Posts Tagged ‘Latinx organizing’
The Locations You’d Want to See on a List of LGBTQ People of Color Serving Spots
When a company left clubs designed for people of color off their list, we started to create our own.
ReadCase Study: 48 Hours to Keep Chicago a Welcoming City
Pledge to maintain a welcoming city and stay open to refugees from Syria and anywhere people are fleeing for safety.
ReadCASE STUDY: Stop the Trump Effect in Arizona
By painting the bills as part of Trumps’ hate and racism and tying them to past efforts that were extremely damaging, the campaign made them toxic.
ReadJacinta Gonzalez on Democracy Now: Arrested for Protesting The Trump Effect
On Saturday, March 19th, Mijente’s field director, Jacinta Gonzalez, was arrested during the #StopTrump protest that blocked roads leading to his rally in the neighborhood that is home to Sheriff Arpaio and other anti-immigrant officials.
Watch her interview on Democracy Now where she discusses the Trump effect on state policy, her arrest, and the subsequent racial profiling that led to her transfer to immigration authorities despite being a US citizen.
ReadTrump Protester Transferred to Immigration Authorities in Arizona
“As I was trying to defend my rights inside, I saw the faces of two children in one of the holding cell. We’re going to continue to fight, to say #Not1More, and Dump Trump.”
ReadStatement from AZ Trump Protesters
The greatest act of love we can show is to shut down hate where it rears its head and demand that we do better than the cheap politics and false solutions that Trump is peddling.
Read5 Electoral and Legislative Fights for Woke Latinxs to Watch this Spring (and their Hashtags)
March 15th, 2016When it comes to legislative and electoral politics, the result has been a new round of policy changes and electoral campaigns in 2016 proposing to make our communities unwelcoming to refugees, erase local protections for immigrants from raids and deportation, increase criminalization of immigration, and hyper-target non-citizens who have any encounter with law enforcement and can be labeled as “felons not families,” as President Obama so eloquently put it.
For your information and general planning this Spring, here is a list of the top 5 electoral and legislative fights to watch:
ReadMarisa Franco Award Acceptance Speech at Creating Change 2016
Sanctuary is a spiritual stance. Sanctuary says, oppression is trying to fill our lives with fear and blood and daily numbing horror. But not in here. Not in my home. Not in my bed. Not in my movement. Sanctuary makes a ring of fire around our people. Sanctuary grants us a taste of reprieve and protection so they can gather strength to go out there again and fight.
ReadConfronting Anti-Blackness in Our Communities – Brown and Proud
November 25th, 2015Reposting this reader from Brown and Proud Press in Chicago: "We do not have time to attempt to be perfect in these dialogues. We recognize the difficult, uncomfortable, and painful aspects of having these conversations. However, we also recognize that having, or not having, these conversations is a matter of life and death."
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