Community Organizing

The CWS Organizing Team engages refugees, former refugees, and immigrants in community organizing and advocacy to build more welcoming communities. They provide leadership development, advocacy, civic engagement training opportunities, and local, state, and national campaign development and implementation. Our local Organizer works hand in hand with the Policy team to advocate for policies that will have a direct and positive impact on the community.

This work is done through direct one-to-one meetings with community members to equip them with the community organizing skills and tools they need to advocate for themselves. We also engage local partners, such as other organizing groups - as many of our issues are interconnected, and service providers to build support for our campaigns and issues. For more information about community organizing, please contact Salemu D. Alimasi at 929-675-8886 or via email at salimasi@cwsglobal.org