Marisa Franco is a Latino rights advocate and community organizer. Her activities have centered around Arizona, where she was born, as well as New York and California.[1]

Franco is the co-founder and director of Mijente,[2][3][4] an online organizing tool for Latinx[5] and Chicanx[5] activists.[6][7] Franco led the #Not1MoreDeportation[8] campaign which was recognized in 2014 by the National Organizing Institute as Campaign of the Year.[9] Franco is the Campaign Director at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)[10][11][12] where she actively fought against SB1070 which allowed police to ask anyone in Arizona for their immigration paperwork at routine traffic stops.[13]

She was selected as one of The Advocate's 40 under 40 in 2016.[14] She was an organizer with the People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) in San Francisco, California[15][16] and worked on the campaign to enact the New York Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights.[1]

Publications

Franco co-authored the books Towards Land, Work and Power[17] and How We Make Change is Changing.[18]

  • "The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump"[19]
  • "The Department of Homeland Security: the largest police force nobody monitors"[20]
  • "Opinion: Obama, Immigration And The Lincoln Playbook"[21]
  • "Latino communities must see Ferguson’s fight as their own"[22]

References

  1. 1 2 Tugend, Alina (May 24, 2018). "Leading the Way in the Fight for Human Rights". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Marisa Franco - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center". www.womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  3. ↑ "Mijente". Mijente. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  4. ↑ Morrissey, Kate. "Protesters blockade federal courthouse, drape banner from hotel; 10 arrested". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  5. 1 2 "The Feministing Five: Marisa Franco". Feministing. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Meet 16 activists at the front lines of immigration reform". MSNBC. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  7. ↑ "Marisa Franco of Mijente and Why This Immigration Debate Is Way Too Simplistic (PODCAST)". www.latinorebels.com. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  8. ↑ "#Not1More Deportation". www.notonemoredeportation.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  9. ↑ Tugend, Alina (24 May 2018). "Leading the Way in the Fight for Human Rights". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  10. ↑ "Organizer to politicians: Match the courage of immigrants". MSNBC. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  11. ↑ Jones, Athena. "Immigration activists hope they don't get burned". CNN. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  12. ↑ Vasquez, Tina. "Abolish ICE: Beyond a Slogan". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  13. ↑ Itkowitz, Colby (2016-11-16). "She helped bring down Sheriff Arpaio. Now she's ready to take on hate nationally". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  14. ↑ "40 People Under 40 to Teach Us About Each Other". 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  15. ↑ "Bio: Marisa Franco - No Papers, No Fear - Ride for Justice Blog". nopapersnofear.org. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  16. ↑ "Marisa Franco - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  17. ↑ "Marisa Franco – Netroots Nation". www.netrootsnation.org. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  18. ↑ "Marisa Franco". Facing Race: A National Conference. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  19. ↑ Franco, Marisa; Garcia, Carlos. "The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump | The Nation". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  20. ↑ Franco, Marisa; Shah, Paromita (2015-11-19). "The Department of Homeland Security: the largest police force nobody monitors | Marisa Franco & Paromita Shah". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  21. ↑ Franco, Marisa (2014-06-19). "Opinion: Obama, Immigration And The Lincoln Playbook". Fox News. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  22. ↑ "Latino communities must see Ferguson's fight as their own". MSNBC. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
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