Affinity Group Caucuses

NIIC includes a number of Affinity Groups & Caucuses that are hosted by NIIC stakeholder groups. They vary in content and shape year-to-year and are important spaces for relationship building, connection and strategy conversations. 

2022 Affinity Caucuses

ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CAUCUS

ANCHORED BY

The Asian American Federation, APIAVote, NAKASEC, and New Virginia Majority are excited to host this year’s AANHPI Caucus at the National Immigrant Inclusion Conference (NIIC). 

Amidst an ongoing pandemic, continuing anti-AANHPI hate, and considerable political turmoil across the country including the overturning of Roe v Wade, pivotal midterm elections, and redistricting, it is critical for AANHPI-serving organizations to remain connected.

This year’s Caucus will include a panel of community leaders, issue-specific workshops, and networking events so that attendees from organizations large and small can help answer three overarching questions during our time together:

  1. As one of the fastest-growing communities in the country, how are AANHPI organizations building momentum to address our own needs and concerns while finding commonality and intersectionality with other communities? 

  2. How did the NIIC measure up this year in terms of incorporating diverse AANHPI viewpoints and perspectives? 

  3. What lessons, strategies, and tactics can attendees take home to further their work in these regards?

BLACK/AFRICAN DIASPORIC CAUCUS

ANCHORED BY

Co-hosted by ABISA, African Communities Together, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project, Haitian Bridge Alliance, UndocuBlack Network, and University of Southern California Equity Research Institute. For more information, contact dauda@africans.us.

Black/African Diaspora Caucus Lunch Meeting

  • Sunday, December 11th

  • 11:30am-1:00pm

  • This event will take place at offsite

  • Additional details TBA

Black/African Diaspora Caucus Dinner

  • Monday, December 12th

  • 7:00pm-9:30pm

  • This event will take place at offsite

  • Additional details TBA

LGBTQ+ CAUCUS

ANCHORED BY

This gathering space is a part-social and part-networking event focused on the intersection of immigrant and LGBTQ+ issues. We will be queering the narrative around immigration by discussing the challenges that uniquely impact our communities, as well as brainstorming solutions for the current challenges that exist in our field. 

MUSLIM CAUCUS

ANCHORED BY

  • Sunday December 11 / 6pm-8pm

Join our open roundtable and meet with fellow grassroots organizers and advocates working in MASA/MENA/Muslim spaces. A great space to connect and learn lessons from each other's work and build community in an emerging immigrant advocacy space. Food/drinks will be served.

For more info and/or to register to participate, see here.

BUILDING IMMIGRANT WORKER POWER

ANCHORED BY

  • Monday December 12 / 5:45pm-6:45pm

UNITE HERE Vice President Enrique Fernandez and UNITE HERE International Union members will welcome all interested participants to hear from Immigrant Union Members on Building Immigrant Worker Power. All NIIC participants are welcome to join this caucus and learn more about immigrant workers organizing for power.

PAST NIICS

Among those that have been hosted in recent years include:

  • Academics & Researchers

  • Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim & Southeast Asian Caucus

  • Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus

  • Black / African Diasporic Caucus

  • Black NIIC

  • Consulates & Embassies

  • Faith

  • LGBTQ

  • Naturalization Working Group

  • Youth

If your organization is interested to anchor an Affinity Group or Caucus for NIIC 2022, please contact: cynthia@partnershipfornewamericans.org.

Photos of NIIC across this site are the work of our talented team of photographers over the years, including: Carolina Kroon (lead), Oliver Contreras, Anja Hitzenberg, Phil Soto, Marcin Szczepanski and Stephanie Williams.