United We Dream

United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led community in the country. We create welcoming spaces for young people – regardless of immigration status – to support, engage, and empower them to make their voice heard and win! Over 60% of our members are womxn and 20% identify as LGBTQ. We are made up of fearless youth fighting to improve the lives of ourselves, our families and our communities. Our vision is a society which celebrates our diversity and we believe in leading a multi-ethnic, intersectional path to get there. Whether we’re organizing in the streets, building cutting edge technology systems, opening doors for LGBTQ immigrant youth, clearing pathways to education, stopping deportations or creating alliances across social movements, United We Dream puts undocumented immigrant youth in the driver’s seat to strategize, innovate and win.

At UWD, we believe that maintaining safe spaces are key to preserving the magic that has helped thousands to find their voice, learn new skills and mobilize to change their world. Our commitment to safety is an embodiment of our guiding principles which were developed by our members. We respond to any indication of harm and aim to be rigorous and thorough. We are led by womxn, queer people, and people of color and many of us are survivors ourselves, have been criminalized or both. So we are committed to doing the best we can and always learning and improving our practices. We recognize that we are a part of a global community of freedom fighters who are striving to find new ways to dismantle centuries of violence, white supremacy, patriarchy, systemic racism and structural oppression of all kinds. We aim to prevent and address harm of all kinds in our spaces as well as teach each other how we can undo harmful socialized behaviors so as to not perpetuate harm. For more information on practices: https://unitedwedream.org/who-we-are/our-spaces/

Volunteers can participate in our actions/protests and sign up for a role to help with logistics, take pictures and videos, be a chant leader, chaperone, or share your story. 

You can also be part of trainings/conferences to improve your leadership skills. We host monthly community gatherings where folks can help lead an icebreaker/training to other youth leaders related to a personal skill of yours!