English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation groups – Free and open to the public with no registration required.  Schedule available on our website or in our events catalog.

Mango Languages – Learn English with video tutorials and quizzes 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world with your Cambridge Public Library card

TOEFL, TOEIC, and U.S. Citizenship  – Online practice test and e-book resources accessible at any of our libraries or from home with your Cambridge Public Library card.

The Cambridge Public Library offers a substantial collection of ESOL books, CDs, and DVDs.

Select Print Resources:

• Civics and Citizenship Toolkit: a Collection of Educational Resources for Immigrants / U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• U.S. Immigration Made Easy / Sheridan Chandler Co
• How to Get a Green Card: Legal Ways to Stay in the U.S.A. / Nolo

Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship
795 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA, 02139
617-349-4300

Cambridge Community Learning Center
5 Western Ave
Cambridge MA 02139
617-349-6363

The Office for Refugees and Immigrants can connect you with important services.

Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants

600 Washington Street, 4th floor, Boston, MA 02111

617-727-7888

Useful publication (pdf):  Asylum Seeker’s Guide to Health, Legal Services, & Life in Boston

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
105 Chauncy Street, Suite 901

Boston, MA 02111
617-350-5480

Project Citizenship

4 Faneuil South Market Building

3rd floor, Suite 4025

Boston, MA  02109

617-694-5949

International Institute of New England (IINE)

Refugee settlement services, ESL courses, civic engagement, other training.

617-695-9990

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) provides free civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to low-income people residing in Greater Boston in the following areas of the law: elder, family, housing, health and disability, Medicare, housing, welfare and immigration.

Main Office
197 Friend Street
Boston, MA 02114 Map
617-371-1234
800-323-3205 (toll-free)
617-371-1228 (TDD)

Cambridge/Somerville
60 Gore Street, Suite 203
Cambridge, MA 02141
617-603-2700
617-494-1757 (TDD)

Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC) provides free civil legal aid and affordable psychological counseling to low-income people. CLSACC provides legal assistance in housing, immigration and family law, along with disability benefits.  Offers various psychotherapy and support for refugees and immigrants.

One West Street

Cambridge MA 02139

617-661-1010

Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights

771 Albany Street

Boston, MA 02118

617-414-4794