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As of 2024, under District of Columbia law, eligible non-citizen US residents may vote in local elections.

While federal elections at the national level have tended to galvanize voters from all walks of life, civics and political education is more important than ever among our immigrant communities.

Digital literacy continues to be a vital skill so that one can operate a business, start and/or continue job training and education, and more, but it is too often overlooked as something that most people have access to.

Los resultados de la elección han despertado una variedad de emociones en nuestro equipo y comunidad. Ante estos resultados, nuestro trabajo y compromiso de empoderar a la comunidad de inmigrantes en el área metropolitana de DC se vuelve aún más importante.

These election results have stirred a range of emotions in our team and community. In the face of these results, our work and commitment to empowering the immigrant community in the Washington, DC area becomes even more important.

We are currently recruiting for two upcoming youth programs, our Immigrant Youth Mentorship Program for refugees and asylees ages 15-24 in D.C., and our Summer Youth Program for rising 6th-12th graders in D.C.

In this year’s State of the Union address, President Biden’s discussion on immigrants was predominantly centered around his proposal to bolster border security. This singular focus overlooks the diverse array of concerns that weigh on immigrant families across the United States.

For many young individuals who have arrived in the United States as refugees or immigrants, the journey to a new homeland is marked by prolonged periods of displacement and numerous challenges.

The MLOV Board of Directors is extremely pleased to announce we have appointed Hiram Cortez as our new Executive Director, effective February 13, 2023.

Immigrant families in the US do whatever it takes to pay their bills. We dip into our savings, we borrow money from our friends and neighbors, we even hold back on food if it means our landlord has no reason to attempt an eviction. Which is why STAY DC, for all its flaws (and it had many), was such an incredibly impactful program for DC immigrants: it provided a way out for immigrant families to pay their rent and begin recovering from the economic pain of the pandemic. 

Last Tuesday, Council passed the largest budget in DC history to help thousands of residents have a stable livelihood as the pandemic continues to rage. These transformative victories could not have been possible without the organized power of the people, rising up to demand that this budget reflect the needs of the most vulnerable.

Essential workers are heroes. They risked their lives throughout the pandemic to keep the rest of us safe. Now it is long past time for essential workers to receive compensation for their hard work. Essential workers deserve more than praise, they deserve hero pay. 

Es la frase repetida que se siempre y desde niño había escuchado y que refería a las opciones de vida próspera que se viviría por miles de inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos. Salir de nuestras tierras y dejarlo todo todo como única opción de vida y por diferentes causas y razones. No solo con lágrimas dejamos nuestro país a nuestras espaldas a sabiendas que posiblemente no volveremos a ver seres queridos, amigos y nuestras comunidades.

Many Languages One Voice stands in solidarity with the Asian-American and Asian communities. Our mission is to support communities to mobilize and enact systemic change. In order to do this, we must build communities that are united. 

In partnership with the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative (FSFSC), MLOV will be working to provide residents excluded from Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) with a $1,000.00 cash card or deposit. Undocumented immigrants, excluded workers, street vendors, and reentry residents pay be eligible.

On January 25th 2017, Trump signed two egregiously violent Executive Orders that would ramp up immigrant detention, threaten the funding of safety net services for our District’s low-income communities, refuse entry to the United States for the most vulnerable refugees from predominantly Muslim countries, and place our families under even greater risk of surveillance and unequal treatment under the law.

In a time where victories can feel few and far between, we are pleased to announce that the #Matchbox5 have reached a settlement with Matchbox to resolve their claim that Matchbox fired them in retaliation for defending their rights at work.

This morning at 11 a.m. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that Trump and his administration has decided to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). This means that the Department of Homeland Security will stop accepting new DACA applications.

Immigrant communities of color in Washington, DC have been hit hard this year. Our members continue to be disproportionately impacted by the economic and health effects of the pandemic. Adults and youth face financial distress due to the closure of non-essential businesses, restaurants, schools, and childcare facilities.

As we noted in our prior blog post, last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that Trump and his administration has decided to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). This means that the Department of Homeland Security will stop accepting new DACA applications.

On April 12, MLOV held its annual fundraising event with the participation of friends and allies who share our values, principles and objectives.

MLOV at the invitation of The "National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development" CAPACD, participated in the panel of experts on internal forced displacement due to urbanization processes and development of the city the event called ""Resisting Displacement in the "Cappuccino City"

Inmigración significa para MLOV mas que un concepto, es un sentimiento y un ideario colectivo, significa la confluencia de culturas, idiomas y muchas maneras de concebir nuestro mundo, significa también la construcción de una sociedad que se dignifica con la variada mezcla de grupos y familias que proviniendo de diferentes lugares buscamos un futuro digno sin importar ningún tipo de estatus.

Summer Institute for Student Organizers (SISO) is a six-week leadership training with the intention of bringing political education with hands-on training for English Language Learner (ELL) immigrant youth in the District.

Monday, June 25 marked the first day of our annual Summer Institute for Student Organizing (SISO), which provides DC English Language Learner and bi/multilingual immigrant youth with the tools to become organizers!

On May 5th the #SanctuaryDC Candidate Forum took place at All Souls Church, along with our co-sponsoring organizations: All Souls Church, ACLU-DC, Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project, Cameroon American Council, CARECEN, CentroNia, Ethiopian Community Center, Family Values At Work, Justice for Muslims Collective, Latin American Youth Center, ONE DC, Peacebuilding Connections, Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)-DC, SanctuaryDMV, National Day Laborers Organizing Network, and the National TPS Alliance.