United Voices for Newcomer Rights

UVNR is a community-led organization to mobilize resources and drive educational, economic, cultural, and health-focused initiatives, empowering system change for newcomers' well-being and integration.

United Voices for Newcomer Rights (UVNR) is a community-led organization that was founded in 2019. UVNR works to improve the lives of newcomers by addressing both immediate needs as well as longer-term systemic change. Recognizing the commonalities in resettlement challenges, UVNR uses the inclusive, non-stigmatized term “newcomers” to encompass refugees, immigrants, asylum-seekers and other migrant groups to emphasize the importance of building solidarity among these groups.To do this effectively, UVNR believes in working with newcomer Community Advocates and building the capacity of local communities to address issues concerning them. UVNR works towards social justice, racial equity and inclusion, leadership development, and policy and system change that promotes the well-being of newcomers, while also providing direct services that address newcomers’ urgent needs, and facilitate their engagement in their communities and in social change efforts.