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September 6th, 2017

Day After DACA Repeal, Immigrants Take Down Statue of Jeff Sessions Outside the DOJ

After yesterday's announcement that the White House is terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, groups rallied in front of the Department of Justice to condemn Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his role in ending DACA and promoting hyper discriminatory, anti-immigrant, and pro-prison practices. Groups Mijente, Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), Juntos, United [...]

September 6th, 2017

September 5th, 2017

Mijente Reacts to Trump’s Cancellation of DACA

We Will Organize Against this White Supremacist President’s Agenda September 5, 2017 In response to the announcement that the White House is terminating the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program, Marisa Franco, director of Mijente, issued the following statement: “Jeff Sessions is a living monument to the Confederacy. He and Donald Trump’s white [...]

September 5th, 2017

August 30th, 2017

Jeff Sessions is a Walking Monument to the Confederacy

He’s seriously named after the President and a General of it.

August 30th, 2017

August 14th, 2017

Demanding that Congress Defend DACA, TPS and Initiate an Investigation on ICE

Undocumented and immigrant leaders were joined by community organizations and labor unions on Monday to demand Members of Congress to defend DACA and TPS, to investigate ICE’s rogue actions and to hold the line on all hate legislation that further criminalize immigrants.

August 14th, 2017

July 28th, 2017

After Health Care Loss, Trump Goes to Long Island to Beat Up on Immigrants

“At a time when the administration is trying to defund health care, PBS, or almost all other government agencies over their supposed costs, it’s ridiculous to see it also trying to inflate ICE’s payroll.”

July 28th, 2017

July 26th, 2017

Jeff Sessions Should Stop Perpetuating the Lie that ICE is a Public Safety Agency, Cities Should Draw Line in the Sand After Latest Ultimatum.

Raids and separating families will not make us safer.

July 26th, 2017

July 21st, 2017

With DACA & TPS Threatened & a Dream Act Introduced, How We Chart Our Way Forward Matters

Let us seize clean opportunities and quickly condemn anything that turns a Dream into a nightmare, anything that would increase the criminalization of any of us.

July 21st, 2017

June 16th, 2017

Latinx Anti-Blackness Killed Philando Castile

As news broke that a court acquitted Officer Yanez, the 29 year old Latino police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile while he wore his seatbelt and his girlfriend livestreamed from the passenger side of his car last summer, reactions of outrage and disbelief poured throughout the country. Castile's mother took to facebook telling [...]

June 16th, 2017

June 5th, 2017

A Guide on Organizing as Defense Against Federal Investigations and Prosecutions

Mijente and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild release a guide that outlines how community-based organizations can develop a security and defense plan in the event that federal law enforcement targets leaders or staff for federal investigation and prosecution.

June 5th, 2017

May 21st, 2017

Indigenous Self-Care Practices for Organizers

There’s no denying that we are in the midst of a historical time where social, political, and economic trends are changing. Folks are organizing their communities, jumping full force into defending freedoms and fighting for liberation. It’s important in these times to not drift from ourselves; our bodily and spiritual needs. As an Afro-Peruana, I [...]

May 21st, 2017

May 20th, 2017

Queer Mapuche Visual Artist: Sebastían Calfuqueo

Check out this video piece called ‘You Will Never be a Weye’ which talks about ways that colonization and homophobia have and continue to erase the experiences and stories of the Machi Weye people within Mapuche communities. Machi Weyes are gender nonconforming Mapuche people who are often thought of as spiritual leaders and healers in their communities. The video is subtitled in English.

May 20th, 2017

May 11th, 2017

New Toolkit gives Workers Tools to Fight against Raids and Audits

Mijente Members and labor leaders at the AFL-CIO, Neidi Dominguez and Rosa Lozano along with others just dropped “We Will Resist and Defend,” a powerful toolkit for organizers and advocates on workplace raids and audits.

May 11th, 2017

May 2nd, 2017

10 Powerful Quotes from bell hooks’ “All About Love”

“I feel our nation’s turning away from love...moving into a wilderness of spirit so intense we may never find our way home again. I write of love to bear witness both to the danger in this movement, and to call for a return to love." - Bell Hooks (2000) To ground ourselves in love’s [...]

May 2nd, 2017

April 30th, 2017

Queens of the Corner: Pedro Lemebel y Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis

Pictured above: Francisco Casas (left), Pedro Lemebel (right). I first learned about Chilean artist and activist Pedro Lemebel while watching an interview with Chilean queer musician Alex Anwandter about his latest album, Amiga. On that album, there’s a track called Manifiesto in which he tackles themes of gender and sexuality; a track that Anwandter said [...]

April 30th, 2017

April 17th, 2017

Lifting Up the Struggles of the Mujerxs of the Young Lords Party: Reflections on Iris Morales’ Book

Iris Morales’ book, Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords 1969-1976 documents the perspective of women cadre in the formation of one of the most important radical party organizations in Latinx-American history.

April 17th, 2017

March 29th, 2017

Unchecked DHS Fingerprinting Practice Moves Groups to Press for Transparency

The new technology is allowing agents to violate rights at an unchecked rate.

March 29th, 2017

February 21st, 2017

Three Lessons from Fighting Obama Raids to Organize Under a Trump Regime

While enforcement under the new regime represents an expansion and escalation, it is built upon past practices that can provide us with key lessons now.

February 21st, 2017

February 16th, 2017

Expanding Sanctuary Policy Solutions – A Crowdsourced Guide

This is a living list of legislation that has been passed or proposed to address increasing protections and/or reducing criminalization.