2026 CVIIC Regional Conference on Immigrant Integration

It was an honor for our organization to host the 2026 CVIIC conference on immigrant integration. The annual conferences brought together representatives from more than 100 partner organizations that serve immigrant families in the Central Valley.

This included organizations in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors who work to serve, protect, and empower immigrant families. The annual conferences strengthen regional coordination and collaboration, provide relevant training opportunities, identify policy priorities and advocacy strategies, and help define a regional agenda for the year.

An important feature of the annual events is that the program was defined according to the priorities of regional partners, who selected topics of interest and put together informative panels in breakout sessions. We appreciate the willingness of the panel organizers and the participants to contribute to the success of the event by sharing their expertise, knowledge, and inspirational analyses. CVIIC also wishes to extend its gratitude to the invited special speakers: Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula, Gina Da Silva (Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom), and California Attorney General, Rob Bonta.

Welcome Video by California Attorney General Rob Bonta

2026 CVIIC Conference: List of Panels and Breakout Sessions

• Access Isn’t Enough: Rethinking How we Support Inmigrantes Emprendedores (Immigrant Entrepreneurs)
• Arrest to Relief: Client-Centered Best Practices for Discussing Case Strategy from Arrest to Relief
• Building networks of resistance: Best practices to support undocumented students in K-12 and higher education
• Building Regional Power: The Central California Immigrant Resilience Fund and advocacy for Legal Services Funding
• CDSS Funding Opportunities
• Descifrando el éxito del inmigrante emprendedor
• Family Preparedness for Immigration Enforcement: Practical Tools for Immigrant and Mixed Status Families
• From Crisis to Action: How Rapid Response Networks Fuel Community Resistance
• From San Joaquin to Kern: Building a Central Valley Immigrant Worker Power Agenda
• Habeas in the Central Valley
• Keeping farmworkers safe in their workplace: A holistic approach
• Migrant Voices of the Central Valley: Longing, Belonging, Resistance, and Reclaiming Identity Through Art
• Plugging into Valley Watch Network: Legal Observation & Institutional Readiness
• Services and Programs of the Consulado de Mexico en Fresno
• Stronger Businesses, Stronger Communities: Supporting Immigrant Entrepreneurs Through Resources and Resilience

Partial List of Participating Organizations in the 2026 CVIIC Conference (Updated 2/13/26)

• AccessPlus Capital
• ACLU Southern California
• Alliant International University
• ALRB
• Baruch College, City University of New York
• Bethany Christian Services
• Biola-Pershing Elementary School
• Brooke Frost & Associates
• Building Skills Partnership
• California Department of Justice
• California Department of Social Services
• CAIR SV/CC
• California Immigrant Policy Center
• California Immigration Project
• CalOSBA Go-Biz
• Camarena Health
• Catholic Charities Diocese of Fresno
• Central California Environmental Justice Network
• Central California Legal Services
• Central Unified School District
• Central Valley Community Foundation
• Central Valley Education Pathways, LLC
• Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative (CVIIC)
• Central Valley Women’s Entrepreneur Center
• Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño
• Centro La Familia Advocacy Services
• CHIRLA
• City of Madera
• Community Schools, Fresno Unified School District
• Consulado de Mexico en Fresno
• Coreen Campos and Associates
• CRLA Foundation
• CSU Fresno
• Education and Leadership Foundation
• El Concilio California
• El Dorado Park Community Development Corp.
• Estrella Consultants
• Eveery Neighborhood Partnership
• Faith in the Valley
• FIRM
• Fresno Adult School
• Fresno Bee
• Fresno County Department of Public Health
• Fresno EOC
• Fresno Unified School District
• Fresnoland
• Generation Changers
• Governor’s Office (State of California)
• Greenfield Walking Group
• Han Phan Tilley Elementary
• Hmong Innovating Politics
• Immigrant Legal Defense
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center
• Immigrants Rising
• International Rescue Committee
• J & L Photography
• Jackson Community Development Corp.
• Jakara Movement
• Judging by the Cover: A Bookstore
• KCCD
• Kids in Need of Defense
• Lazaro Salazar Law
• Legal Aid at Work
• Live Again Fresno
• Lowell CDC
• Martinpark Inc.
• Mendoza Law Group
• Moreno Institute
• Moreno Seeds Foundation
• New Business Community Law Clinic
• Oasis Legal Services
• Office of Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula
• Office of California Attorney General
• Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications
• Outsmart Disasteer Program, Go-Biz
• Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
• Plazita Pixley
• Poder Latinx
• Radiant Valley Interpreting
• Radio Bilingue
• Rapid Response Network Kern
• Reading and Beyond
• Reyes Carpet Cleaning
• Roosevelt Elementary School
• Self Help Enterprises
• Sequoias Adult Education Consortium
• Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network
• Services for Undocumented Students UC Merced
• Small Business Majority
• State Center Adult Education Consortium
• Stratefied Insights
• The Campbell Foundation
• The Children’s Partnership
• The Fresno Center
• UC Berkeley School of Public Health
• UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
• UC Immigrant Legal Services Center
• UC Merced
• UFW Foundation
• Univision Foundation
• Valley Foward
• Valley Voices
• Visalia Adult School
• Vision y Compromiso
• West Coast Mennonite Central Committee
• West Fresno Resource Center
• Western Seminary
• With Visalia
• Woodlake Family Resource Center

Thank you for helping to make the 2026 regional conference a success!

Thank you visiting our websites: CVIIC.org | ValleCentral.org | InmigrantesEmprendedores.org