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Finally Free to be Me as a Young, Gay Immigrant

Ricky* shares his story of freedom and living in his truth as a young, gay immigrant. A part of me still can’t believe I can…...

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Centering Migrant Children in the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) welcomes the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, which was signed last Friday by 20 governments across the…...

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Spotlight: Working to Reunify Families from Mexico and Central America

I’ve been working to reunify families who were separated by the U.S. government since summer 2018. For almost three years, I spent hours talking to…...

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New KIND Project Bolsters Legal Assistance for Unaccompanied Children in Italy

In collaboration with the Italian Refugee Council (Consiglio Italiano per I Rifugiati Onlus (CIR)) and with the support of the Ho Foundation, KIND launched the…...

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Community-based Reintegration: Response and Prevention of Forced Migration

Your community, your home, your world: the market at the end of the street, the teachers and students at your school, maybe your mother’s workplace…...

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Mother and young daughter who were cruelly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border embrace as they are finally reunited.

I Remember their Stories

I often get asked what it’s like to work with children and families who were forcibly separated at the border, and I have yet to…...

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How KIND volunteer and Teacher of the Deaf helped KIND client in a way no one else could

Jennifer Willis is a Teacher of the Deaf who assisted a KIND client who was deaf and had no access to formal language prior to…...

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Honoring our Seattle Pro Bono Attorneys

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is proud to honor our Seattle Pro Bono Attorneys who are providing vital legal services to refugee and immigrant…...

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Honoring our San Francisco Pro Bono Attorneys

Honoring our San Francisco Pro Bono Attorneys Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is proud to honor pro bono attorneys who are providing vital legal…...

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