What a great honor to be among friends and community members at the ninth annual Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO) celebration, held at Oaks Park. Leaders and families from Slavic, Latino, African and Asian immigrant communities attended the event, along with elected officials and heads of nonprofit agencies that support CIO's mission of supporting and leading multi-racial, multicultural movement for immigrant and refugee rights.
The Center for Intercultural Organizing has been organizing around the issues of immigrant rights at the grassroots level for more than nine years. By combining education, civic engagement, community organizing and mobilization, CIO is helping create an Oregon that works for all people. CIO works collaboratively with immigrant, refugee and social justice organizations to strengthen the movement for human rights in Oregon. Through intergenerational leadership training, CIO also is working to build and sustain the pipeline of emerging immigrant and refugee leaders who are prepared to continue and strengthen the work in their communities. (More photos from CIO's 2012 annual celebration are posted below)
Huge props to CIO staff Kayse Jama, Stephanie Stephens, Carmen Madrid, Andrew Kiley and other staff members who are at the frontlines everyday, organizing volunteers to raise the profile of immigrant and refugee rights in our political and civic consciousness.
On July 26, CIO is hosting a community gathering to discuss strategy planning of the proposed Wellness Center in Beaverton. CIO's goal is to ensure that the needs of Beaverton's diverse communities are represented in the development of the Wellness Center. The community gathering will be held at 5:30pm on July 26 at CIO's Beaverton Office, 4800 SW Griffith Drive, 2nd Floor. If you live in Beaverton, this will be the perfect opportunity to provide input for plans for the Wellness Center. Register to attend the event.
The Center for Intercultural Organizing has been organizing around the issues of immigrant rights at the grassroots level for more than nine years. By combining education, civic engagement, community organizing and mobilization, CIO is helping create an Oregon that works for all people. CIO works collaboratively with immigrant, refugee and social justice organizations to strengthen the movement for human rights in Oregon. Through intergenerational leadership training, CIO also is working to build and sustain the pipeline of emerging immigrant and refugee leaders who are prepared to continue and strengthen the work in their communities. (More photos from CIO's 2012 annual celebration are posted below)
Huge props to CIO staff Kayse Jama, Stephanie Stephens, Carmen Madrid, Andrew Kiley and other staff members who are at the frontlines everyday, organizing volunteers to raise the profile of immigrant and refugee rights in our political and civic consciousness.
On July 26, CIO is hosting a community gathering to discuss strategy planning of the proposed Wellness Center in Beaverton. CIO's goal is to ensure that the needs of Beaverton's diverse communities are represented in the development of the Wellness Center. The community gathering will be held at 5:30pm on July 26 at CIO's Beaverton Office, 4800 SW Griffith Drive, 2nd Floor. If you live in Beaverton, this will be the perfect opportunity to provide input for plans for the Wellness Center. Register to attend the event.
