Vision

IRAP envisions a world where refugees and all people seeking safety have a set of affirmative, vested rights and protections that guarantee them a safe way to get to a safe place to live permanently. Our vision of safety goes beyond freedom from physical danger: it includes protection from psychological and emotional harm, reunification with family, and the freedom to lead a fulfilling life. Under our vision, borders will no longer be the oppressive, violent transitional spaces that they are today for many people seeking safety.

Goals

1. 1.Strengthen and grow IRAP’s immigration-related legal services and advocacy to open new pathways to safety, protect and improve existing pathways to safety, and secure pathways to safety for particularly marginalized displaced people.
2. 2.Build organizational sustainability and health in support of our mission and desired impact. Our staff’s wellbeing is essential to achieving immediate and long-term progress alongside displaced people. We are investing in systems and policies to ensure that all members of the IRAP team are supported by a work community that is connected, equitable, transparent, well-resourced, and sustainable.
3. 3.Ensure Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) informs all aspects of our organization’s internal and external work. Human rights and global justice are the bedrock of our mission and vision, and we will resolutely challenge racism, colorism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism, neocolonialism, and all forms of oppression in our work.