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BWC: Constitutional Right Defender
Reading Time: 2 minutes On the President’s first day of his second term in office, he signed an executive order seeking to strip birthright citizenship from babies born in the U.S. to immigrant parents. Hours later, Brazilian Worker Center (BWC), La Colaborativa, and…
Life, Liberty, Legal Support
Reading Time: < 1 minute We’re excited to share that the MIC Immigration Legal Program has expanded its services, launching a new program, and growing its legal staff. Our program is committed to serving clients through trusted relationships, accessible…
Beyond Moral Indignation: Moving Toward Right Action
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear friends, I am a cinephile who’s way behind on movie watching. I saw Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012) over the July 4th holiday. A scene with Lincoln and Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania, haunted me. They argued…
‘Mask of Shame’ Narrative
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Larry Childs (MIC’s Strategic Initiatives Director). Art by Robyn Introduction: Editorial cartoons offer another important means to capture and communicate about the cruel abuses of this federal government; another arrow in the quiver of…
MIC’s Statement on Birthright Citizenship
Reading Time: < 1 minute We are relieved and grateful by today’s decision by the Supreme Court. For over 125 years, it has been settled that the Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to every person born on American soil. Today, the Supreme Court upheld…
MIC Awarded $150,000 Cummings Grant
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dear Partners, The Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative (MIC) was just awarded the grant version of a Michelin star. I am thrilled to share that MIC was awarded an unrestricted multi-year $150,000 Cummings Grant. The Cummings Foundation is…
An American Dream Deferred: Jeopardizing Haitian and Syrian Lives
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dear friends, Yesterday we witnessed the jeopardizing of more than 356,000 Haitian and Syrian lives. The Supreme Court’s decision, allowing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Syrians, clears the way for the…
The World Cup: A Community of Solidarity
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dear friends, The 2002 World Cup Final between Brazil and Germany changed the course of my life. I was a young professional living in Cambridge, livin’ la vida loca, and I had attended a party where I met a Brazilian named Dauro. We struck…
On the Jumbotron – June Holidays and Celebrations
June is Pride Month, Immigrant Heritage Month, and Caribbean-American Heritage Month, marking a powerful intersection of celebrations that reminds us that our movements for justice are deeply connected.
IFSI Reflects on Haiti’s World Cup Qualification
The Haitian national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time in over 50 years!
Goal! Sociedad Latina Youth Graduate!
Congratulations to Sociedad Latina’s Pathways to Success Class of 2026!
BINcA Students Win Big at the Aspen Challenge
Each year, the Aspen Challenge takes place in one new city and one returning city, offering high school students the opportunity to design solutions to societal challenges.
MIC’s Development Team Adds Another Star to its Lineup
Welcoming our New Development Director, Noel Martin Rubio!
MIC’s Financial Distribution Scores for Communities
An astounding 69% of MIC’s finances will be going toward Direct Payments to Partners, reflecting how central supporting MIC partners is to MIC’s mission.
Research Teammates Reunite
MIC Executive Director Frank DeVito, and Development Director Noel Martin Rubio attended a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Institute for Community Health.
Goal! We won a Cummings Grant!
We are thrilled to share that MIC has been awarded a $150,000 grant, over 3 years, from the Cummings Foundation!
MIC 2025 Year in Review
Dear Friends,
“Whoever saves a single life is considered by scripture to have saved the whole world.” This excerpt from the Jewish Talmud (Sanhedrin 37a) haunted me as I reflected upon the impact of ICE on our immigrant communities during the past year. As stories of the savage treatment of immigrants propagated in the media, I often wondered, where were we when this all happened? What did we actually do to support our sisters and brothers? When we looked into the eyes of our immigrant neighbor, did we see the suffering of the whole world?
February Newsletter – Music Heals
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear friends, Music heals. Last week I had two experiences that reminded me of the healing power of music. First, my twin sons had returned home from school, and I heard a loud bang as Francesco dropped his backpack to the floor. I knew…
January Newsletter – Windows and Mirrors
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dear friends, When I was a history teacher at Chelsea High School, I used to present Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X as a window and mirror in the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King was a window– providing an inspiring vision of…
MIC December News – A Migrants Family Story
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dear friends, Once upon a time… This is the universal cue for the beginning of a story. We are wired for stories. Cognitive neuroscience reveals that storytelling is our brain’s operating system. We make sense of our experiences through…
Press Releases
Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative Awarded $150,000 Cummings Grant
Reading Time: < 1 minute FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative Frank DeVito, Executive Director 617-612-5545 ext. 105, fdevito@immigrantrelief.org Cummings Foundation Alison Harding 781-932-7093, aeh@cummings.com Massachusetts…
Local and State Authorities’ Partnership with ICE Puts Massachusetts Children at Risk
Reading Time: < 1 minute MIC’s Executive Director, Frank DeVito was quoted in this article. “This collusion is shocking in a progressive state and damaging to everyone in our communities regardless of immigration status,” said Frank Devito, Executive Director…
MIC position statement on ICE detentions in Massachusetts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Inform MIC Partners, local and state government officials, and other service providers regarding MIC position and language choice on this issue April 8, 2025 Many immigrant communities served by the 15 partner organizations of the Massachusetts…
The Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative partners with the City of Boston to support Boston families
Reading Time: < 1 minute For Immediate Release In partnership with the City of Boston Equity and Inclusion Cabinet, the Massachusetts ImmigrantCollaborative is excited to announce a new initiative to meet the basic needs of immigrant community members in the City….
Governor Healey Declares State of Emergency
Reading Time: 3 minutes For Immediate Release On Tuesday August 8th, Governor Maura Healey declared that a state of emergency exists in Massachusetts due to the rising number of recently arriving migrant families in need of shelter and services. Along with this…
The Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative Commemorates International Migrants Day
Reading Time: 3 minutes Boston, MA. The Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative, recognizes the positive contributions that immigrant and refugee communities make to our Commonwealth and to our society at large. Therefore we commemorate this day and highlight the…
Immigrant Support Organizations Come Together to Form Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative
Reading Time: 2 minutes Covid-19 public health crisis prompted immediate response to support more than 20,000 vulnerable Massachusetts residents Boston MA (August 21, 2020) – At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, diverse and multicultural immigrant support…
Events
Free Legal Clinic
Rian Immigrant Center is holding a free legal clinic for Haitians impacted by the TPS Supreme Court decision.
Protect Haitian TPS Rally
Honoring Attorney Geoffrey Pipoly for his Supreme Court TPS work, while rallying support for S. 4814 to protect TPS families.
Pioneer Valley Immigration Legal Services Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week the Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative (M.I.C.), along with Pioneer Valley Workers Center, Metrowest Worker Center, and New North Citizens’ Council held its first ever Pioneer Valley Immigration Legal Services Conference in…
Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative
Reading Time: 1 minute View the Recording Here In December 2000, the U.N. General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed the 18th of December as International Migrants Day. The Massachusetts Immigrant…
MIC Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary
Reading Time: < 1 minute Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative virtually celebrated our one year anniversary on May 6th. Thank you to all of our supporters and those of you who attended the event! If you missed our special anniversary event, you may view it…












