Santa Fe Dreamers Project
This organization provides a range of legal services to immigrants. They welcome volunteers who can assist them in delivering services to clients, helping at immigration clinics, as well as providing general office support, fund raising and other events.

Volunteers are asked to fill out a brief questionnaire, including the amount of time you are willing to volunteer and when, activities you would like to participate in and skills sets, such as language, legal knowledge, and so forth.

To volunteer- go to Santa Fe Dreamers Project
On the landing page, click on “Get Involved” at the top of the page, then click on “Volunteer”, which will take you to the questionnaire.


Gerard’s House
Gerard’s House provides grief counseling and support to the larger Santa Fe Community, from those experiencing loss or family separation due to deportation and incarceration. Gerard’s House is a resource for Adelante – a program within Santa Fe Public Schools – to work with immigrant children who experience a loss due to deportation of a parent or significant adult.

From their website:
Gerard’s House is here for everyone in our community who is grieving. Because so
many families experience barriers when they need grief support, we energetically focus
on making our services accessible. Services include 25 weekly peer grief support
groups, a mobile unit, individual sessions, summer camps, teen movies nights, crisis
response services and support for parents/caregivers, all free of charge and bilingual for
youth ages 3 – 21 who have experienced life-changing loss. We also provide 7 weekly
grief support groups for adults in English and Spanish, all free of charge.

When you give to Gerard’s House, or volunteer, you join us in this spirit of justice, love,
healing and partnership.

Gerard’s House provides a range of different programs, each depends on volunteers
who go through a training and orientation program and work with professional
counselors and staff. Volunteers are able to choose which program to volunteer with,
as each has different commitments and needs.

To volunteer, click on the following link:
https://gerardshouse.org

At the landing page click on the “Volunteer” button which is on the top of the page. The
volunteer button will further explain the program, outline their activities and where
volunteers are needed, as well as the commitment and weekly time expected from the
volunteer. Continue scrolling down to the application form, which can be filled out and
submitted online.

To become a volunteer there is a background check – which may require a fingerprint
and criminal background check. Before beginning there is a required formal orientation
and training session that must be completed before volunteers can start.


New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC)
This organization also provides legal services to the immigrant community, and welcomes the help and support of volunteers and community organizations.

From their website:
Our mission is to advance justice and equity by empowering low-income immigrant communities through collaborative legal services, advocacy and education.

Volunteering with NMILC:
The NMILC welcomes volunteers to assist them with a range of activities. To volunteer click on the NMILC link below:
www.nmilc.org

Once on the NMILC landing page, click on “Get Involved” along the top of the page. This will take you to their volunteer page.

Several different volunteer opportunities are described in detail, including requirements and tasks expected for each position.
Continue scrolling down to their application form which can be completed online.


VIDA - Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention Albuquerque

VIDA supports asylum seekers in detention throughout NM.  VIDA volunteers (not just from
ABQ), led by volunteer coordinator Kelly McCloskey Romero, visit Torrance and Cibola Detention
Centers on a monthly basis and also participate in writing to detainees. 

The conditions in these facilities are abhorrent.  The visits and letters give detainees a
sense that they are not alone.  VIDA listens to the stories of detainees (all men from
various countries, mostly Spanish-speaking) and collects their written testimonies about
conditions in the detention centers.

VIDA volunteers are also in contact with the New Mexico immigrant Law Center as well
as U.S. Congressional staff. VIDA communicates with NM State legislators, county
commissioners, and attends rallies in support of ending ICE detention in New Mexico.
For information and guidelines about letter-writing and visiting, please refer to the VIDA
Website at www.abqvida.org.

Volunteers are now required to do background checks and plan further ahead for visits.

For more information see their website at www.abqvida.org