Community Center for Immigrants

06/12/2026

📅 SAVE THE DATE!

Join us for CCI's Annual Citizenship Celebration & Community Picnic on Saturday, August 1, 2026, from 12:00–3:00 PM at Wilson Park, Picnic Site #2.

While this event has traditionally celebrated new U.S. citizens, this year we're gathering in solidarity with aspiring citizens and raising awareness about the barriers that prevent many immigrants from achieving U.S. citizenship.

Enjoy lunch catered by refugee chefs, family-friendly games, and more!

📍 Wilson Park, Picnic Site #2
1601 W. Howard Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53219

We hope you'll join us to rally for immigrant and refugee rights!

04/29/2026

A great event happening today at Burmese Rohingya Community of Wisconsin for job seekers!

Join us, International Institute of Wisconsin, and area employers for a Job Fair!

When: April 29 from 11am-1PM

Where: BRCW REC Center / Masjid Al-Taqwa

04/17/2026

We’re proud to share that we’ve been named a Community Partner with Milwaukee Film!

As part of this partnership, we’re excited to highlight Traces of Home — a powerful, award-winning documentary directed by Colette Ghunim and executive produced by Melissa Barrera and John Leguizamo, in collaboration with Kartemquin Films.

Traces of Home documents the journeys with Colette’s parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. What begins as a desire to connect to Colette’s cultural origins turns into an internal quest to heal her troubled relationship with her parents and within herself.

Delving into the past and not shying away from the dug-up pain, a young filmmaker speaks to her Mexican mother and Palestinian father about their trying journeys into the United States. In a society with rhetoric increasingly vilifying Mexicans and Palestinians, the filmmaker picks up her camera in a bid to address the grief at the center of the generational trauma that has underscored her relationship with her family. A meditation of loss and grief relieved, ultimately, through reconciliation.

You can catch this film this weekend at the Oriental Theater. We’re honored to be part of bringing stories like this to our community. 💛

04/16/2026

This young man, Shukuru, will soon become a U.S. citizen, just like his father.

Because of your support, we were able to stand with him through months of uncertainty.

He passed his citizenship test months ago, but while other Oath Ceremonies moved forward, refugee clients like him were left waiting with no timeline and no answers.

So we kept pushing. We reached out to congressional offices, followed up with USCIS, and refused to let these families be overlooked.

Now, that wait is finally over.

He is one of 14 CCI clients who will soon become U.S. citizens.

This is what your support makes possible: not just legal status, but stability, opportunity, and a sense of belonging.

Thank you for standing with our community

03/27/2026

Online Citizenship Classes!

Do you want to become a U.S. citizen? 🇺🇸
Join our free classes!

🗓 Starts April 7
💻 Classes on Zoom

Night class:
🕔 Tuesday (evening): 5:30–7:00 PM

Morning class:
🕔 Wednesday (morning): 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
🌅 Friday (morning): 9:00–10:30 AM

✅ Free for all immigrants

Call or email to register:
[email protected]
414-215-0206

Register now!