June 2020 Shared Offering

The Shared Plate donations for the month of June will go to ICIRR, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. ICIRR is a Chicago-based organization founded in 1986 which is dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social and political life of a diverse society. ICIRR is an inclusive entity that organizes, educates and demonstrates in matters concerning healthcare access, public benefits access, civic engagement, and citizenship. Their work is designed to promote the welfare and rights of all immigrants and refugees regardless of ethnic origin. It is the state’s largest multiethnic immigrant advocacy organization, supporting a population which receives little to no governmental funding and which lives under multiple threats including deportation, family separation, arrest, and violence.

ICIRR has been heavily involved in advocacy/policy on the local, state and national levels. Some of their initiatives have included:

• Welcoming Illinois, Welcoming Cities
• The fight against the Public Charge rule change by the Department of Homeland Security, and against the proposed HUD mixed-status rule
• Advocacy for DACA
• The publication of reports such as the “Platform for Resistance”, “Illinois Immigrant Political Almanac”, “Rock the Naturalized Vote”, “Affordable Care Act Implementation in Illinois: Overcoming Barriers to Immigrant Health Care Access”, “The Affordable Care Act (ACA): A Reflection on Immigrant Access in Illinois”, and others.

To find out more about ICIRR, please consult their website: https://www.icirr.org/