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Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) plays an indispensable role in the lives of people living in poverty in the Boston area by providing free, high-quality civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to low-income individuals and families. GBLS helps its clients navigate a complex maze of laws and regulations, enabling them to assert their rights and secure the basic necessities of life. GBLS annually provides assistance to 11,000+ individual clients with over 14,000 cases.

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) uses policy advocacy, capacity building, and civic engagement strategies to help immigrant families be together and thrive. Through our efforts, immigrants can more easily obtain green cards, United States citizenship, permission to stay and work in the United States, and protection from deportation. As a national nonprofit resource center, we provide immigration legal trainings, technical assistance, and legal educational materials, as well as engage in advocacy and immigrant civic participation, outreach, and education to advance immigrant rights. The ILRC is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in California’s Central Valley, San Antonio & Austin, Texas, and Washington DC. The ILRC was founded in 1979 by Professor Bill Ong Hing who recognized an unfulfilled need for legal services to represent immigrant clients and to supply legal advice to community-based and legal services organizations. Since then, the mission of the ILRC has been to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to continue to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.

United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) is a policy and social change organization representing neighborhood settlement houses that reach 800,000 New Yorkers from all walks of life. A progressive leader for more than 100 years, UNH is stewarding a new era for New York’s settlement house movement. We mobilize our members and their communities to advocate for good public policies and promote strong organizations and practices that keep neighborhoods resilient and thriving for all New Yorkers. UNH leads advocacy and partners with our members on a broad range of issues including civic and community engagement, neighborhood affordability, healthy aging, early childhood education, adult literacy, and youth development.