In this interactive talk, Dr. Verónica Vélez shares lessons learned from over 15 years of grassroots organizing with Latina im/migrant families in California campaigning for comprehensive immigration reform and educational change in local public schools. Through popular education, these families produced skills, knowledges, and networks to create a public platform for movement-building despite continued efforts by the state to keep them out. Dr. Vélez will share insights from this work as it applies to youth-led organizing and discuss why these strategies matter for tackling the most pressing issues affecting the Latinx community in Washington state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOLGQm98j2Y&ab_channel=lcfwa

This presentation took place August 24th, 2020 for the annual Youth Leadership Summit hosted by the Alianza Leadership Program.

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