Know Your Rights (KYR) & Other Information
People are encouraged to gather a list of local community people/resources whom immigrants can contact for advice and assistance.
If you know of additional KYR resources, please contact info@worcesterfriendsmeeting.org.
For Sensitive Locations
Know Your Rights Training for Congregation Leaders, Jewish Community Relations Council & MA Council of Churches (1/28/25) , 90 min. webinar
Know Your Rights Training by MIRA (MA Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition)
Know Your Rights Presentation with Slides – English, 47 min. webinar (12/2024)
Know Your Rights and Best Practices For Service Providers - English, 43 min. webinar (1/2025)
Know Your Rights & Best Practices for K12 Schools and Educators, 1 hr. 29 min. webinar (2/2025)
Terminology Guide (PDF)
For those who ask for help
Know Your Rights Cards (the Red Cards) by Immigrant Legal Resource Center [download PDF in multiple languages]
We Have Rights Campaign, in partnership with ACLU, Brooklyn Defenders, and Media Tank Productions (2020), 4 short videos, by scenario, available in 7 languages, with additional links for further information
Know Your Rights by National Immigration Law Center, 10 page document [download PDF in multiple languages]
Public Know Your Rights MIRA Digital Toolkit, in multiple languages, many resources [downloadable Google Doc]
Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan by Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Guides designed to help make concrete plans for immigration emergencies including childcare.
Finding Legal Support a non-exhaustive list compiled from many sources [downloadable Google Doc]
To Schedule a KYR Training for Sensitive Locations or Communities
MIRA Coalition (MA Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition), contact training@miracoalition.org
PAIR Project, contact Julia Ciachurski at jciachurski@pairproject.org - Free immigration services to indigent asylum seekers and detained immigrants, assuring fairness and access to justice.
Adapted from “Know your Rights (KYR) & Other Information,” a downloadable Google Doc from the New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)