Following this year’s theme of Caminamos: Justice for Immigrant Women, our blog carnival focused on providing the much needed discussion as to what is “the real problem” in regards as to why immigrant women are scapegoated for societal problems. We would like to thank the countless people participated from all across the country stemming from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Human and Health Services to activists on the ground such as Sonia Guinansaca, who is part of the NY LAN Network.
Some of the blog carnival highlights:
NLIRH’s own policy analyst, Veronica Bayetti Flores discussed reactionary immigration policy along with teen pregnancy efforts for immigrant women, as well as the needs of LGBTQ immigrants:
Latina Week of Action Takes on Reactionary Immigration Policy and Teen Pregnancy Efforts (RH Reality Check)
Don’t Ignore LGBT Immigrants’ Needs (Ms. Magazine Blog)
Our partner organization Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights:
Salud reproductiva en las inmigrantes by Lorena Garcia, for Moms Rising
Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice’s youth leadership development team, SAFIRE, discussed their own personal experiences and why they believed immigrant women are scapegoated in society:
SAFIRE Youth speak out about scapegoating by Shanelle Matthews, ACRJ
Much of the discussion highlighted the many intersectional ties between RJ and race:
The real problem is silence by Hemly Ordonez, Advocates for Youth
The real problem is racism and our failure to act by Sarah Audelo, Advocates for Youth
Special thanks to RH Reality Check for cross-posting our blog carnival content! Take a look at all the other posts here.
By Heather Ramirez, Development and Communications Intern
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