The Human Rights Coalition of Alachua County would like to thank you for all of the support you have offered us over the past five years. From the first coat of paint on the Sanctuary House walls to the over $50,000 in pandemic relief distributed, we have done great work together and come a long way!

As you know, the latest challenge to our mission came in the form of anti-immigrant legislation in the statehouse. SB 1718, which went into effect July 1st, is sowing fear and confusion. Based on the lie that immigrants are a drain to our economy and healthcare system, it is scaring people away from their jobs and from vital healthcare services, and has cut off city and county funding for Community ID programs like ours.

So… we’re aiming to raise $20,000 to keep our programming going AND we’re going to correct the record on the true costs of discriminatory public policy while we do it.

$20,000 is the amount of funding that we are losing out on this year as a result of the new Florida law. For an organization that was, until about a year ago, run entirely by volunteers, that is a big scary number. But we also know that the folks we serve are facing some tough numbers too. So over the next 2 months we’re going to tell you about those numbers - and how we are serving immigrants and other marginalized communities through collaborative and tangible projects. We’re using local relationships and solutions to address far-reaching problems.

The True Cost

By Human Rights Coalition of Alachua County

The True Cost

Help us combat the effects of anti-immigrant legislation