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FECHA: Domingo 14 de Junio 2020 TEMA: WAISN (Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network) Invitada: BRENDA RODRIGUEZ (Eastern WA Network Coordinator) WAISN's Mission is to protect and advance the power of immigrant and refugee communities through a multiracial, multilingual, and multi-faith coalition. Our organizing strategy educates and mobilizes statewide to uphold and defend the rights and dignity of all immigrants and refugees, centering the voices of impacted communities. Brenda Rodríguez’s role in WAISN is to build and support communities fighting to defend immigrant rights in Central and Eastern WA. She is based in Wenatchee. Brenda earned a Bachelor’s Degree at Washington State University, double majored in Spanish and Women’s Studies with a minor in Comparative Ethnic Studies. She was born in Mexico City and arrived in the United States at the age of nine. Reuniting with her migrant working family here, she grew up in Basin City, Washington. During her first semester at WSU in 2016, the Republican club in her campus put up a wall in support of Trump’s campaign. She vividly remembers feeling “infuriated and disappointed by the institution for allowing such an offensive demonstration to be displayed”. At that moment she decided to take action and joined Crimson Group the following semester. Since then, she has been fiercely fighting for a Clean DREAM Act and for resources for undocumented students on her campus. Brenda has been organizing immigrant youth in her campus, and region for years. She has been to Washington, DC, twice to advocate in person for the Dream Act, and has put her body on the line to pressure Congress to take action. More information HERE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/entre-hermanos/support