The Center for Community Change (CCC) is one of the larger community building organizations in the United States. It was founded in 1968 in response to civil rights concerns of the 1960s. Its purpose, according to its Web site, has been "to help establish and develop community organizations across the country, 'bring attention to major national issues related to poverty,' and 'help insure that government programs are responsive to community needs.'" The Center typically works in urban areas, especially communities of color, and attempts to form autonomous citizen-based groups to work on local issues of concern. It has, for example, had projects in New Orleans, Columbus, Ohio, and Kentucky. The organization's "Leadership Directory" has information on opportunities, such as internships and training programs, in several areas of making community and national change, such as community organizing, service learning, union organizing, non-partisan electoral engagement, and youth/student organizing. The opportunities include those for youth as well as experienced professionals.
Projects
Fair Immigration Reform Movement
CCC launched the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) as its immigrant rights project in 2000. FIRM has acted as an advocacy umbrella for many organizations, helped build coalitions, and provided technical assistance. In January of 2007, FIRM collected signatures from 250 organizations nationwide supporting comprehensive immigration reform, addressed to majority Leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
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| Issues | Illegal immigration · Trafficking in human beings · Labor shortage · U.S-Mexico Border · Economic impact · Population · Immigration reduction · Legalization · Guest worker program |  |
| Proposed legislation | DREAM Act (2001-2007) · H.R. 4437 (2005) · Jackson Lee (2005) · McCain-Kennedy (2005) · SKIL (2006) · S. 2611 (2006) · STRIVE Act (2007) · S. 1348 (2007) | |
| Action | REAL ID (2005) · Secure Fence Act (2006) · 2006 Protests | |
| Organizations | Immigration and Customs Enforcement · CHIRLA · CCIR · NIF · FIRM · WAAA · NCLR · FAIR · MMP · MCDC · CCIR · SOS · CIS · NUSA · MPI | |
| Past laws | Naturalization Act (1795) · 14th Amendment (1868) · Chinese Exclusion (1882) · Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 (1907) · Emergency Quota Act (1921) · Immigration Act of 1924 (1924) · Bracero Program (1942-64) · INS Act (1965) · IRCA (1986) · IIRIRA (1996) | |
