Research Guides: Student Resources: Advocacy

Local Advocacy Resources for CBU Students, Faculty, and Staff

Latino Memphis
The go-to organization for issues impacting the Hispanic community in the Mid-South, raising the voice of Latinos in our region and advocating for a better, more inclusive Memphis.
Comunidades Unidas en Una Voz (CUUV) / Communities United in One Voice
Somos Comunidades Unidas en Una Voz y nuestra misión es educar, organizar y tomar acción para fomentar la justicia en nuestras comunidades.

If you need to contact CUUV, please reach out to Federico Gómez-Uroz.

Representación Legal para casos de detención
Este documento contiene información sobre abogados y organizaciones que proveen servicios de inmigración para distintas situaciones incluyendo para personas que están detenidas por ICE o en proceso de deportación. Este archivo se actualizará periódicamente para mostrar la información más precisa disponible. Si encuentra que alguna información no está correcta, por favor déjenos un mensaje en nuestra cuenta de FaceBook (https://www.faceBook.com/groups/CU1Vmemphis/). Esperemos que les sea de ayuda.

TN Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Nationally recognized for their multiethnic, multigenerational coalition building, effective legislative advocacy, and award-winning communications initiatives, TIRRC organizes both individual immigrants and refugees, as well as organizations that serve immigrant and refugee communities.

Immigration enforcement is limited at schools and other protected locations. Find out more.

Protected Areas Enforcement Actions - U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Sensitive Locations Fact Sheet - U.S. Department of Education The U.S. Department of Education has worked with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prepare this fact sheet, intended to help parents, families, educators, and other school staff understand DHS guidance.

American Civil Liberties Union A nonpartisan, nonprofit group dedicated to protecting American's civil liberties through litigation and lobbying.
Community Tool Box: Organizing for Effective Advocacy
The Community Tool Box is a service of the Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. This section of the Learn A Skill handbook introduces learners to the strategies of effective advocacy, including a detailed chapter on researching for advocacy.
Conducting Advocacy Research Learn how to study an issue, public opinion, and opposition as part of conducting advocacy research. From the University of Kansas.
Informed Immigrant Up to date policies and resources for immigrants, including guidance for DACA recipients.
UnidosUS UnidosUS serves the Hispanic community through research, policy analysis, and state and national advocacy efforts, as well as in program work in communities nationwide. And by partnering with Affiliates across the country to serve millions of Latinos in the areas of civic engagement, civil rights and immigration, education, workforce and the economy, health, and housing.
United We Dream United We Dream Network (UWD) is the largest immigrant youth-led community in the U.S.