Our Programs
Our programs build the capacity of immigrant organizations to provide quality, empowering services.
DACA Renewals
Following the September 5th announcement ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program and issuing the October 5th deadline for DACA Renewal Applications, NPNA, our members, and national partners quickly sprung into action and declared a “Red Alert” in our field and communications work.
Naturalize NOW
The Naturalize NOW campaign is a nationally coordinated nonpartisan effort to encourage eligible legal permanent residents to take the first step in participating in America’s democracy by becoming a U.S. citizen. Through over 375 application assistance events, communications, outreach, and coordinated policy strategies, Naturalize NOW is expanding access to citizenship, civic engagement, and permanent protection for immigrant communities.
Cities for Citizenship
Cities for Citizenship is a major national initiative co-coordinated by NPNA, aimed at increasing citizenship among eligible U.S. permanent residents and encouraging cities across the country to invest in citizenship programs. It is chaired by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. The C4C network is currently built up of 39 cities and counties across the U.S. and continues to expand to new municipalities. Learn more about what your city and county can do here. Contact Sarah Mesick of NPNA at sarah@partnershipfornewamericans.org if you are interested in joining C4C.
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Stand Up to Hate
Stand Up to Hate is a national campaign promote citizenship and civic engagement among eligible immigrants. The campaign aims to redirect anger and fear related to the current political climate into a strategy to activate a latent immigrant voting block. Together, we’re standing up to hate with a promise to vote in November.
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English Innovations
NPNA and member OneAmerica established English Innovations – an innovative English and digital literacy education program. The pilot launched in six host organizations, NPNA’s members in Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, Massachusetts, the D.C. Metro Area, and Arizona. Launched in 2015, English Innovations supported 32 DACA applicants who would not have otherwise been able to apply, graduated 177 students, and secured $3.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the two year program.
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Union Citizenship Action Network
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NIIC 2018
Now in its 11th year, NIIC is the largest conference on immigration in the U.S. and plays a central role in the powerful, diverse and broad immigrant and refugee rights and integration field. A core project of the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) and its member organizations—37 of the largest regional immigrant rights organizations in 31 states—NIIC convenes policymakers, academics, corporate and community leaders, researchers and practitioners, faith and labor leaders and funders from across the country. At the NIIC, the many different spokes of this field gather to develop relationships, build campaigns, amplify shared values, be inspired, build relationships, and share ideas, strategies, lessons learned and new information and innovations. It is an important space for leaders and organizations, and strengthens collaborations and partnerships that power work at the local, regional and national level. NIIC also encapsulates NPNA’s commitment to an inclusive democracy that welcomes, integrates and uplifts all refugees and immigrants, recognizing the vital contributions and impact they have on our nation. Each year, NPNA co-hosts the NIIC with member organizations in a different region of the country. The conference, which runs for three days, includes plenary sessions on the mainstage, over 30 break-out issue area track sessions, affinity group caucuses for informal networking and strategizing, film screenings, author talks, an Expo, and more.
