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WE RISE SF

  • Location:
    1188 Franklin Street
    Suite 202
    San Francisco, CA 94109
  • Phone:
    415 440 8798
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Mission: Our mission is to stand with immigrant communities and provide one-stop legal and wraparound services to immigrant union members and their families through collaborations with local unions and community based organizations. Vision: We RISE SF envisions a powerful and liberated community of immigrant union workers and their families to live with dignity and respect regardless of race, class, and immigration status. WE RISE SF is a collaborative partner of the San Francisco Labor Council

Counties served: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo
Detention Facilities Served: Sacramento County Jail (CA), San Francisco Detention Facility (CA), Yuba County Detention Center (CA)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court
Other areas of legal assistance: Employment
Non-legal services: Health services, Housing referrals, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories
Languages spoken: Cantonese Chinese, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Vietnamese
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 2
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), AFL-CIO, national network of Central Labor Councils (Labor unions)

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Carlos Porras
415-440 -8798