St. Louis-based nonprofit hopes to raise $5,000 in one month

MICA Project has announced the kickoff of the ‘1 Month for 200 Lives’ campaign, running during the month of September.  The community organization, committed to working with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice, is launching the effort to coincide with MICA Project’s one-year anniversary on October 5th. 

Co-founder, Nicole Cortes, commented on the ‘1 Month for 200 Lives’ campaign “During the month of September, we are seeking to raise $5,000 from supporters so that we can continue doing this work.  We have an active caseload of over 80 clients, and each of those clients has a spouse, child, or parent who is relying on them.  We are looking for donors to be a part of our next 200 success stories.” 

About the MICA Project: 

The Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA Project) is a community organization committed to working with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice.  The MICA Project utilizes legal services, organizing, advocacy and education to promote the voice and human dignity of immigrant communities.  For more information, please visit www.mica-project.org.

MICA Project co-founders, Nicole Cortés and Jessica Mayo were recently named as “Up & Coming Lawyers” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly.  In conjunction with the recognition, Nicole and Jessica will be honored at a reception on September 13th along with other Missouri lawyers named to the list.  “Up & Coming Lawyers” recognizes the state’s premier lawyers that are younger than 40 years old (or within their first 10 years of practice) and are making a positive difference in the quality of justice while exemplifying the highest ideals of the legal profession. 

In 2012, Nicole Cortés and Jessica Mayo co-founded the MICA Project, a community organization committed to working with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice.  They currently serve as co-directors of the organization, working with clients from immigrant communities throughout St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri. 

Nicole Cortés graduated from Washington University in 2012 with a Masters of Social Work and her Juris Doctorate.  Prior to co-founding the MICA Project, she worked with the organizations Interfaith Legal Services of Immigrants, Places for People/Community Alternatives and the Migrant Legal Assistance Project of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago.

Jessica Mayo graduated from the Washington University School of Law in 2012, and has extensive experience working with nonprofit organizations across the country.  Prior to co-founding the MICA Project, she spent time working at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants and the Law Offices of Suzanne Brown.