Know Your Rights

Know Your Rights

The best way to defend our community is by knowing and defending our rights.

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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…

By Amanda Chavez | Mar 10, 2020

¿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…

By Amanda Chavez | Jan 31, 2020

Pasos 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…

By Amanda Chavez | Jan 28, 2020

Mijente 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…

By Mijente | Jan 17, 2020

FUERA 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…

By Luz Chavez | Dec 4, 2019

ALEC 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…

By Luz Chavez | Nov 18, 2019

Our 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…

By Amanda Chavez | Nov 11, 2019

We 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…