Justice Power Project
The Justice Power Project partners with directly affected community members, immigration advocates and lawyers in the United States to document legal empowerment strategies that help immigrant communities to know, use and shape the laws that impact their lives. The project’s ongoing research has initially identified nine types of strategies that are currently being implemented:
- Accompaniment
- Community-Driven Campaigns
- Community-Driven Litigation
- Community Paralegals
- Community Wellbeing
- Conveners
- Hotlines
- Know Your Rights & Popular Education
- Pro Se Legal Clinics
- Tech Justice
Each of these strategies serves as a catalyst for different parts of the know, use, and shape cycle. Some strategies activate multiple parts of the cycle, while others may only activate a single part. These strategies, and the organizations implementing them, are highlighted on JusticePower.org**. This website is an evolving documentation project, with new organizations and methods updated as the research continues.
The goal of the Justice Power Project is to make visible the powerful impact of legal empowerment strategies to advance immigrant rights in the United States, and connect domestic efforts to the global movement on legal empowerment.
Our hope is that through the website, immigration service providers, funders, and policy makers learn about these innovative methods and consider adopting and supporting these strategies in their important work. In a time of rising division and xenophobia - creative, community-centered approaches to justice are needed for lasting social change.
**The justice power website is currently down for software maintenance.