6:52 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Netroots Nation|Pittsburgh · Comments Off
11 Aug 2009
National blogger conferences are always funny things to me.
I’ve been blogging for many years and not to give myself too many props, pero I was one of the earlier radical women of color blogging on personal issues as political issues and then branched out.
I have been fortunate enough to link my blogging to my history of activism and even to my poetic artistry.
And yet, for multiple reasons, I am not funded and most of what I do is a hustle inside of a hustle out of love for justice.
This means that national conferences that talk about how to talk about the issues and strategies and probably most importantly,
are places to network and share info, even conference held by orgs claiming to rep my interests, are out of my reach. I’m a single mami who makes justice centered media in various forms.
Pero this week I will be attending Netroots Nation this week gracias to a scholarship from America’s Voice that is bringing me and other pro-migrant bloggers to Pittsburgh.
I’m grateful and looking forward to this opportunity to share ideas, experiences and strategies.
PS: The scholarship covers my travel and my hotel. If you would like to donate to feed the Rican blogger click below. Gracias!
7:35 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Immigration|media justice · Comments Off
31 Jul 2009The change the people in the United States were promised under the new presidential administration and his appointees has been slow in reaching some the most vulnerable, including the undocumented who despite loud “si se puedes” still live in fear in their own homes and at their jobs. For all the talk of rule of law, seems that Immigration and Customs Enforcement can’t be bothered by that little something called the Constitution.
America’s Voice has launched a petition asking the Department of Homeland Security to cut their shit (my words, not theirs).
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