Historians have often excluded Black, Brown and Indigenous women from their narratives, thereby contributing to the erasure of the forms of solidarity and equity those women and their comrades practiced in their communities and traditions.
A student organization at the University of Washington is providing a safe space for students to discuss the mental health challenges Latinas face.
A clear need is emerging for financial education, investment opportunity and access to capital, states The Latinas in Leadership Institute.
Democrats have a record number of women in the House and Senate, but just two new women lawmakers are Republican, leading to an overall decline in representation.
“Seattle is pretty famous for the ‘Seattle Freeze’ and when you add in being Latinx, trying to build comunidad, it can be really tough.”
“It was challenging navigating this by myself because my family turned to me to pave my path for college,” Chelsea Cordoba said.
“At the beginning I never imagined the impact of this program, but now having become more conscious of the situation, all of the promotoras and everyone in the community here has something important to share.”
Reproductive justice advocates say Latinas are being lured by promises of free pregnancy tests and free diapers. Many are unknowingly walking into clinics that push a hidden agenda.
Period poverty is a global issue experienced by millions of people, especially houseless, low-income and Black and Brown communities. Still,
