Oasis Legal Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the Bay Area (Oakland/Berkeley) that provides trauma-informed legal representation and wraparound social services to low-income LGBTQ+ immigrants, specializing in asylum, residency (green cards), naturalization, VAWA, and family petitions while engaging in impact litigation, policy advocacy, training, and movement-lawyering to advance protections for queer and trans immigrants.
Immigration policy and access to asylum, immigrant rights and legal-services funding, LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination and safety, access to health care and HIV-related services for immigrants, reductions to immigration enforcement and barriers (e.g., fee and backlog challenges), and capacity-building for culturally competent legal representation.
Mix of foundation and philanthropic grants, institutional funders, government and local/county grants, and individual donations.
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (UC Law SF), Immigrant Legal Resource Center/New Americans Campaign, American Immigration Lawyers Association, regional foundations (e.g., California Wellness Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative), partner law firms and local government immigrant affairs offices.
Non-profit organization (501(c)(3))
