As a national immigrant youth-led organization, the mission of the United We Dream Network is to achieve equal access to higher education for all people, regardless of immigration status. We aim to address the inequities and obstacles faced by immigrant youth and to develop a sustainable, grassroots movement, led by immigrant youth, documented and undocumented, and children of immigrants. We use leadership development, organizing, policy advocacy, alliance building, training and capacity building to pursue our mission at the local, state and national levels.

We believe that all individuals and organizations that wish to be a part of our collective effort can contribute, and can do so in their own way. By acting and leading collectively we can build a movement toward the mission we wish to accomplish.

The goals of UWD include:

1. Building power through local, regional, national convenings and leadership development opportunities.

2. Provide the tools and resources to immigrant youth leaders to organize and grow their movement at every level.

3. Creating meaningful alliances with other national immigrant and education rights organizations and making sure there is a voice for immigrant youth at the national level.

4. Strengthening the internal structure of UWD as an emerging institution.

5. Strengthening anchor organizations of UWD; supporting emerging groups and providing capacity where organizing is needed but non-existent.