Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

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“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Civic Engagement - CHIRLAs Civic Engagement Program provides education for new and infrequent immigrant voters across California. CHIRLAs program is unique in that it engages immigrants of all status in a Civic Engagement Pipeline. Our CHIRLA pipeline walks volunteers through the process of engaging voters. For those volunteers who are eligible for citizenship, we assist them towards the path to citizenship by helping them with the naturalization process, registering them to vote, and lastly, mobilizing them to vote. In 2016, CHIRLAs Civic Engagement program outreached to over 127,274 low-propensity Latino voters and registered 11,297 new voters and new American voters in the June and November General elections.CHIRLA contacted a total of 127,274 low-propensity voters, which surpassed the 1,200 individuals we contacted during our first campaign in 2004. Additionally, CHIRLA registered 11,297 new voters and new American voters for the 2016 Primary and General Elections. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Organizing - CHIRLA organizes a membership base to harness the power of a collective voice. Over the years, CHIRLA has applied principles of community organizing leadership development, strategies and tactics. With a robust and organized membership, CHIRLA coordinates actions to win pro-immigrant policies that make a difference in the lives of members. CHIRLA organizes its membership base into the following committees: Household Worker Committee, Street Vendor Committee, as well as student committees for the California DREAM Network at 35 colleges and universities statewide, and Wise Up! at 10 Los Angeles and Pasadena area high schools. Additionally CHIRLA organizes members into regional committees. These committees meet monthly to plan campaigns and participate in CHIRLA actions such as marches, forums, and town halls, as well as traveling to Sacramento and Washington, D.C. to participate in non-lobbying education of elected officials about the issues affecting low-wage immigrant workers and students and their families.CHIRLA was a leader in the successful passage of SB 1015 (Leyva) Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, which permanently preserves overtime protections for Californias privately hired domestic workers. CHIRLA was also a leader in supporting the fight for Street Vendors Ordinance, which the City of Los Angeles approved on January 31, 2017. The Street Vendors Ordinance decriminalizes all street vending penalties, drops misdemeanors and will develop a policy for vendors to obtain work permits. This policy win will protect over 50,000 immigrant workers from being targets of deportations and will serve to keep families together. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Policy and Advocacy - CHIRLA works to advance a local, state and national agenda that wins human, civil and labor rights for immigrant and their families. In 2016, CHIRLA was a leader in the successful passage of SB 1015 (Leyva) Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, which permanently preserves overtime protections for Californias privately hired domestic workers. CHIRLA was also a leader in supporting the fight for Street Vendors Ordinance, which was unanimously approved by the Los Angeles City Council on February 15, 2017. The Street Vendors Ordinance decriminalizes all street vending penalties, drops misdemeanors and will develop a policy for vendors to obtain work permits. The Street Vendors Ordinance will protect over 50,000 immigrant workers from being targets of deportations and will serve to keep families together.CHIRLA was a leader in advocating the City of Los Angeles to create the Los Angeles Justice Fund, a $10 million legal defense fund to provide legal coordination for immigrants facing deportation proceedings in Los Angeles. In addition, CHIRLAs team was also instrumental in the creation of the Ad Hoc Immigrant Integration Committee in the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Office of Immigrant Integration”