The Resilient Advocates Collective envisions a world in which legal advocates are able to engage in sustainable practices while leveraging systemic change towards just and equitable outcomes. When legal advocates are able to engage in resilient advocacy, together communities will be better able to shift legal systems of in/justice with innovative and collaborative approaches to legal advocacy. 

Our mission is to be a hub for legal advocates aiming to engage in Resilient Advocacy - where advocates can have additional training and workshop opportunities to support them in their advocacy, and a network of advocates who share a commitment to engaging in trauma-informed, antiracist, and intersectional legal advocacy. Legal advocates confront trauma every day as they represent individuals and communities that have suffered immense harms and injustice. Our theory of change is rooted in a fundamental understanding that to confront and overcome injustice and trauma, we need both community and strategy.

Our cornerstone is our training curriculum and workshops. Our curriculum guides legal advocates through a four-part model using (1) substantive training sessions in which advocates learn both theory and concrete skills and (2) interactive workshops that provide a safe, innovative space for practicing and exploring the material further.

We also further our mission by practicing the frameworks and strategies we teach through our Resilience-in-Action Project (RAP). With funding directed by community-based organizations, RAP aims to address systemic barriers faced by marginalized migrants in the U.S. through innovative collaboration, community engagement, and direct legal support, with a focus on the priorities identified by the communities we work with. Currently, RAP focuses on supporting queer & trans migrants in Texas, both in their individual immigration cases and by leveraging systemic strategies to combat against Texas's ruthless attacks against migrants and queer people. 

Your contributions will go directly to supporting all our work, as we seek to grow and expand our impact. We cannot do this without you!

The Resilient Advocates Collective is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are deemed tax-deductible absent any limitations on deductibility applicable to a particular taxpayer.