Building Immigrant Community Power Through Legislative Advocacy

This workshop module is a resource for immigrant and refugee communities. Through interactive activities, fact sheets, and case studies, this module aims to:

• examine the power dynamics of policymaking in the United States (US);
• investigate how immigrant and refugee organisations can impact policies and laws that are made in the US;
• review the specific steps a bill takes through Congress to become a law;
• examine how different grassroots movements changed the balance of power to pass laws; and
• discuss the role of legislative advocacy in building community and long-term popular movement.