Posts Tagged ‘Latinx organizing’
Georgia Sheriff Candidate Questionnaires
April 9th, 2020Sheriffs in Georgia are powerful. At the top of their powers are whether and when to release our loved ones from jails, whether to require a cash bond to release them, or whether they are going to call immigration enforcement instead. This May residents of Cobb and Gwinnett County in Georgia will get a chance to […]
ReadLove and Agitation in the Times of Corona
Hi everyone, We’ve been in covid-tena since last Friday. I got tested for covid-19 on Tuesday due to possible exposure to confirmed cases, ensuring we were most informed for my team that was exposed to me as well, and experiencing symptoms. We are still waiting for my results; B has not shown any symptoms (yay!). [...]
Read¿Sin El Qué?
We are excited to announce the launch of La Vida Local, a new initiative to incubate sin el estado (without the state) work within our Mijente membership! What is Sin El Estado (Without the State) Work? “Sin El Estado” takes the work of resistance and moves it one step further into the realm of imagination […]
ReadPasos Pa’lante: Mijente Democratic Primary Endorsement
The moment feels like it was yesterday. At a local Phoenix community center , we waited for the results of the 2016 election — waited to find out if our push to finally topple Maricopa County’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio had been successful. Local election results trickled in, and it became clear that we’d won. […]
ReadMijente Statement on Kentucky SB1, HB51, & SB89
#CrushICE #SanctuaryforAll #NoSB1 To sign onto this letter, please contact [email protected] Spanish | English | French En fuerte solidaridad con activistas y organizadores, los miembros de Mijente Louisville y Lexington y en todx el estado de Kentucky, se unen en oposición a los proyectos de ley fascistas y anti-inmigrantes SB1, HB51 y SB89, […]
ReadFUERA TRUMP: This is the year we’ve been building towards
Mijente is a fighting organization, and we are kicking off the year in action mode. We are amped to be a core partner of the 2020 Women’s March. Women – and especially women of color – have demonstrated bold leadership in driving the resistance against the Trump agenda. We need to honor that and multiply […]
ReadALEC is everything Mijente stands against. Join our fight!
SB 1070 in Arizona. Stand Your Ground in Florida. Three Strikes Law in California. What do all of these laws have in common besides causing lasting damage to our communities? ALEC is behind them. ALEC (American Legal Exchange Council) is made up of conservative state lawmakers and corporations. It is a right wing policy machine […]
ReadOur Top 5 Moments from “El Chisme 2020: 1:1 with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren”
El Chisme 2020 continues to flip the script. We’re showing what happens when “Latinx outreach” isn’t just a buzzword; when *we* create a space to center our community and our issues; when *we* write the questions that get asked and grip that mic like the reinxs we are, when *we* fill the room with a […]
ReadWe are a Network of Latinx Therapists who Believe in Abolishing ICE
My name is Imelda Ojeda and I am part of the Latinx Therapist Action Network. I am also a Masters in Social Work, a Mexican immigrant and a Therapist. Most of all I am deeply committed to the healing of Latinx people in my lifetime. I believe that we will win and I believe that we will […]
ReadOur Top 5 Moments from “El Chisme 2020: One-on-one with Bernie Sanders”
Our goal for “El Chisme 2020: One-on-One with Candidates” was to center Latinx voices, get real about issues our gente face every day, and finally be represented in political debate. During our first event with Senator Bernie Sanders, we did just that. Audience member Kimberly Arellano spoke about her mom who was pulled over by […]
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