List of Resources for Latino and MesoAmerican Communities
Five Organizations that Provide Information and Assistance to Immigrants. Contact them for information, to donate, or to volunteer iAmerica know-your-rights. Carry a card to remind you or memorize them. It may be increasingly important to know how to respond if confronted by ICE. Here is a site where you can download them to your phone. PIRC information hotline: 1-888-622-1510 Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition (PIRC) provides legal support, advocacy, education and direct assistance to immigrants. ILRC Immigrant Legal Resources Center (Red Cards): The ILRC trains attorneys, paralegals, and community-based advocates who work with immigrants around the country. We inform the media, elected officials, and public to shape effective and just immigration policy and law. Our staff works with grassroots immigrant organizations to promote civic engagement and social change. The local organization Conexion Fenix provided much needed help to the community after the Echo Mountain fire. Since then, it has provided many different services to the Latino community in Lincoln City including education, counseling, wellness services, and opportunities to gather in safety. There is increased pressure on families now, pressure that will only grow in coming months. This is especially true for accessing food. Donations to Conexion Fenix will help them buy in bulk those foods that are most needed Arcoiris Cultural They celebrate the arts, cultures, histories, and languages of Latino and Mesoamerican communities, while promoting cultural identity, health, and long-term equity. “We strive to promote the communities’ overall well-being through a hybrid program of community resource navigation and community building.”