Don't know where to start or what to do? We are here to help. Just call us at 206-382-4511. We will be happy to talk with you about the many options for getting involved both here at SJIA and in other places throughout the community.

With St. James Immigrant Assistance, you can:

• Volunteer at St. James Immigrant Assistance:
• Sponsor a citizenship client

Other organizations offering ways to help immigrants and refugees are:

• Advocates for Immigrants in Detention NW: Book Drive, Visitation, Post-Detention Accompaniment Network, and Welcome Center at the NW Immigration detention center in Tacoma.
• Salaam Cultural Museum Medical Missions: volunteer here and overseas, donation drives, knitting circles, etc. Rita Zawaideh: rita@caravan-serai.com
• Episcopal Migration Ministry ESL and Employment volunteers
• Food bank for migrant workers at St. Charles parish, Burlington WA. Contact Jose Ortiz: jose@stcharles-burlington-wa.org

• Contact your state and federal representatives. Text your zip code to 520-200-2223 to receive a text with your Congressional and State representatives contact numbers. See "How to get through to Congress" and learn how to be most effective when calling.
• Find your representative.
• Use Resistbot. Text "resist" to 50409. Provide your name, zip code, and a message to send to your senators. Resistbot will format it to look professional and fax it to both of your senators. Want to fax your representatives as well? Provide your full address.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local paper.
• Volunteer with your local representative through their office. Find a local politician who represents the change you want to see in your community, contact their office to figure out how you can get involved. Your state, city and county have party headquarters where you can volunteer. They often have opportunities for stay-at-home digital activism.
• Encourage letters of solidarity and support. Ask your school's principal or school board, city and county council members, or any organization or group that you are part of to publish a letter of support or solidarity.

If you or your organization are looking efforts you can initiate, consider:

• Interfaith prayer service: invite a local Muslim, Jewish, or other faith to join in an interfaith prayer service. Get the help of your parish’s liturgy director.
• Refugee dinners: invite refugee families for a shared dinner or potluck.
• Encourage letters of solidarity and support: Ask your pastor, school's principal or school board, city and county council members, or any organization of group that you are part of to publish a letter of support or solidarity. Examples: Statement of Support or translations and All are Welcome from King County.
• Plan and lead visits to mosques, synagogues, or other places of worship.
• Starter Kits: to put together refugee resettlement kits for local refugee families resettled by International Rescue Committee.
• Mission trips to the border: encounter Christ on the margins, experience the Church as Missionary, and enliven your own communities and ministries upon return.
• Respectful Dialogues: plan and lead small group discussions for parishioners from all along the spectrum from immigration advocates to anti-immigration. Check out Contemplative Dialogue Circles and other resources from the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center.
• Protesting and Immigration – Know Your Rights: guidance on knowing your rights while protesting.
• Mission Education Resources from Seattle Archdiocese.