El Paso, una razón para que los latinxs presionen por la destitución de Trump - Publicado originalmente en El Diario, enlace aquí.
Juan Cartagena
Juan Cartagena
President & General Counsel
One of the nation’s leading voices on equality and nondiscrimination, Constitutional and Civil Rights Attorney Juan Cartagena inspires change to systems that marginalize communities of color. As a public speaker, El Diario columnist, and Rutgers University lecturer, Juan focuses extensively on Puerto Rican and Latino rights issues, including the community impacts of mass incarceration.
El Paso: A Reason for the Latinx Community to Push for Impeachment was originally pubished in Latino Rebels. you can read the full op-ed here or below.
Los Disparates Coloniales de Trump - Publicado originalmente en El Nuevo Dia, enlace aquí.
This op-ed was originally publish in The Hill and you can see it here.
On July 24, Puerto Rico proved the power of protest. We can never underestimate it. This was the power that changed a government — decidedly, nonviolently and permanently.
Buenos días honorables miembros del Comité y su Presidenta Keisha Aniya McGuire. Me dirijo a ustedes hoy para llamar atención al colapso total de cualquier apariencia de democracia en Puerto Rico que pudiera todavía existir después de 500 años de colonialismo.
On behalf of LatinoJustice PRLDEF I thank Representative Fudge and the members of the Subcommittee on Elections for inviting me to testify on the important subject of voting rights in the State of Florida. While it is safe to say that full compliance with voter protections in any State, including Florida, is always a timely and critical endeavor, this topic, and indeed this hearing, is coming at an opportune time for democracy in this State.
As 2018 winds down, LatinoJustice continues to focus on the road forward.
While we broke bread with our families this past weekend, we processed images of children and their parents fleeing violence in their homelands only to be met with tear gas and hostility at the U.S. border. It seemed all too easy to fall into despair. But yielding to terror tactics is not the answer.
The growing caravan of migrants making their way to Mexico City (and hopefully, the Mexico–U.S. border) portrays the open defiance of immigrants who have nothing left to lose but their lives. It is now about 4,000 people who are marching against the transnational immigration policies that have led to decades of violence, displacement, organized crime and de facto death sentences.
By Denise Collazo and Juan Cartagena
If you’ve had an opportunity to visit and peruse our newly redesigned website, you may have noticed a few key changes. As teased in my earlier message a few weeks ago, LatinoJustice has gone through a rebranding process that includes:
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