United States Nationwide Partners

The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through the work our members do.

The American Federation of Teachers fights for a better life for all and for the next generation to do even better. We fight for good jobs and the right to a union; for high-quality and well-resourced healthcare, public services and public schools and colleges; to counter discrimination and division; and to protect the right to vote, the integrity of elections and our imperiled democracy.

The American Immigration Council is a powerful voice in promoting laws, policies, and attitudes that honor America’s proud history as a nation of immigrants. Through research and policy analysis, litigation and international exchange, the Council seeks to shape a twenty-first century vision of the American immigrant experience. In January 2022, the Council and New American Economy merged to combine a broad suite of advocacy tools to better expand and protect the rights of immigrants, more fully ensure immigrants’ ability to succeed economically, and help make the communities they settle in more welcoming.

Bloomberg Philanthropies invests in more than 570 cities and over 160 countries around the world to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: the Arts, Education, Environment, Government Innovation and Public Health.

We are Cause Lab – incubators, problem-solvers, and design thinkers. We approach advertising with a collaborative, engaged perspective. Through innovative co-creation and experimentation, our mission is to amplify the voices of those who work for social change. Join us for our journey.

Founder and Managing Director | Jessica Toledano
Associate Creative Director | Trent Bullion
Associate Art Director | Hailey Walsh 
Design & Marketing Associate | Aashi Jhaveri 

www.causelab.io

Choose Love does whatever it takes to provide refugees and displaced people with everything from lifesaving search and rescue boats to food and legal advice. We elevate the voices and visibility of refugees and galvanise public support for agile community organisations providing vital support to refugees along migration routes globally.

We are defined by a heritage of exceeding expectations, through unrivaled access and unrelenting creativity. Client success is our only benchmark, and we expect to be judged on what we achieve, not just what we promise.

We are in the business of enhancing reputation, building credibility and increasing awareness by generating news value in everything we do.

We are persuaders, influencers and opinion makers, writers, content creators and experience producers. Guided by data and instinct, we focus our collective energies and talents on driving brand stories and generating news. This is our DNA, and makes us who we are.

Managing Director / Partner | Joe DePlasco
Senior Vice President | Anna Feiner 

www.dkcnews.com

The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of people’s lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and child well-being, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke’s properties.

Faith in Action is the largest grassroots, faith-based organizing network in the United States. The nonpartisan organization works with 1,000 religious congregations in more than 200 cities and towns through its 46 local and state federations. For more information, visit www.faithinaction.org.

Lush invents, manufactures and retails fresh handmade cosmetics, such as the fizzing bath bomb and solid shampoo bars. A beauty company with a campaigning heart, Lush is on a mission to create a product for every need and a cosmetic revolution to save the planet. The ultimate goal is to leave the world Lusher than we found it. Lush operates a strict policy against animal testing and is leading the cosmetics industry in combating over-packaging by developing products that can be sold ‘naked’ to the consumer. Today, Lush operates in 49 countries with over 900 shops, 38 websites shipping worldwide and a global network of native apps and digital communities in over 30 languages.

NPNA is the nation’s leading multi-ethnic, multi-racial refugee and immigrant led coalition of 66 organizations working across 40 states to promote the full social, economic and civic inclusion of immigrant and refugee communities. We envision a nation where both long standing immigrant communities and the newly arrived migrants communities have access to the tools, resources and opportunities to achieve their dreams and ultimately thrive in the United States.

The Office performing arts + film is an independent performing arts and film curator and production company based in New York and London that works in ongoing partnerships with festivals, venues, and institutions to create cultural programming that is unique and mission specific. We produce events locally, nationally, and internationally, and consult on programming with organizations ranging from museums to universities to libraries to performing arts centers to philanthropies. We work in both the non profit and commercial arts worlds, and we have a special focus on making art happen that has a positive impact on society.

Founding Director | Rachel Chanoff
Managing Director | Erica Zielinski
Programming Associate Producer | Bruna d’Avila
Artistic Team Coordinator | Soleil George
Co-Head of Events Production | Brendon Boyd and Meghan (Mego) Williams
General Manager | Chloe Golding
General Manager Deputy | Barbara Sartore

www.theofficearts.com

Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) is a coalition of thirty-six U.S.-based nonprofit organizations that  mobilizes expertise, ideas, and influence to protect the rights of forcibly displaced people and build more welcoming societies. Since 2000, RCUSA has served as the only national coalition devoted to forcibly displaced people in the United States. With a diverse community of members — including all ten national refugee resettlement agencies — our work focuses on advocacy, strategic communications, and programmatic coordination. As a thought leader and convener, we advance collective learning and action to respond to displacement crises, transform humanitarian systems, and help affected communities thrive. RCUSA envisions a just world in which all people forced to flee their homes have agency, access to safety, and opportunity to thrive.

Refugee Congress (RC) is a national nonpartisan organization built and led by leaders who have experienced forced displacement that promotes the equal participation of refugees and all forcibly displaced people (FDPs) in decision-making on issues impacting our communities. With Delegates who represent 30+ countries and a range of professions across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, we prepare FDP leaders to be advocates and organizers, using their lived and professional expertise to promote policies and programs that promote the well-being and inclusion of all forcibly displaced people at local, state, national, and global levels.

The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism is the Washington office of the Union for Reform Judaism, whose 850 congregations across North America encompass 1.8 million Reform Jews, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, whose membership includes more than 2,000 Reform rabbis. Visit RAC.org for more.

New York Times Critic’s Pick Simple as Water is a love story celebrating the bonds of family by Oscar-winning director Megan Mylan. Portraits of Syrian families filmed across five countries reveal the impact of war, separation and displacement. The film is screening across the U.S. to support a culture of welcome for refugees and immigrants.   Trailer and screening info: simpleaswater.org

The Soze Agency, a worker-owned cooperative, is made up of entrepreneurs, activists, storytellers, artists and strategists. Guided by three core values: compassion, authenticity and equity, we create strategies for the future, immersive pop-up experiences, expansive social movements and high-profile, large-scale public events.

Founding Partner | Michael Skolnik
Managing Director | Sonija Hyon 
Social Impact Strategist | Max Skolnik
Senior Operations Manager | Liliana Avila
Director of Experimental | Jackie Palmer
Youth and Education | Flannery Miller
Social Impact Strategist | Malik Hassan 

www.wearesoze.com

Welcome.US is a national initiative built to inspire, mobilize, and empower Americans from all corners of the country to welcome and support people seeking refuge in the United States and help them thrive.

Welcoming America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that leads a movement of inclusive communities becoming more prosperous by ensuring everyone belongs. We believe that all people, including immigrants, are valued contributors and vital to the success of our communities and shared future.

Witness at the Border began in Tornillo TX in 2018 in response to the family separation crisis at the US/Mexico border. Witnesses helped close down child detention facilities in Tornillo and Homestead FL. A vigil to #EndMPP was held for 65 days in Brownsville TX in 2020 and a #Journey4Justice was held along the entire US/Mexico border in 2022. We track ICE Air flights, chronicle expulsions, deportations, and prisoner transfers, and report on other witnessing activity as we continue the “subversive act of seeing.”