Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition

TIRRC is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration whose mission is to empower new Americans to develop a unified voice, defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they are recognized as positive contributors to the state. We believe that real and lasting change must be led by those directly affected by injustice, and for this reason community organizing and leadership development are the core strategies we use to realize our vision. We bring together diverse immigrant communities throughout the state to examine root causes, find common interests, and organize for better conditions. We strive to lift up the voices of directly affected people and invest in leaders at the grassroots level, and to ensure our theory of change is reflected in the way we make decisions, in the work we undertake today, and in the course we set for the future.