Posts Tagged we belong together

By Suzanna • 10 years ago

The Feministing Five: Pramila Jayapal

Only hours after being released from jail for urging the House of Representatives to take action on immigration reform, Pramila Jayapal, feminist and immigration activist extraordinaire, graciously answered our questions for this week’s Feministing Five!

Pramila has been an established leader in immigration reform for years, having founded Washington State’s largest immigrant advocacy organization, OneAmerica, in 2001. Just recently recognized as a White House Champion of Change, she currently co-chairs We Belong Together: Women for Common-Sense Immigration Reform and her successful organizing this past week, resulting in the largest number of undocumented women who willfully submitted to arrest, further deepened our respect for her and her work.

And now, without further ado, the Feministing Five with Pramila Jayapal.

 

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Only hours after being released from jail for urging the House of Representatives to take action on immigration reform, Pramila Jayapal, feminist and immigration activist extraordinaire, graciously answered our questions for this week’s Feministing Five!

Pramila has been an established leader ...
By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Quick Hit: Why the push for immigration reform is stronger than ever

Image via @DREAMers_MOMS
Immigration reform isn’t dead, and immigrant women aren’t going down without a fight.

This week is Women’s Equality Week and We Belong Together is organizing women to cast symbolic votes for fair and equitable immigration reform. To participate, take the oath here.

People are tweeting up a storm about what immigration reform means for women over at #WomenBelong. Join the conversation, and read through Monday’s Tweet chat here.

“Women who enter the U.S. as dependents ought to have full worker protections, including being subject to minimum-wage laws and eight-hour workdays; they should have access to help in the face of violence, trafficking and sexual harassment; and they should be guaranteed due process in cases of deportation or ...

Image via @DREAMers_MOMS
Immigration reform isn’t dead, and immigrant women aren’t going down without a fight.

This week is Women’s Equality Week and We Belong Together is organizing women to cast symbolic votes for fair ...
By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Hats Off to Immigrant Women

We here at Feministing know that women wear many hats. Women are caretakers, students, workers, bloggers or activists. They may also be immigrants.

These women all deserve to be included within our government’s social safety net, to benefit from the resources they are already investing in, and to be brought out of the shadows of undocumentation. They deserve fair wages and just working conditions. They deserve to be kept together with their families without fearing deportation every time they leave the house.

This is why We Belong Together has started the campaign Fedoras for Fairness, using the symbol of the fedora–a hat worn by early women’s rights activists–to symbolize the many hats women wear each day. ...

We here at Feministing know that women wear many hats. Women are caretakers, students, workers, bloggers or activists. They may also be immigrants.

These women all deserve to be included within our government’s social safety net, ...