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)

ACLU: Know Your Rights Resources

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]

ACLU: Know Your Rights Resources

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.

Massachusetts ACLU, https://www.aclum.org/en/contact-us

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)