Meet the awardees!
We are pleased to present the organizations and projects which have received the Francisco Rico Access to Justice Award
- 2022 - No one is illegal, Nove Scotia
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About the project
The objective of Migrant Workers Education and Action Mobile project is to educate and engage migrant farm workers in Nova Scotia in collective political action, strengthening the movement for full and permanent immigration status for migrants in the country (“status for all” or “SFA movement” for short).About the organization
Details to come - 2023 - Montreal City Mission, Quebec
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About the project
The "Danaïdes Project: Diversity Without Discrimination" consists of several components, including a research component focused on access to legal services for undocumented migrants and those with precarious status, an advocacy component, and a public awareness component aimed at combating prejudices and myths about this population. This award supports this ambitious and versatile project, particularly the awareness campaign "Rêver à l'essentiel", which advocates for the regularization of migrants through an educational and awareness-raising approach directed at the Quebec public.About the organization
Founded in 1910, MCM is a non-profit community organization of the United Church of Canada that is open, diverse, and interfaith. It aims to advocate for the rights and interests of the most vulnerable individuals in order to create a welcoming, inclusive, and just society. Although MCM started in Montreal, it now extends throughout Quebec. - 2024 - Vivimos Juntxs, Comemos Juntxs, Ontario
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About the project
Community Defenders’: Undocumented Leadership Program is a 4-month leadership program hosted every week for current and former undocumented people to learn and reflect on structural racism through conversation (not through formal workshops). Racialized communities are unfairly impacted by the economic, political and social structures imposed by Canada. Undocumented communities are even more at a disadvantage due to the position they occupy within these structures. Racism and white supremacy are the basis of these structures, which causes further division among our racialized and immigrant communities. However, undocumented people and our families can have greater access to support and protection when we are in communities with strong social networks and have access to resources.About the organization
Vivimos Juntxs, Comemos Juntxs is a volunteer-run group of former and current undocumented people, activists, allies, women and LGBTQ+ people who work together to create a migrant-led space of undocumented people (1) support each other by gathering and sharing resources, (2) build leadership, and (3) increase our political awareness so we have power over the services and resources we need to live a dignified life.Vivimos Juntxs, Comemos Juntxs (VJCJ) is a grassroots collective that aims to provide material and social support to undocumented communities, while simultaneously creating a migrant-led, migrant-decided space where our communities can imagine and work towards building a city where we have power over the services and resources we need to live a dignified life. We understand this as part of the broad imperative to build a “sanctuary city” from below. Our work is not to engage in endless dialogues with law-makers and tweak symbolic municipal policies, but to cultivate migrant-led spaces to empower folx with the information and collective tools we need to create sanctuary from the ground up.
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