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CIO is a diverse, grassroots membership organization working to build a multi-racial, multicultural movement for immigrant and refugee rights.

Action Alert: Join CIO in Salem to End Profiling!

Exciting news from CIO! Oregon’s End Profiling Act (Senate Bill 560) will have a public hearing at the Oregon Capitol next week, and we need you there! Profiling happens every day in our communities. When people are considered suspects because of who they are, it erodes our communities’ ability to trust law enforcement, makes our [...]

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Join CIO’s Pan-Immigrant Leadership and Organizing Training class of 2014!

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What’s In That Bill on Capitol Hill

When the Senate’s so-called “Gang of 8″ introduced an immigration reform bill last week, CIO’s Public Policy Director Andrew Riley began reading the 844 page proposal. He crafted this analysis—the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Dehumanizing—to offer a quick read to those who want to know what’s in the bill.

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Updates from the Oregon Capitol!

Dear CIO friends & family, The current session of the Oregon Legislature is about half over for the year. We’ve been working hard to make sure that our elected officials are passing smart, fair, equitable policies, and we want to provide you an update on CIO’s priority bills. If you have any questions about these [...]

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Become a CIO Member

Become a CIO member and help create a stronger, more vibrant, more inclusive democracy. At the Center for Intercultural Organizing, immigrants, refugees and allies work across cultural lines to advance the rights and liberties of all. We are a vehicle for social justice and real change, welcome aboard!

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Sign Up to Volunteer at CIO

Do you have outstanding CIO Labor Equity membership hours to make up? Or do you just want to volunteer at CIO? We have many opportunities to get involved. Fill out our volunteer form and we’ll connect you!

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