SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After 27 years, the Salem-based immigrant civil rights group Causa will be dissolving. Causa’s board of directors says it made the decision to start dissolving the organization last week. They said the decision was not an easy one, but they “firmly believe it is the right one.” Causa recently co-led the launch of the Oregon Worker Relief Fund to provide about $60 million to immigrants in Oregon during the pandemic. It also helped pass legislation that provided driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. The board cited two years of fundraising difficulties, unprecedented turnover in staff and leadership, and the inability to finalize a contract with the employee union as reasons for the decision.
Salem-based immigrant civil rights group Causa to dissolve
