About Us

One in six Massachusetts residents is foreign-born, playing a vital role in the workforce and culture that define the Commonwealth. Immigrants strengthen our neighborhoods, schools, and businesses every day, here and across the country. But too many still face barriers to full inclusion, which hurts all of us.

MIRA Coalition brings over 160 organizations together to advance the rights and wellbeing of immigrants and refugees. Together, we push for pro-immigrant policies that create stability, opportunity, and a stronger, more inclusive future for everyone.

With offices in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, MIRA Coalition is the largest immigrant and refugee rights coalition in New England. We are a diverse coalition that includes grassroots organizations, refugee resettlement agencies, legal, health and social service providers, faith communities, and civil and human rights advocates. MIRA’s membership comes together through education and training, leadership development, institutional organizing, strategic communications, policy analysis, and advocacy. We center and uplift immigrant voices, organize and build capacity with our members and allies to mobilize immigrant communities to advocate for themselves, and we are a trusted source of information and policy analysis for policymakers, advocates, immigrant communities, and the media.

Our advocacy has helped secure millions of dollars in state funding for direct service and legal assistance programs. We push for progressive policies at the state, local, and national levels and fight to defeat anti-immigrant measures.  In recent years, for example, MIRA Coalition successfully advocated for the passage of the PROTECT Act, the Physicians Pathway Act and secured tuition equity for all graduates of Massachusetts high schools.  We help green card holders become citizens, register new Americans to vote, distribute critical information through trainings and resources, and build our members' capacity to provide legal services. 

At this critical moment, MIRA is working to make Massachusetts a model for how our country welcomes and includes people from around the world. Join us in showing up for a better, more inclusive America.