Posts Tagged ‘mijente’
Mijente En South Texas
Organizing For El Buenvivir With Our Gente Two weeks ago, we joined with our compas, members, and Texas community organizers in Laredo, Texas. During our Texas Organizers Workshop, we led sessions focused on the sociopolitical state of things in Texas, the threats to the Latinx community, and the opportunities for organizers. These workshop offerings are […]
ReadVIDEO: Building Power Sin, Contra y Desde El Estado
We are Latinx & Chicanx people part of movements for justice & self determination for all, embracing the “Sin, Contra, Desde” framework. We’re sharing our brand new animated video telling the story of sin/contra/desde at Mijente.
ReadNew Year & New Fights, Same Mijente Principles of Unity
Mijente is saying farewell to 2021 with our head and hearts full of possibility. As we look forward to a new year in 2022, we know it will bring a fresh set of political and social challenges and collective community care opportunities. In all of it, we remain in the fight for justice and transformative […]
ReadForging Our Path Forward: Reflections on Mijente’s Past & Recent Crecimiento
August 23rd, 2021“How do you get people from outside of their head, into their hands, into their heart, and moving?” This was the question our National Director, Marisa Franco, asked last year in response to the activism and opposition of the uprising against the killing of Black lives by police. Mijente was born in and out of […]
ReadAn Introduction to Mijente
April 30th, 2019Over the next few decades, a steady demographic shift will occur in the United States, the Latinx population is set to double. Alongside these shifts are predictions and assumptions that the power and influence of our community will grow as well. We do not believe that demographic change will automatically forge transformative change. Because alongside […]
ReadMijente Principles of Unity
EnglishEspañolPortuguês These are our Mijente Principles, to help us remember and guide us in struggle. 1. We are Latinx and Chicanx people that are part of movements for justice and self-determination for all people. We are pro-Black, pro-indigena, pro-worker, pro-mujer, pro-Lesbian Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer, pro-migrant because we hold all of those identities, and because our […]
ReadA Letter to Mijente: “I’m Fighting with You”
Mijente member Alejandra Pablos has been in ICE custody since March 7th. She wrote these powerful words to fellow members to show her love and gratitude.
ReadWe Do It For Our Gente: Release Ale Now
Alejandra Pablos is a beloved Mijente member and fierce organizer that has been in ICE custody since March 7th.
ReadWhen Police Murdered an Elderly Man Clutching a Crucifix, His Daughter Turned Grief into Action
Unarmed 73-year-old grandfather Francisco Serna, who suffered from dementia, was murdered by police while walking near his home. His daughter, Laura Serna, is organizing families of victims of police violence to demand justice for their loved ones. Bakersfield Police is known as the deadliest police force in the nation.
Read
