About the American Immigrant Alliance

American Immigrant Alliance was founded on a quiet conviction: that the United States has, for too long, told the immigrant story incompletely. We are a pro bono project — an archive, a magazine, and a classroom — gathered around the belief that the contributions of the people who came here from somewhere else deserve to be documented, published, and preserved with care.

We are organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, supported by individual donors, foundation grants, and the volunteer time of journalists, historians, oral historians, photographers, and editors. Our work is non-partisan. Our archive is open to the public.

How we work

We collect first-person accounts through long-form interviews conducted by trained oral historians, in the language each storyteller is most at home in. Transcripts, recordings, and accompanying photographs are catalogued in our open digital archive — and selected stories are developed into essays, profiles, and research briefs for publication.

What we publish

Our magazine carries oral histories, essays, profiles of immigrant Americans whose work has shaped the country, and research on the contributions of immigrants to American science, culture, labor, and civic life. Everything we publish is offered to the public — and to the classrooms, libraries, and civic groups we partner with — at no cost.