Diaspora Organizing

The Diaspora Organizers Program is a ten-month long initiative that trains diaspora advocates to hone their community organizing skills, lobby Congress, and build power. During the course of this program, diaspora organizers will work in community with one another, fortifying their networks and building solidarity across country lines.

This initiative builds deep partnerships with members of diaspora communities across the United States. We are seeking to transform U.S. foreign policy by empowering diaspora communities to organize and influence legislators on a range of peace- and justice-related issues.

Representing diverse backgrounds—from Egypt to Venezuela, Bhutan to the Democratic Republic of Congo—these organizers spend a retreat engaged in deep discussions, advocacy training, and meeting with Hill staff. Then they serve a year building power in their communities to advance policy that prioritizes justice.

Past cohorts have:

Strengthened their ability to organize at the grassroots level
Gained skills to lobby Congress
Written blog posts and articles around their issue

Interested in being a part of an upcoming cohort? Reach out to Isis Kazadi to learn more and take part in an upcoming information session July 7th at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Diaspora Organizers at Work

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An Iftar Meal with Action for Gaza

By Hadiya Afzal | May 28, 2026

As the sun set on Sunday, April 7, the Triad Muslims Center in High Point, North Carolina was packed. FCNL Diaspora Organizers Ghaisha Yahaya-Mohamed and her daughter, Zainab Adamou-Mohamed, worked with the Triad Muslim Center’s Aalia Shahzadi to host over 60 members of the local community. They gathered not just to share an iftar meal during the month of Ramadan, but to take action for Palestinians in Gaza undergoing a forced famine.

Building Diaspora Solidarity to Transform U.S. Foreign Policy

By Sarah Freeman-Woolpert | November 22, 2023

Representing diverse backgrounds—from Egypt to Niger, Bhutan to the Democratic Republic of Congo—these organizers spent four days engaged in deep discussions, advocacy training, and meeting with Hill staff.

Diaspora Organizer Info Session

July 7, 2026, 8 - 9 PM EDT | Online via Zoom

Join us for a Zoom conversation to learn more about FCNL’s diaspora organizer program. We’ll share program strategy, goals, and timelines for action. Additionally, this will be an opportunity to hear directly from previous cohort members about their experience.