Win and Turn Back Trump

Win and Turn Back Trump

This election we reject the status quo & organize under strategic necessity to create the conditions that drive change from the ground up.

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By Amanda Chavez | Oct 12, 2020

“He is not experiencing the same Covid as we are”

President Donald Trump put out a video after leaving Walter Reed Medical Center, in which he affirmed “don’t let COVID dominate you, don’t be afraid of it, you’re gonna beat it.” We spoke to three Latinx creatives at the intersections…

By Amanda Chavez | Jul 29, 2020

Dismantle DHS & Defeat Trump

Today Trump announced that he will call back federal officers from Portland. It was another failed political stunt, but it shows us how far he is willing to go to retain power. The federal agents who descended on the city, uninvited…

By Amanda Chavez | Jul 8, 2020

Moving Biden Toward Community Demands: Unity Task Force Releases Recs

Mijente director Marisa Franco issued the following statement on the Biden campaign’s newly announced immigration policy commitments. Franco was a member of the campaign’s unity task force on immigration as one of the representatives negotiated by the Bernie Sanders team.

By Mijente | May 30, 2020

Mijente members in Louisville, KY denounce state violence against Black people

Mijente members from Louisville, Kenucky, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter Louisville and Breonna Taylor’s family, unite in opposition to the recent murders of Black people at the hands of police and all the various forms of state sanctioned violence…

By Tania Unzueta | May 29, 2020

Hacia Compañerismo y Conciencia: Pro-Blackness in Action

As a national multi-racial Latinx organization Mijente stands with all Black communities across the country who are calling out the injustice of the state sanctioned murder of Black people in the hands of the police. Latinx communities must show up…

By Sofia Campos | Apr 28, 2020

Drag King Bilingual Storytime con los MENtirosos

Yesterday, @Losmentirosos read 3 books from the @lil_libros collection during “Bilingual DragKing Story Time” and it was amazing! Lil Libros makes bilingual children’s books. Not only are they bilingual in Spanish and English, they also focus on classic, traditional, &…

By Amanda Chavez | Apr 9, 2020

Georgia Sheriff Candidate Questionnaires

Sheriffs 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…

By Mijente | Mar 29, 2020

Recipes for Holistic Immunity Support for La Cura Podcast

I recently had the pleasure of being on Mijente’s La Cura Podcast as the first guest of their Community Care Series that feature how different community healers, health practitioners, community leaders are tending to themselves and their communities during the…

By Sofia Campos | Mar 24, 2020

Love 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…