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Posts Tagged ‘women’s vote

Two nights ago, a group of woman gathered in LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NYC to address the presidential wannabes and voters themselves to say what they wanted. Part of the nationwide This is What Women Want speak out, Latina voices were loud and clear and presente.

Luz Rodriguez, of SisterSong, Women of Color Health Care Collective, speaks of human rights.

See more Latina women, including Kety Esquivel and VL Editor Maegan la Mala, speak what they want after the jump.

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As soon as I could, I voted. As soon as my younger sister and prima could, I dragged their asses to vote. My hijas have been with me inside the voting booth and I explain the process, and no just the mechanics of pulling the lever (we’re still old school here in NYC), and no not just the political game/sideshow.

I don’t lie about my own ambivalence after stolen elections and the fact that my own familia who lives in Puerto Rico can’t vote ambivalent. Pero given the reality of the day, what is happening in our communities, can we afford not to vote, not to engage?

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