“The history and the story of immigration here is one of, primarily, exploitation,” says Isa Noyola.
Noyola, a transgender activist based in Phoenix, is the deputy director of Mijente, one of the country’s most prominent immigrant-rights organizations, representing Latinx communities around the country. When Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, Noyola pointed to a dual sense of relief and hope: that the whole system of immigration in America (and the myriad constructs that affect it) needed an overhaul, and that there was now an opening to advance...
Noyola, a transgender activist based in Phoenix, is the deputy director of Mijente, one of the country’s most prominent immigrant-rights organizations, representing Latinx communities around the country. When Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, Noyola pointed to a dual sense of relief and hope: that the whole system of immigration in America (and the myriad constructs that affect it) needed an overhaul, and that there was now an opening to advance...
- 11/18/2020
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
John Legend highlights the activism of Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, in the first episode of his new mini-series Can’t Just Preach.
The clip arrives nearly seven years to the day after Martin was fatally shot in Sanford, Florida. In the clip, Fulton discusses how her son’s wrongful death pushed her to found the Trayvon Martin Foundation; the episode’s YouTube page serves as a fundraising tool for the foundation.
“The reason why I do this movement and I feel like I have to do what I...
The clip arrives nearly seven years to the day after Martin was fatally shot in Sanford, Florida. In the clip, Fulton discusses how her son’s wrongful death pushed her to found the Trayvon Martin Foundation; the episode’s YouTube page serves as a fundraising tool for the foundation.
“The reason why I do this movement and I feel like I have to do what I...
- 2/27/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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