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Over the last decade, California has experienced extreme shifts in weather and climate that have contributed to several major natural disasters including wildfires, storms and a global pandemic. Understanding the power and ability to create change through collaboration, UndocuFund and 805 UndocuFund brought together over 25 undocumented and immigrant serving organizations from across California in September of 2022 for the first California UndocuFund Summit.
Relationship building, sharing lessons learned in each region, exploring advocacy models, and healing were all part of the two and a half day summit in Sonoma County. For many, the Summit was the first time they had attended an in-person convening since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Summit attendees expressed the urgent need for, and overwhelming commitment to building a coalition or network that will work towards a focused disaster and emergency response and policy change through an immigration lens. As a result, the California UndocuFund Network was formed. |
Fiscally sponsored by the 805UndocuFund, The California UndocuFund Network is a statewide mutual aid network of organizations serving undocumented immigrants impacted by disaster, with a mission to transform systems, policies, and practices to meet the needs and guarantee the safety of California’s immigrant and undocumented communities impacted by disasters. View the 2023 California UndocuFund Network Impact Report.
Building Communal Response
UndocuFund Network organizations respond to the needs of immigrant communities because they have trusted relationships with undocumented people and experience providing services for local immigrant communities. |
Building Equitable Access
The Network consists of organizations that work closely with immigrant communities and have the capacity to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services that make it easier for undocumented people to access the support systems they need. |
Building Disaster Response Systems
The UndocuFund model features disaster response clinics held at community and member organizations that link undocumented people with critical services. |
Building Strategic Solutions
Network organizations are looking to strengthen and expand their coalition, develop strategic planning and fundraising efforts, and advocate for policy changes that will help them address the root cause of the systemic inequities. |
Building Coalition
Network organizations are committed to building a coalition that will continue to enhance disaster and emergency response for immigrants in the state of California. |
Building Capacity & Growth
Capacity building efforts for the Network are focused on creating service delivery structures by utilizing disaster response best practices as a guide and making specific adaptations to accommodate the realities undocumented immigrants face. |
Building Long-term Sustainability
Strategic planning and fund development efforts focus on development of efficient systems to ensure that this vital work will continue to provide for undocumented people’s basic needs during disasters. |
Building Systematic Change
The Network focuses on developing short and long-term goals for policy change in the area of culturally competent disaster preparedness and response, language services, communication methods and unemployment benefits. |
Building Together
The California UndocuFund Network cannot continue its vitally important work without the support of our friends and neighbors. If you would like to learn more, please read the impact report below. |
Feel free to reach out to our staff members to learn more about how your organization can partner with the California UndocuFund Network and contribute to our collective efforts in supporting undocumented communities across the state.
Primitiva Hernández, 805UndocuFund Executive Director, [email protected]
Beatrice Camacho, UndocuFund Executive Director, [email protected]
Primitiva Hernández, 805UndocuFund Executive Director, [email protected]
Beatrice Camacho, UndocuFund Executive Director, [email protected]
