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Latino rights advocate and community organizer

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.

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

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

Publications

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

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

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ "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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