Scholars Tell UC Berkeley: Cut Ties with Palantir
If you are an academic and would like to add your name to this letter, please sign here. On May 30-31, 2019, Berkeley Law will convene the 2019 Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) in...
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Watch Isa Noyola Describe How Trans Asylum Seeker Johana Medina’s Death in...
Mijente’s Deputy Director Isa Noyola speaks on the death of Johana Medina Leon, a 25-year-old trans asylum seeker from El Salvador who died in ICE custody on Saturday, the first day of Pride month....
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Mijente Founding Member Carlos Garcia Stepped up to run for office in...
In case you missed it, Carlos Garcia, a founding member of Mijente and veteran community organizer won his city council election last week in Phoenix, Arizona – a city that is almost majority Latinx...
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Building our Resilience in the Face of Deportation Threats
In this moment, when the state weaponizes trauma against our migrant communities, our tactic becomes building resilience. The suffering inflicted on migrants has intensified during the current...
View Article8 Key Questions on Immigration for 2020 Presidential Candidates
The issue of immigration and the US/Mexico border has been a major point of focus for Trump. He has even shut down the government over this issue. The revolving door of leadership at Immigration and...
View Article8 Preguntas Claves Sobre Inmigración para los Candidatos Presidenciales
El tema de la inmigración y la frontera entre EE. UU. y México ha sido un punto importante de enfoque para el presidente Trump. Hemos tenido un cierre del gobierno (shutdown) sobre este tema. La...
View ArticleAnduril’s New Border Surveillance Contract With the US Marine Corps & CBP
The United States Marine Corps awarded a $13.5 million contract to Anduril Industries, Inc. to provide fully autonomous surveillance capabilities at four military bases, including one in Yuma, Arizona...
View ArticleMijente’s Language Justice League Responds to the Administration’s Move to...
On July 3, 2019, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Trump Administration Department of Justice (DOJ), through the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), “is preparing to replace...
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Our 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...
View ArticleBREAKING: Palantir’s technology used in Mississippi raids where 680 were...
Palantir’s FALCON Tipline software tool, a tool it sells to the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was used in the Mississippi raids that...
View ArticleAnnouncing: Latinx Therapists Action Network!
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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
View ArticleMijente Statement on Kentucky SB1, HB51, & SB89
#CrushICE #SanctuaryforAll #NoSB1 To sign onto this letter, please contact mijentelou@gmail.com Spanish | English | French En fuerte solidaridad con activistas y organizadores, los miembros de...
View ArticlePasos 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...
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¿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)...
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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...
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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...
View ArticleGeorgia 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...
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