This past fall, I was asked to be a keynote speaker at the University of Georgia’s (UNG) Great Latino Debate. The planning committee asked me to speak about “my success as a Latina in America.” At first, I struggled trying to figure out what I would...
This was originally published on the Economic Policy Institute's blog. Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a misleading report on school segregation, which I discussed with NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Jonathan Simon is an Adrian Kragen Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and a member of the Haas Institute’s...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Syyen Hong is a currently incarcerated individual held at San Quentin Prison in California. He was...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Madiha Khan is a senior at UC Berkeley studying Philosophy. Madiha shares her personal perspective as an...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Janetta Johnson is the executive director of T ransgender, Gendervariant, Intersex Justice Project (TGI...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Marlon Peterson is the founder of Precedential Group Social Enterprises, a social justice organizational...
T his piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Aparna Shah is the Executive Director of Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV), a statewide, multi-ethnic...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Talila Lewis is an attorney-activist who is working to increase access to the legal system for deaf and...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Aurora Garcia is an organizer with California Partnership, a project of the Center for Community Change...
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