Become A Member - Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition

PICC members are a broad base of organizations who share PICC’s mission and values. Our members include: community groups, social, health and legal service providers, unions, advocacy organizations, and faith communities. PICC seeks to ensure geographic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity among its members. To learn more about PICC member organizations, please go to our members page.

Organizational Membership

PICC seeks to establish mutually beneficial and transparent relationships with member organizations. For-profit organizations may not be members of PICC but are invited to be PICC supporters. Elected officials and government representatives may participate in PICC activities and taskforces as guests; membership and Board participation will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Partisan organizations may not be members of PICC.

Criteria and Process for Organizational Membership

Agree with and support PICC’s Mission and Values
Schedule an interview with PICC’s Executive Director
Sign and return this membership application to PICC
Pay annual dues based on a sliding-scale according to size of organization’s operating budget

Members can renew their annual membership online.

Youth Membership

Apply to become a youth member of PICC

PICC leads a youth organizing project that includes youth membership to ensure that immigrant, refugee, and ally youth have decision making power within the organization and are directly connected to building and leading our statewide immigrant rights movement. Youth members are able to voice their opinions, provide direction to the organization, engage in campaigns and issues, create strategies and solutions, take leadership roles, and work in a collaborative process with PICC organizational members to move forward immigrant rights.

Youth members pay annual dues as follows:

13-17 year old (middle school- high school age) $10 per year

18- 25 year old (college, work professional age) $15 per year

Membership is valid for a year, and can be renewed every year as long as the member is within good standing. Members will receive a PA loves Immigrants t-shirt and a membership card with a unique member ID number for special event discounts and event attendance.

Benefits of membership:

Serve in planning committee for summer youth convening
monthly youth calls and organizing spaces to learn new skills
PICC training’s at your schools, work place or community
Support setting up a PICC Youth Organizing Club in your school and community
Participate in selecting 2-3 representatives to attend PICC’s membership meetings and in organizational decision making on behalf of youth constituency
Participate in electing 2 youth members to serve in PICC’s board
Serve in PICC’s board
Networking and connecting with organizations and youth statewide who share commitment to PICC’s mission and values
Reduced rates to special events, workshops and trainings

PICC Sustainers

PICC encourages and welcomes immigrants and allies to become PICC Sustainers by signing up to give a monthly donation to PICC. PICC Sustainers are crucial to ensuring we have the resources to quickly respond to changing policies and needs of immigrant communities. PICC Sustainers qualify for all membership discounts on PICC trainings and events.