Make The Road Nevada

Category: Immigrant Justice

  • YPP Back to School Action Wrap-Up

    Thursday, August 19, 2021, | The Youth Power Project and partners took to the streets to continue demanding of the Clark County School District to reallocate funds from the CCSDPD back into the education of our students and the hiring of mental health professionals, counselors, school nurses, and college advisors who are in desperate need…

  • Our gente and the pandemic

    Our BIPOC communities are facing a challenge like no other. The pandemic and the vaccination efforts have left our communities vulnerable to a deadly virus that sees no difference in people or shows any mercy on account of healthcare availability. Make the Road Nevada has partnered with Immunize Nevada to take the vaccine to where…

  • Immigrant Heritage Blog

    June is Immigrant Heritage Month—it’s important that we acknowledge the value of the immigrant experience and the importance of their contributions to our daily lives. Their stories are filled with strength and sacrifice in hopes of a better future for themselves and their descendants. Immigrants are brave and strong and they, unfortunately, face so many…

  • MAY DAY: A DAY TO REMEMBER

    May Day is an internationally recognized day dedicated to the celebration of the working class and laborers. Protests and demonstrations with the purpose of demanding the better treatment of workers in the global community come to fruition worldwide. Within our own community, we have used May Day in previous years as a day to demand…

  • Bold Actions Needed for a Bold and Progressive Immigration Bill

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2021 Bold Actions Needed for a Bold and Progressive Immigration Bill LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Today is a new day for many people, today, the Biden-Harris administration is in the white house and has an opportunity to make things right for our country. In response to the immigration bill being…

  • The Youth Power Project Presents: Gen Z VoiceZ

    A TRUE SOCIAL JUSTICE SPACE On July 31st, The Youth Power Project (YPP) hosted Gen Z VoiceZ, an open-mic Facebook Live event where youth between 14-21 showcased their talents in an empowering way. The night featured energetic performances that shared, expressed, and set the tone for the night. The performances varied from singing, dancing, and…

  • #MitchBetterHaveMyMoney

    On August 6th, we will be joining thousands of people nationwide in car caravans (and on foot, masked and socially distanced) to remind senators that workers, families, small businesses, and communities ARE the economy! And we demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, provide the COVID relief we need to survive and to thrive! We…

  • Trump Doesn’t Want Undocumented Immigrants to Count in 2020 Census, Again.

    For Immediate Release: July 21, 2020 Trump Doesn’t Want Undocumented Immigrants to Count in 2020 Census, Again. Tuesday, July 21, 2020– President Trump released a memo this morning announcing his plans to sign an Executive Order to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 Census by limiting non-citizens from being included in population…

  • A DACA supreme court decision awaits…

    Every Monday and Thursday for the past few weeks, DACA recipients wake to the possibility that they will lose their protected status due to the pending Supreme Court decision. As another Monday passes, the uncertainty continues for DACA recipients. Ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program now would leave many mixed-status families at risk…

  • Changes to USCIS fees are coming

    The Trump administration has proposed fee changes to the United States Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS) applications, increasing the fee on naturalization by almost 200% among others. By proposing this change, the administration is putting a class barrier on legal pathways of immigration that will disproportionately affect Latinx immigrants. So far, these are proposals but…