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Hood Digest has been away for a bit and we missed you so much!! We know times are intense and we hope the Hood Digest podcast will keep you a little company as you quarantine in your living room and keep your loved ones healthy! We are happy to come back with a new episode to continue our discussion on immigration. Our guest is Xiomara Corpeño (http://stproject.org/xmy_directory/xiomara-corpeno/) - a veteran organizer and badass immigrant rights pioneer. Xiomara worked at CHIRLA and helped organize some of the largest immigrants rights marches this country has ever seen - 1 Million people!  Xiomara talks about the evolution of the immigrant rights movement: its history & current state; the need to acknowledge anti-Black, anti-indigenous, anti-Central American, and anti-trans issues in the movement; AND most importantly, the importance of unity, struggle, and organizing!!! Xiomara was born to Salvadoran and Honduran parents and was raised in Los Angeles. Xiomara began her activism while a student at UC Riverside, first through the AFL-CIO Union and later at SCOPE, organizing black and brown communities on the west side.  Please listen, comment, send us a message, and tell your friends to your friends about how much you love us! We love you! LaMikia and Elmer