Miami Valley Immigration Coalition

Partners &  Their Projects

Many partner organizations in the Greater Dayton area collaborate through MVIC including those listed on this page.

Cross Over Community Development (COCD)

Cross Over Community Development (COCD) is a  501(c)3 nonprofit that was created to support immigrants and refugees in re-establishing high-quality lives by providing hands-on support, facilitating connections, developing resources, and promoting full participation in their new communities. Initiatives like their ESL classes, a newly forming worker cooperative and the Family Navigation Program, which provides referrals to education, healthcare, legal services, advocacy, and assistance resources in the Miami Valley, are evidence that they believe “in the power of community and networking to strengthen the dignity and self-sufficiency of immigrants and refugees living in the Dayton area.” 

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El Puente 

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El Puente currently provides support to Hispanic families with the common challenges they face as they integrate into our community.  First, strengthening the academic achievement of students in Kindergarten through 6th grade with an after school program; Second, providing tools to the family to support the learning process of their kids, with parent involvement and educational training in several areas like technology, nutrition, women issues, English classes, etc.  During the Pandemic we were able to assist our community with gift cards to Kroger for groceries, food boxes from the Dayton Food Bank, and organizing and providing vaccination opportunities for Covid-19

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Dayton Rapid Response​

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The Dayton Rapid Response is a community group that aims at supporting our immigrant community. The group was formed in response to ICE raids in northern and eastern Ohio. Their purpose is to provide support by:

• informing the immigrant community of their rights

• organizing preparedness sessions

• creating a web of communication to spread information quickly in the event of a raid or if someone is in distress

organizing a pool of volunteers willing to provide monetary support, time (transporting people to immigration courts, ICE reporting, or medical appointments), emergency housing, and supplies in the event a raid occurs in our community.

Be Hope Immigration Center

Be Hope Immigration Center exists to provide hope to our immigrant neighbors. [They] seek to empower the immigrant community in Dayton and partner with existing agencies to strengthen the immigrant service network.

Currently, partially accredited representatives offer a Refugee Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program which brings together curriculum, programming, and expertise from community partners to address refugee professional development needs.

Brunner Literacy Center

Brunner Literacy Center offers free English language tutoring to adults.

Call or email for more information ctruax@brunnerliteracy.org or (937) 567-9600.

Leaders for Equality and Action in Dayton (LEAD)

Miami Valley Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship

We covenant to affirm and promote the Seven UUA Principles:

• The inherent worth and dignity of every person;

• Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;

• Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;

• A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;

• The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;

• The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;

• Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

Lower Miami Church of the Brethren

Lower Miami CoB partners within the Coalition as a Sanctuary church.  The congregation first declared sanctuary and housed a Guatemalan family for a year in the 1980s and a Bosnian refugee family in the 1990s.  In response to a call from MVIC in 2019, Lower Miami renewed its commitment to providing sanctuary.  Hospitality space has been prepared for migrants in need in cooperation with MVIC’s Sanctuary and Asylum Working Group.  As a small, diverse, open and affirming congregation, Lower Miami opens its doors to all.

Valens Solutions

Valens Solutions serves our at-risk immigrant and underserved populations by personally navigating resources required to achieve basic human needs, increase quality of life, achieve independence and promote equity and justice.