Immigrant and refugee advocacy day 2025

Join our movement for immigrant justice in Olympia on Thursday, January 30, 2025.

Every year, we come together from across Washington State for Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Day (IRAD) to make our voices heard and demand change at the Capitol. IRAD is a day to celebrate community power, resilience, and solidarity and advocate for policies that matter most to immigrant and refugee communities.

During IRAD, we will build our collective consciousness around the importance of our primary campaigns, march, rally, and engage directly with legislators to show that immigrant and refugee communities should not be ignored.

Registration Information

Registration for our full-day program is now closed but we invite you to join us for our march and rally!

What We Are Advocating For

During the 2025 legislative session, our primary policy priorities are:

Health Equity for Immigrants

A bill to codify and fully fund the Apple Health Expansion Program to ensure coverage for all eligible low-income immigrants and refugees, and continued funding for Cascade Care subsidies.

Unemployment Insurance for Undocumented Workers

A bill to create and fully fund a program that provides unemployment benefits equivalent to those available to Washington residents with employment authorization.

We will also continue to push for priorities on our secondary policy platform:

Ending Collaboration Between ICE and the Department of Corrections: Stopping the transfer of immigrants from state prisons to immigration detention centers.
Restricting Solitary Confinement: Limiting its use in state and private detention facilities to only the most extreme cases.
Traffic Safety for All: Deprioritizing traffic stops for non-safety reasons and supporting low-income drivers.
State Legal Defense Fund: Securing state funding to support immigrants navigating the legal system.
Support for Newly Arrived Migrants: Increasing resources for newcomers seeking asylum and other protections in Washington.
Rent Stabilization: Protecting tenants from abusive rent increases.
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights: Ensuring fair labor protections for domestic workers.

In addition to these campaigns, we are also supporting 31 campaigns on our tertiary platform.

Caring for Our Rainbow Coalition

In alignment with WAISN’s commitment to care and community, we will be providing dedicated spaces to ensure all participants feel comfortable and supported throughout the day. Additionally, knowing that our communities are unfairly targeted, we are working to keeping safety and security top of mind. If you need more information or specific accommodations, please let us know.