NIIC 2022 Schedule

We are pleased to share the preliminary schedule for NIIC 2022. Additional details – including more information about each of our MainStages, issue area Track Sessions, Special Sessions and more! – will be made available as we get closer to NIIC. Please check back here for updates! And note, all times listed below are in the Eastern Time Zone.

NIIC Registration is required to access all NIIC sessions, and includes breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks Dec 11-13.

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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE FOR NIIC 2022 – MAY ADJUST – PLEASE CHECK BACK HERE FOR UPDATES


SUNDAY DEC 11 / NIIC DAY 1

8am-12pm We Are All America Field Convening** (Register Here)
9am-12pm New American Youth Leadership Summit**
11:30am-1pm Black/African Diasporic Caucus Welcome Lunch**
1pm-1:45pm MainStage 1 & Kick-Off
2pm-3:15pm Track Block 1
  • Access to Justice Track: Dismantling Digital Detention
  • Education & Language Access Track: Language Justice and Localities: Bridging the Gap between Organizations and Local Leadership
  • Full Citizenship & Civic Engagement Track: Building Grassroots Power with Local, State, and National Voting Initiatives
  • Narrative & Messengers Track: A Future for All of Us: Narrative Tools & Strategies for a Pro-Immigrant World
  • Nation of Refuge Track: Addressing the Challenges in the Moment
  • Shared Prosperity Track: Strategies for Economic Justice "Post Pandemic" for Undocumented Workers
  • Welcome, Inclusion & Belonging Track: Creating an Inclusive and Accessible Welcome for People with Disabilities
3:45pm-5:15pm MainStage 2
5:30pm-7:00pm Welcome Hour Reception
5:30pm-7:30pm Film Screenings
5:30pm-7pm Cities and Counties for Citizenship Annual Gathering** (Register Here)
6pm-8pm Muslim/MASA/MENA Caucus**
TBA Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Caucus Networking Hour**
TBA Youth Networking Hub

MON DEC 12 / NIIC DAY 2

9am-10:30am MainStage 3
10:45am-12pm Track Block 2
  • Access to Justice Track: Interrupting the Detention Pipeline
  • Climate Justice Track: Immigrants in the Just Transition to Clean Energy
  • Full Citizenship & Civic Engagement Track: Empowering New American Leaders & Shaking Up Politics as Usual
  • Healthy Communities Track: Unwinding COVID-19: Addressing Inequities & Sustaining Momentum for Health Equity
  • LGBTQIA+ Migrants Track: Journey of Inclusion for LGBTQ Black & POC Migrants
  • Narrative & Messengers Track: Building Immigrant & Refugee Led Narrative Power
  • Resourcing Our Movements Track: Legal Services Equal Legalization: Research & Funding Strategies to Expand Legal Services
  • Shared Prosperity Track: Financial Inclusion of Refugee & Immigrant Communities
  • Welcome, Inclusion & Belonging Track: Always Welcome -- Building Long Term Welcoming Infrastructure with Immigrants and Refugees
12pm-2pm MainStage 4
2:15-3:30pm Track Block 3
  • Access to Justice Track: Building the Movement for Universal Representation
  • Climate Justice Track: Climate Displacement & Migration
  • Education & Language Access Track: The Fight for Educational Access & Equity for Immigrants in Public Schools
  • Healthy Communities Track: Ending the Exculsion of Immigrants from Health Coverage
  • LGBTQIA+ Migrants Track: LGBTQ Black & POC Migrants Across Intersections
  • Narrative & Messengers Track: Lifting the PI in AAPI
  • Nation of Refuge Track: Reinforcing Solidarity Within the Immigrant & Refugee Rights Movement Through a Racial Justice Lens
  • Resourcing Our Movements Track: State of Field: A Conversation with Immigration Funders
  • Special Session: Building a Federal Strategy for Inclusion - Lessons from the Field & Strategies for Tomorrow
4pm-5:30pm MainStage 5
5:45pm-6:45pmBuilding Immigrant Worker Power Caucus
6pm-7:30pm LGBTQIA+ Caucus (Register Here)
7pm-9pm Black/African Diasporic Caucus Dinner**

TUES DEC 13 / NIIC DAY 3

8:45am-10am MainStage 6
10:15am-11:30am Track Block 4
  • Access to Justice Track: Strengthening & Growing Immigration Legal Services: Models & Strategies from the Field
  • Education & Language Access Track: Breaking Down Barriers in Adult Literacy & Workforce Development
  • Full Citizenship & Civic Engagement Track: Winning Full Citizenship Through Registry
  • Healthy Communities Track: Building Comprehensive & Accessible Systems & Communities of Care
  • Narrative & Messengers Track: Building Beyond the Base: Evidence-Based Messaging Strategies to Expand Pro-Immigrant Support (Part 1) For more info and to register see here.
  • Nation of Refuge Track: Creating Communities of Welcome: Welcoming Newcomers through Sponsorship
  • Resourcing Our Movements Track: Digital Fundraising 101: Building People Power with Small-dollar Donors
  • Shared Prosperity Track: Equitable Access to the Workforce for an Inclusive Recovery
  • Welcome, Inclusion & Belonging Track: Co-Designing Programs with Community
11:45am-1pm Track Block 5
  • Climate Justice Track: Immigrant Communities, Climate Disasters & Resilience
  • Healthy Communities Track: Centering Immigrant Voices in the Reproductive Justice Movement
  • LGBTQIA+ Migrants Track: LGBTQ Black & POC Migrants Advocacy & Resources
  • Narrative & Messengers Track: Building Beyond the Base: Evidence-Based Messaging Strategies to Expand Pro-Immigrant Support (Part 2). For more info and to register see here.
  • Nation of Refuge Track: Envisioning & Realizing Hope: Being the Change
  • Resourcing Our Movements Track: Case Study -- Lessons from the CA Dignity for Families Fund
  • Shared Prosperity Track: Investing in Undocumented Communities: Strategizing to Provide Funding Opportunities for Immigrant Youth Without Work-Authorization
  • Shared Prosperity Track: Organizing Immigrant Tenants Against Displacement
  • Special Session: Solidarity Knows No Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Migrant Organising
1pm-2:30pmMainStage 7 & Closing
3pm-5pm Language Access Convening** - Read more or register here
3pm-6pm Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Caucus Meeting** (Register Here)

**Invitation-only