Community organization and collective defense of rights

The CJM also aims to be an organization dedicated to the collective defense of rights:

Non-partisan analysis of social issues and policies affecting migrants with precarious status
Participation in consultation bodies
Representation work with political decision-makers
Organization and participation in social mobilization activities

Thus, the CJM participates in various consultations in the community, institutional and legal sectors in order to build a solid network of partners and allies as well as to have access to varied information and expertise from various backgrounds.

Inspired by the autonomous community action movement, we support the mobilizations of communities of migrants with precarious status by contributing to individual and collective struggles against the systems of oppression they face.

In the interests of multidisciplinarity, participation in consultation bodies is divided between the members of the work team and is not entirely devolved to the community organization.

CAMPAIGNS

Campaigns for the regularization of migrants

Community Coalition Against the Expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) - Committee 73

Childcare Access Committee for Asylum Seekers and Families Without Status

CONSULTATIONS

Regional and provincial

ADAQ Committee – Reception Committee for Asylum Seekers in Quebec
BINAM Advisory Committee – Montreal Newcomer Integration Office
CISR Meetings – Eastern Section

National consultations

CCR – Canadian Council for Refugees – Member since March 2023
- Participation in the CCR “Immigration and Settlement” and “Protection in Canada” Working Groups
- Participation in specific thematic meetings, particularly on federal accommodation sites for asylum seekers and support for asylum seekers
Federal Court Liaison Committee

Local consultation

Concertation de Développement Communautaire des faubourgs St-Laurent – since March 2023