Introducing Baton Rouge Immigrants' Rights Coalition
Baton Rouge Immigrants' Rights Coalition
Our Story
The Baton Rouge Immigrants' Rights Coalition (BRIRC) was created in 2018 to address the unmet needs of the immigrant population in the Baton Rouge region while creating a positive narrative about immigrants and their role in the community.
The coalition provides an empowering and safe space for residents, advocates, and service providers to:
Build relationships to better coordinate their existing work;
Develop a communications strategy to push against efforts to demonize and criminalize immigrants; and,
Co-design a shared policy advocacy agenda to advance immigrants’ rights while increasing visibility and civic participation of this community in the Baton Rouge region.
What We Do
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Baton Rouge Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (BRIRC, “the Coalition”) is to address the unmet needs of the immigrant population in the Baton Rouge region and to create a positive narrative about immigrants and their role in the community.
GOAL
To fulfill its mission, the Coalition will provide an empowering and safe space for residents, advocates and community organizations to:
Build relationships to better coordinate their existing work
Develop a communications strategy to push against efforts to demonize and criminalize immigrants
Co-design a shared policy advocacy agenda to advance immigrants’ rights
Increase visibility and civic participation of the immigrant community in the Baton Rouge region
