The New Americans Democracy Project (NADP) is ICIRR’s integrated Civic Engagement Program. It encompasses voter registration and mobilization of immigrant citizens in Illinois. The Project also encourages Legal Permanent Residents to become citizens in order to vote and contact their legislators about issues that matter to them. In 2004 through the New Americans Vote Campaign, immigrant leaders leveraged the relationships and energy of community organizing with the targeted strategy of electoral organizing. The New Americans Democracy Project (NADP) 2006 continued this work to create a trained and experienced organization of immigrant leaders who are highly effective in electoral organizing. NADP will:

• Build political support for immigrant issues through non-partisan electoral action
• Identify and train future immigrant politicians and political professionals
• Create political support network trough active participation and mentorship