Stories Inspiring Movements

With funding from Finding Our Way Home, SIM continues to center healing, collective care, and culture as integral to our justice work. Undocumented youth and immigrant members face the daily realities of family separation, detention, and economic precarity, while staff and leaders navigate the cumulative impacts of systemic oppression. SIM recognizes that sustaining long-term organizing requires intentional practices of rest, reflection, and joy, alongside strategies for generative conflict and relationship-building. Supporting the well-being of our members, staff, and board is not separate from our movement work—it is essential to maintaining political clarity, resilience, and community trust.

In 2025–2026, SIM will integrate healing, spiritual practice, and cultural expression across multiple spaces: youth organizing hubs in Boston and New Bedford, leadership retreats, staff and board retreats, and statewide convenings such as SIM Camp. We will partner with anchor organizations like NUBE and Mujeres Victoriosas, as well as local immigrant artists and cultural workers, to layer creative practices into our organizing through art, storytelling, and performance. By building spaces where youth feel seen, empowered, and supported, we anticipate stronger leadership, more engaged members, sharper campaigns, and a sustainable Immigrant Youth Justice Network across Massachusetts grounded in trust, care, and collective resilience.