Work Synergistically: Team Work Makes the Dream Work

 



When I look up organizations that try to eliminate discrimination against immigrants or address any similar goals, many organizations and coalitions can be found. For example, Interfaith Immigration Coalition is a partnership that fights for immigrant justice as well as tries to improve freedom of religion and confront any discrimination against minor religions (Interfaith Immigration Coalition, n.d.). Also, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization that tries to improve systemic equality among all people who live in the states. One of the ACLU's areas of focus is immigrants. They explain, “The ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project is dedicated to expanding and enforcing the civil liberties and civil rights of immigrants and to combating public and private discrimination against them” (ACLU, n.d.). Moreover, Oxfam is a non-governmental charitable organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice (Oxfam, n.d.). Oxfam is a British founded organization though their headquarters is located in Nairobi, Kanya, and their activities and effort are widespread in the US. They also fight discrimination against immigrants and refugees not only in one country but globally (Oxfam, n.d.).

These are only a few examples, but there are more organizations and partnerships. Although their specific focuses may be a little different than each other, their biggest and final goal is the same, which is to eliminate discrimination against immigrants and to make the world more comfortable to live for all. They all carry and care about the same value of improving equality. Why don’t they work together? According to Covey (2020), working together, in other words, working synergistically, creates more and better outcomes than individual works. He says, “the whole is greater than the sum of parts'' (Covey, 2020, p. 134). Working synergistically includes more perspectives, and that will allow everyone to come up with more creative solutions. They may face some disagreements, but by finding a way for everyone to agree, they can naturally find solutions that help more people more effectively than when only one organization comes up with a solution. The more complicated and difficult the problems are, the more people should be involved to find solutions. Therefore, It may be even better when each organization’s specialties are a little different than each other because then they can broaden their perspectives by learning about each other’s work and find solutions that they wouldn't have been able to find alone.

You and your organizations are very powerful and influential. I am only a student who is hoping for equality, but your organization has an actual power to move people and knows how to do it. I need your help to collaborate with each other and make greater achievements so that all immigrants can live happier.

Do it together. — Together, you can eliminate discrimination against immigrants more effectively and more quickly. Other organizations and coalitions are not opponents, but they are teammates who are working towards the same goal as yours. Please hold hands with each other and make a greater impact on all.


Information References

ACLU. (n.d.). Immigrants’ rights. https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights#act

Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 habits of highly effective people. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

Interfaith International Coalition. (n.d.). Interfaith platform. https://www.interfaithimmigration.org/about/interfaith-platform/

Oxfam. (n.d.). Fighting against the discrimination of migrants and refugees around the world. https://www.oxfam.org/en/fighting-against-discrimination-migrants-and-refugees-around-world 


Media Reference

Mine, V. (n.d.). Partnership illustration. Iconscout. https://iconscout.com/illustration/partnership-2080827
 


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