Learn about Javier Robles’ story and vision as the new president of Latino Action Network (LAN), New Jersey’s most respected civil rights organization. In this new episode of Activista Rise Up, we discuss how LAN is supporting advocacy to improve access to services for people with disabilities and the issues that are impacting them, specifically in the Latino community.  

For more information about the Latino Action Network, visit latinoactionnetwork.org. For resources and info on how to support people with disabilities, visit ncd.gov and check out their latest report: Disparate Treatment of Puerto Rico Residents with Disabilities in Federal Programs and Benefits. 

Visit Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina's website to learn more about her and to stay up to date with her work.

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Follow Javier Robles on social: @thisabled or email him with any questions at [email protected]

Join us to learn more about GLSEN and how they are working across movements to defend the rights of our LGBTQ+ youth. In my interview on Activista RiseUp with Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, Executive Director of GLSEN we discuss how we can engage on the current debate on education standards and the safety of LGBTQ+ in our schools, the FL "Don't Say Gay" bill and how all these issues connect to workers' rights movements across our country.

For more information on GLSEN, visit www.glsen.org.

New episode next Thursday! Follow me @DrCamposMedina on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on the Activista Rise Up podcast and much more!

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Watch a brand new episode of Activista Rise Up out now! I am joined by Jorge Torres, a national campaign strategist for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) for an in-depth discussion on the importance of worker and popular education as critical in empowering workers to lead their own movements for rights and economic justice. Join us to learn how ndlon.org is supporting the movement for immigrant workers' rights nationally through its #DALE campaign led by workers and for workers.

For more information on the podcast, visit the Activista Rise Up page.

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Now more than ever, women must learn about their reproductive rights and in this episode of Activista Rise Up, we specifically focus on Latinas and the taboo surrounding abortions. Joining me for this important discussion is Alejandra Sorto, a campaign strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ). We have the right to our body and we decide what we want to do with it; it is our choice.

Take action HERE so everyone in New Jersey regardless of insurance, economic, or immigration status can have access to abortion.

New episode available every Thursday! Follow me @DrCamposMedina on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on the Activista Rise Up podcast and much more!

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Learn about the stories of migration and success that connect to the current struggles for identity, belonging, and integration of Salvadorans and Central Americans in the United States in this new episode of #ActivistaRiseUp! Joining me for this important discussion is Carmen Molina Tamacas, a journalist, anthropologist, and author of “SalviYorkers”.

For more information on her book, "SalviYorkers" visit linktr.ee/salviyorkers.

New episode available every Thursday! Follow me @DrCamposMedina on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on the Activista Rise Up podcast and much more!

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Learn about LGBTQ+ rights, education standards, and racial justice on today's new episode of Activista Rise Up! Joining me for this important discussion, is Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, Executive Director of @GLSEN. GLSEN works to ensure that LGBTQ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment.

For more information on GLSEN, or to get involved, visit glsen.org.

New episode available every Thursday! Follow me @DrCamposMedina on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on the Activista Rise Up podcast and much more!

Visit my website to learn more: patriciacamposmedina.com/activista-rise-up

The third episode of season 3 of the Activista Rise Up Podcast is out now! I’m joined by Staci Berger, a Housing & Neighborhood Advocate to discuss the current housing crisis in NJ. She shares her experience leading policy reform that addresses the post-pandemic housing crisis and explains what it takes to create real affordable housing in the state, in order to combat the housing crisis we’re experiencing nationwide.

For more information on housing for low and moderate-income community residents, or to get involved: www.hcdnnj.org. For immediate housing assistance: housinghelpnj.org.

New episode available every Thursday! Follow me @DrCamposMedina on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on the Activista Rise Up podcast and much more!

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Dive into the discussion of Reproductive Rights and Latinas with the Activista Rise Up podcast! I'm joined by Alejandra Sorto, a campaign strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) who has led the successful efforts to pass the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act. Reproductive rights is a topic that continues to be taboo especially in the Latino community, even though communities of color are the ones most disproportionately impacted by the lack of access to healthcare. Take action HERE to demand that NJ continues to protect women’s reproductive rights regardless of their insurance, immigration, or economic status.

New episode available every Thursday! Follow me @DrCamposMedina on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates on the Activista Rise Up podcast and much more!

Visit my website to learn more: patriciacamposmedina.com/activista-rise-up/

We're kicking off Season 3 of #ActivistaRiseUp highlighting the movement for domestic worker rights in NJ; Evelyn Saz, a domestic worker and organizer with National Domestic Workers Alliance shares her experience and struggles while working through the pandemic. Reena Arora, an Employment Policy Attorney with NDWA will discuss the NJ Domestic Workers Bill of Rights and reminds us that domestic work makes all other work possible. Support domestic workers by signing NDWA's petition.

For more info on NDWA, visit their website.

To learn about the NJ Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, visit their landing page.

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