, 
                advocacy, community education and organizing, empower immigrants and their allies to 
                build a more just society."
  • California Dream Network
        About CDN:
           "The California Dream Network is a statewide network of existing and emerging college
                campus organizations who actively address undocumented student issues and who work
                to create broader social change around immigration reform and access to higher
                
education."         

National DREAM Networks

  • UWD (UNITED WE DREAM)
        The goals of UWD include:
                1. Building power through local, regional, national convenings and leadership development opportunities.
                2. Provide the tools and resources to immigrant youth leaders to organize and grow their movement at every level.
                3. Creating meaningful alliances with other national immigrant and education rights organizations and making sure 

                     there is a voice for immigrant youth at the national level.
                4. Strengthening the internal structure of UWD as an emerging institution.
                5. Strengthening anchor organizations of UWD; supporting emerging groups and providing
                     capacity where organizing is needed but non-existent.


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