Marisa Franco Explained

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.

Publications

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

Notes and References

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

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