Centreville Immigration Forum Serves Registered Members

Centreville Immigration Forum serves primarily Centreville and many surrounding western Fairfax County and Prince William county residents. Although the majority of members are immigrants, our membership is open for anyone who can benefit from our services. Anyone with barriers to employment can take advantage of our temporary employment placement services, English or skills training classes, tax or financial planning services, and community events and partnerships.

Centreville Immigration Forum (CIF) serves 98% immigrants, the remaining 2% are native born facing similar barriers to economic stability and can benefit from its programs. Immigrants represent 97% hispanic/latinx, and 68% of this group are indigenous of the Americas, who speak a Mayan dialect as their first language and generally learn Spanish as a second language; 30% have limited Spanish proficiency and literacy rates are similarly represented. This population often faces discrimination in their countries of origins and have unique perspectives and struggles that manifest in distinctive migration experiences.

Membership predominantly represents the day laboring community, only 5% of members are fully-employed. Historically single men made up the day laboring population, however in CIF’s 13 years of service families were established and gender equity was prioritized through our Women’s Empowerment Project; currently 23% of active members are women. Although the population is made up of many mixed status families, including some cases of family petitions, the majority of program members are asylum seekers.

Membership is $30/year, the membership is renewed annually where demographic, employment, and skills are updated.

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Programs

Economic Justice

Centreville Labor Resource Center (CLRC) is CIF’s largest program that provides a safe place for workers and employers to meet to agree on terms for work. It’s an alternative to street-hiring and is open Monday – Saturday.
Wage Theft Prevention & Recovery seeks to empower members to better protect themselves on the job. We teach labor rights, how to make an agreement, track work, and take steps to recover unpaid wages.
Skills Training focuses on training members to make them more employable. Informal English classes are held daily during labor center hours, and formally at night. Trade, financial and technical literacy classes facilitate self-sufficiency.

Leadership Building

Worker Assemblies or “asambleas” are regular public forums where general membership can give voice to concerns, propose changes, and vote on updated programing.
Leadership Pipeline informs the programming that seeks to empower members by amplifying their voice and commitment to our work. It provides experiential learning by investing in personal growth and influence.
Directiva is a committee of the Board of Directors that is appointed by the workers in their general member meetings (asemblea). It is tasked with representing the membership and aligning work with goals.
Board of Directors is composed of community members and immigrants within the wider community. Its leadership is rooted in organizing and providing its members with training and support, while prioritizing language justice and equity.