The Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC) is a statewide coalition of over 60 member organizations, including community groups, service providers, advocacy organizations, labor unions, and faith communities. Our mission is to advance immigrants' rights and promote immigrants' full integration into society by advocating with a unified voice for greater public understanding and welcoming public policies throughout Pennsylvania. To further these goals, PICC leads and supports campaigns to advance immigrant rights at the local, state, and federal levels; builds immigrant electoral power through voter registration and education; provides training and capacity building support to grassroots community-led organizations; and coordinates PA is Ready! - a participatory grantmaking fund.
New Citizens=New Voters Program
PICC coordinates a year-round non-partisan voter registration program at naturalization ceremonies and conducts regular get-out-the-vote phone banks. Through this program, we ensure that all new citizens are given the opportunity to register to vote and then given the information they need to get out to the polls. Since 2008, we have registered over 40,000 new Americans to vote.