Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance (CCIRA)

CCIRA is a coalition of community, faith, advocacy and immigrant-led organizations that formed in the Spring of 2017 to provide a platform to support actions by multiple players across the County. CCIRA works to collectively move campaigns forward by drawing on the experience and best practices of organizations doing local and regional work to engage the broader community in supporting immigrants. The mission is to help make Contra Costa a county that welcomes, honors and protects the rights of immigrant members of our communities. We seek to:

• Advocate for city and county policies that protect the rights and due process of immigrants in this political climate;
• Improve access to resources and services for immigrant communities;
• Lift up the voices and leadership of the most vulnerable immigrants; and
• Educate, train and foster a deeper analysis of the broken "crimmigration" system among immigrant communities and allies.

Monument Impact serves as the sponsor for CCIRA. Founded in 2001, Monument Impact is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to building skills, resources and power within immigrant, refugee and low-income communities in Concord and East Contra Costa County.