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Fighting for our Freedom Dreams

Fighting For Our Freedom Dreams

The mural is “Monuments: We Carry the Dreams” (2018) by interdisciplinary artist and activist Yehimi Cambrón Álvarez. Photo credit: Hector Amador.

Image Credit: The mural is "Monuments: We Carry the Dreams" (2018) by interdisciplinary artist and activist Yehimi Cambrón Álvarez. Photo credit: Hector Amador.


Fighting for Our Freedom Dreams: A Solidarity Series in Support of Immigrant, Undocumented, Mixed Status & International Communities


The College is continuing our Fighting for Our Freedom Dreams solidarity series in support of our immigrant, undocumented, mixed status and international community at Mount Holyoke and throughout the country. With a focus on immigrant justice and support, the series includes public lectures, in-person and virtual trainings, performances, workshops, community care resources and solidarity-building opportunities to gather together, organize and act.


If you have any questions, concerns or ideas please contact the DEI team at diversity@mtholyoke.edu.


Local Resources
  • LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts
    • LUCE Defense Hotline: 617-370-5023
    • Think you see ICE in your area? Call.
      • Starting 1/19/26, the hotline operates from 6am - 8pm every day of the week across multiple languages: Spanish (ext 1), English (ext 2), Portuguese (ext 3), French (ext 4), Haitian Creole (ext 5), Mandarin (ext 6), and more to be added!
    • Printable Resources
  • Center for New Americans
    • Welcomes and serves immigrants, refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers in Western Massachusetts. They offer free classes in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), career preparation assistance, support services and immigration legal services.
  • Community Legal Aid
    • Community Legal Aid, Inc. (CLA) is the free civil legal aid provider for residents of the five counties of Central and Western Massachusetts (Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester). CLA maintains full-service offices in Worcester, Fitchburg, Springfield, Greenfield, Northampton and Pittsfield, and also uses satellite office space to meet with clients throughout our region.
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
    • Assists individuals in finding specific immigration lawyers and has features to modify your search to identify lawyers who speak in other languages than just English. 
  • Central West Justice Center
    • The Central West Justice Center, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Legal Aid, provides free legal help to low-income and elderly residents of central and western Massachusetts. Their advocates focus on cases involving humanitarian-based immigration law, employment rights, housing and homelessness issues, and access to public benefits.
  • Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
    • Serve as a hub for reliable, up-to-date information on immigrants and refugees in Massachusetts and all the services and resources you may need.
  • Resources for Immigrants in Massachusetts (Mass.gov)
  • The Attorney General’s Office recognizes the value of our diverse communities and serves all Massachusetts residents, regardless of immigration status. This office will not ask about your immigration status. This page serves as a convenient resource for the public to learn more about their rights and the services the office offers. The office is not able to provide individual legal advice. The contents of this page will be updated regularly so that all users, regardless of language, can be aware of the ways the office is working to protect them and the resources available to them.
  • Habeas Project of New England 
    • The Habeas Project of New England provides support for immigrants facing unlawful detention without access to bond or meaningful judicial review. The Project, which is a partnership between Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pathway for Immigrant Workers, AILA New England, ACLU Massachusetts, ACLU Maine, ACLU New Hampshire, and Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island, matches immigration attorneys with federally barred attorneys to pursue habeas relief in federal court.
National Resources
  • Immigrants Rising: Transforming Lives Through Education
    • Led by and for immigrants with direct experiences of the challenges, fears, and constraints to opportunities based on immigration status, Immigrants Rising envisions possibilities where others may not. They promote personal, institutional, and policy change to open opportunities so everyone can achieve educational and career goals regardless of their immigration status.
    • Wellness Support Groups for Students (page)
    • Making Money: Entrepreneurship and Freelancing (page)
    • List of Scholarships and Fellowships (page)
  • Immigrant Legal Resource Center
    • The mission of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to continue to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.
    • Higher Ed Immigration Portal
      • A platform that integrates data, policy analysis, and resources to support DACA and undocumented, refugee, other immigrant, and international students.
        • Undocumented Graduate & Professional Student Resource Hub (page)
        • Legal Pathways that Work (LPTW) Resource Hub (page)
        • From Campus to Career: A Practical Guide to Employment-Based Visas for Noncitizen Students in Higher Education (page)
      • This guide developed by the Presidents’ Alliance, Path2Papers & FWD.us shares what noncitizen students in the United States—whether undocumented, DACA recipient, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders, a humanitarian parolees, or on student visas—need to know about qualifying for nonimmigrant and immigrant visa options upon graduation. 
      • Path2Papers (P2P) is a project that helps Dreamers pursue work visas and other pathways to legal permanent residency. Housed at Cornell Law School, P2P is one of the only programs in the country that combines experience in employer representation with expertise in evaluating immigration options for Dreamers. Resources for Dreamers.
      • First Gen Empower (FGE) is a nonprofit that partners with high schools, colleges, and student-serving organizations to strengthen their institutional capacity to support first-generation, low-income and undocumented students.
        • Advising Undocumented Students & Mixed-Status Families in the U.S. (page)
        • Best Practices for Advising Undocumented Students (page)
      • Undocuprofessionals is a national community for and by the undocumented communities in all career fields. We provide scholarships, Entrepreneurship classes, career resources and educational access for immigrant and families facing systemic barriers.
      • TheDream.US is the nation’s largest college and career success program for undocumented immigrant youth, having provided more than 10,000 college scholarships to Dreamers attending close to 80 partner colleges in 20+ states and Washington, DC. We believe everyone, regardless of where they were born, should have equitable access to a college education, a meaningful career, and opportunities to contribute to the communities they call home.
        • Inclusive Internships & Fellowships (page)
        • Scholarships (page)
        • College Success Resources (page) 
        • Wellness & Personal Growth (page) 
        • Graduate School (page) 
      • Founded in 1968, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization.
      • Scholarship Resources (page)
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