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Who we are

Our History

MIFN was established in the wake of the national Immigrant Worker’s Freedom Ride of 2003 and the Minnesota Freedom Ride of 2004. Both events were held in the tradition and spirit of the civil rights freedom rides of the 60’s to call for humane and just changes to America’s immigration laws. To build on this momentum MIFN incorporated as an organization in June of 2005. Our strategies over the past two years have included civic engagement, community organizing, youth leadership development, policy advocacy, community education, media comunication, and use of art to educate immigrants and the public.

Staff:

Executive Director
Mariano Espinoza

mariano@ImmigrantFreedomNetwork.org

Communications Coordinator
Alondra Espejel

alondra@ImmigrantFreedomNetwork.org

Youth Organizer

Martha Ockenfels-Martinez

martha@ImmigrantFreedomNetwork.org

Youth Organizer

Erik Rodriguez

Erik@immigrantfreedomnetwork.org

freedomnetwork@gmail.com

Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network

2500 University Avenue c7

Saint Paul, MN 55114

(651) 287-0660

Mission:

The Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network is a grassroots, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to fix the broken immigration system in this country. Our strategies include grass-roots community organizing, media justice work, immigrant leadership development, bipartisan legislative work, popular education, civic engagement and using art as a catalyst for social change. The MIFN is also the leading advocacy organization behind the Mn Dream Act, a community effort to gain in-state tuition for all students, regardless of their citizenship status. Although we are a young organization, our creative and successful organizing projects along with the dynamic growth of the immigrant rights movement have positioned us in the heart of a burgeoning movement.

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