Make the Road Nevada, a project of Make the Road States, Inc.
Leo Murrieta
Title: Executive Director
Email: info@maketheroadnv.org
Phone Number: (702) 907-1560
Website: https://maketheroadnv.org/
Program Description: Make the Road Nevada is a sister organization to Make the Road in different states across the United States. Make the Road Nevada is a nonprofit organization that advocates for and supports immigrant and working-class communities in the state.
Its mission is to build power for immigrant and working-class communities in Nevada, empowering, educating, and informing the Latin community to create a more just and equitable society and fight for policies that advance the rights of all residents, regardless of their immigration status.
Services Offered: Our organization is member-based, meaning we work with and for the members. The decisions are made by and for them. We meet people where they’re within our community, predominantly based in East and North Las Vegas, by knocking on doors, tabling in high-traffic areas, organizing on relevant issues for the community, and attending community events. Our organizers follow up with leads from the field to set 1 on 1s and have conversations about the issues impacting each member. Based on this feedback, our core issues have grown to include immigration, environmental equity, affordable housing, tenants’ rights, workers’ rights, health equity, and educational justice. We organize our members and member leaders through a committee structure that allows each committee to concentrate on their issue priority, supported by organizing staff, and work to develop and implement those campaigns within their committee.
We come together every Wednesday night at our Community Member Meeting, where our staff members present on the work being done in their respective committees, meet new members, and determine organizational priorities. We also use the meetings to train our members on how they can become leaders in their communities. Developing strong member leaders is at the core of MRNV’s ability to create positive change for our community.
Our members set priorities, guide our involvement, and keep our work focused on the community. Our high-touch organizing model and year-round canvassing allow members to be involved through every process step; all our work is done collaboratively among members, member leaders, and staff. This ensures that knowledge and intel are distributed throughout the organization. Because of this, our membership has met with members of our Congressional Delegation, hosted town hall meetings, facilitated forums, and led outreach activities. They have provided and collected stories for our communications team to amplify them on traditional and social media to reach more community members who need to be informed by trustworthy sources like our organization. This empowerment of our members makes us truly reflective of the communities we strive to uplift.
Target Populations: School Aged-Children, Teens, Young Adults, Adults, Seniors, Hispanic/Latinx Populations, Low Income, Immigrants, Undocumented
Research/Focal Areas: Community Organizing, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Education, Environmental Justice, Family Health, Health Equity, Housing, Mutual Aid, Poverty, Public Policy, Racial Justice, Social Justice (Criminal/Juvenile Justice)