Not In Our Town: Light in the Darknessairs on PBS September 21. Join communities across the country who are using a new PBS documentary to find ways to prevent hate crimes and anti-immigrant violence. Not In Our Town: Light in the Darknesstells the story of residents of a Long Island village taking action after a local immigrant is killed in a hate crime attack by seven...
Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva is serving his 5th term in Congress, and is our 2011 Community Change Champion honoree in public service. A native of Tucson, Arizona and son of a bracero, Raúl has been advocating for his community’s needs for more than 30 years. Before entering Congress, Raúl served as Pima County Supervisor and Tucson Unified School District...
Christine Neumann-Ortiz is the founding executive director of Voces de la Frontera in Wisconsin, and a state and national leader in the immigrant rights movement. Through her leadership, Voces has grown from a small, grassroots worker center to a state and national leader in the immigrant rights movement. Voces is the largest Latino membership based organization in Wisconsin. Since 2006,...
Kelissa Hieber is a student on a mission. The senior at Miami University in Ohio has an internship she loves at We Are Ohio. The Integrative Studies major is focusing on a career where she can blend her love of field organizing with her passion for social justice issues such as race, gender and class. Hieber listened to President Obama lay out his jobs plan to the nation last week, and...
