2021 Impact Report

2021 by the Numbers

2021 Highlights:

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• We established the Immigrant Youth Advisory Team, a group of dedicated youth leaders and community members who direct our work. 
• We launched the Project Libertad Scholarship, which benefits a graduating senior each year!
• Our Executive Director was named a 2021 Aerie #AerieReal Changemaker, and Aerie awarded Project Libertad a $20,000 grant, as featured in Forbes!
• We were honored as the October 2021 Charity for 100 Women of Phoenixville!
• We began developing a one-on-one mentoring program for immigrant youth.
• We served youth from across the globe, including Haiti, Brazil, Vietnam, China, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and more!
• 2,429 volunteer hours contributed in 2021
• ​796 total individuals served in 2021

Client stories:

The President of our Immigrant Youth Advisory Team, Valeria Sanchez, received her green card this year! 

“I give all the credit to Project Libertad. Project Libertad does wonderful things in my school.” -- Valeria Sanchez

We assisted a young trans asylum-seeker client in obtaining gender reassignment surgery. ​

• "I am grateful to the universe for putting good people in my path who have supported me. Project Libertad never left me alone, and my lawyer has been there for me as a professional and a friend.” -- Project Libertad client

Immigrant Children's Defense Project:

• Represented 45 immigrant youth in 77 immigration legal cases!*
• Including:
  • 26 Asylum cases
  • 26 Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases
  • Visas for survivors of certain serious crimes and human trafficking
  • DACA cases
  • Legal Permanent Residency (Green Card)
  • And more!
• 64 individuals offered free immigration legal screenings

​​​*Some youth may have more than one legal case opened for them.