In the first weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 20 long-time committed community groups and leaders joined together to raise funds for undocumented working families who support our economy, industries, and communities every day, but who are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits or most of the federal disaster relief funds. What we know is true is that our state cannot, and will not, fully recover from this challenge if we leave these essential communities behind.

The Arizona Undocumented Worker Relief Fund’s (AUWRF) commitment is rooted in the meaning of philanthropy, love for humanity, for undocumented working families who support our economy, work in our industries, and support our communities every day with their indispensable contributions.

AUWRF believes that denying hard-working families benefits they have a human right to receive is an injustice. Accordingly, they hope that someday soon fellow citizens and leaders in Arizona and across this country will see the humanity of supporting all similarly struggling working families, undocumented and documented, and acknowledge the essential contribution these workers have made, and continue to make, to our communities every day. That day may be a long way off, but these hard-working Arizonans need help now.