2026 Beneficiaries: The Cottage + Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition
Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition
Protecting Constitutional Rights
The Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition is working to build a future with fair and compassionate immigration policy – and the fight starts at home. We focus on helping immigrant families and neighbors find support, pushing positive change to local policy, and creating a network of volunteers dedicated to an Athens that embraces the needs and dreams of all its residents, regardless of citizenship status. Learn more…
The Cottage
The Cottage is the only Sexual Assault Center and Children’s Advocacy Center in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, providing free and confidential support to survivors and their families. Our team of trauma-informed experts, trained advocates, and clinicians offers crisis intervention, forensic interviews, therapy, advocacy, and referrals, walking alongside each person with compassion, professionalism, and respect. Rooted in community and committed to empowering survivors with choices, we work to create a safer, more informed Athens for today and for future generations. Our Athens-area community is ever-changing, but everyone—long-time locals, newcomers, and short-term residents—has a place at The Cottage. Learn more…
Visit Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition Website | Visit The Cottage Website
Our partners also do amazing work in the community
Learn more about WR partner Creature Comforts’ GET COMFORTABLE program- and why they are committed for the next 5 years to increasing the percentage of Clarke County 3rd-grade students reading at grade level from 20% to 60%!!!
