United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led community in the country, creating welcoming spaces for young people—regardless of immigration status—to support, engage, and empower them to make their voices heard and win. Over 60% of members are womxn and 20% identify as LGBTQ, made up of fearless youth advocating to improve the lives of themselves, their families, and their communities. The organization’s vision is a society that celebrates diversity, leading a multi-ethnic, intersectional path to get there. Whether organizing in the streets, building cutting-edge technology systems, opening doors for LGBTQ immigrant youth, clearing pathways to education, stopping deportations, or creating alliances across social movements, United We Dream puts undocumented immigrant youth in the driver’s seat to strategize, innovate, and win.
Why It Matters: United We Dream recognizes that those most affected by immigration policy—undocumented young people—must lead the movement to change it, putting youth in the driver’s seat rather than treating them as beneficiaries of others’ advocacy. By centering womxn and LGBTQ immigrant youth and pursuing a multi-ethnic, intersectional approach, the organization addresses how immigration status intersects with gender, sexuality, and race to shape people’s lives and possibilities. The combination of direct action, technology innovation, education access, deportation defense, and cross-movement alliance building demonstrates that winning requires working on multiple fronts simultaneously while staying rooted in community power.
