Storytelling to Lift Immigrant Communities

Now more than ever, we must uplift the importance and value of immigrant communities and urge others to recognize the Light in every person. FCNL is encouraging more positive, honest, and compassionate dialogue around migration justice through storytelling. Your stories and perspectives matter to humanize highly-politicized issue as we advance the World We Seek.

If you have lived experience, work or volunteer with immigrants in your community, or feel otherwise compelled to tell your story, we would love to hear from you. This could include remarks related to welcome and respite, asylum and refugee protections, pathways to citizenship for undocumented individuals, or the harms of mass deportation and detention, among other topics. FCNL may share stories on social media platforms, in lobby visits with members of Congress and their staff, in remarks to press and in public speaking engagements, and/or in communications with constituents and coalitions.

Follow the steps below to offer your work towards migration justice and personalized accounts of why immigrants matter to you and your communities. Now is the time to mobilize, shift the narrative, and uplift the value of the immigrant communities we belong to, know, and love.

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Name*

Email address*

ZIP Code*

Postal code

Do you identify as a Quaker? Yes

Monthly Meeting or Congregation

How are you engaged in migration work or why do you believe in supporting immigrant communities and would want to storytell?

Why I want to tell a story

Permissions* I give permission to FCNL to freely use my story in its various media platforms and events. The story source gave me permission to freely share the story for FCNL to use in its various media platforms and events.

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I would like to share my story!

You don't have to be a storytelling expert: the key is sharing why you care and what the immigrant community means to you!

Record a short video, no longer than two minutes, describing your lived experiences as an immigrant or partnering alongside immigrants in your community. Upload as an MP4, MOV, WMV, etc.

Prefer not to record a video but still want to share your story? You can submit it in writing here.

Would you like to schedule a live Zoom or phone call with FCNL staff to share your story?

Yes

If the story you are sharing is about someone else, please indicate here your relationship to this person and whether you have their permission to share it.