The Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (AFIRE) is a community organization that builds up our Filipinx/a/o leaders to organize on issues that affect undocumented immigrants, domestic workers, seniors, and youth.
Filipinx/a/os are the second-largest Asian community in Illinois, with 87,000+ in the Chicago metro area (Migration Policy Institute, 2023). This group is geographically dispersed across the north side of Chicago with no single cultural hub. Language access is a documented unmet need, and elders face language and physical accessibility barriers when navigating the citizenship process. Many newly arrived Filipinx/a/o immigrants work in their employer’s homes, vulnerable to unsustainable working conditions and unaware of their rights.
AFIRE uniquely addresses these gaps through integrated direct services: the Citizenship Program pairs applicants with legal representatives in linguistically accessible workshops; GoldenAgers centers elder leadership and connection; and Actualizing Community cultivates community leaders. We are the only Filipinx/a/o organization in Illinois to engage intergenerational immigrants, workers, queer people, and trans people around change.
Organization name
Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment
Tax id (EIN)
26-3305351
Categories
Immigration, LGBT Services & Advocacy, Other
Populations Served
Filipino, Multi-racial AAPI
Address
4300 N CALIFORNIA AVE