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“Alejandra is an incredible speaker. She made an impact in my classroom sharing her story and its connections to our society."
Workshop Descriptions
A REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE STORY
Go behind the scenes of the #KeepAleFree deportation defense campaign, a national effort to defend and protect reproductive justice organizer Alejandra Pablos from deportation. Participants will leave with new knowledge on the legal, communications, and ground organizing aspects of the campaign and tools for organizing immigration campaigns in their own communities.
WHAT KINDA FEMINIST ARE YOU?
Utilizing hip-hop as an organizing strategy this workshop examines closely the lyricism of prominent feminist MC’s to draw connections between the fight for Black, Brown and Indigenous lives. Throughout this discussion Pablos utilizes an intersectional feminist lens to highlight the ongoing fight against misogyny, imperialism, and patriarchy in our everyday lives.
DEPORTATION 101
This workshop draws parallels between criminal justice and immigration policies. The goal is to build capacity among the participants to critique the interactions that are negotiated in everyday interactions with criminal justice and immigration systems.
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE 101
Through a reproductive justice framework, Pablos examines the various issues that affect a person’s ability to create families. Participants will define and discuss the differences between reproductive health, rights, and justice. An intersectional analysis of reproductive justice will illustrate the intersections of race, sex, and class highlighting the various obstacles faced by community members.
CHALLENGING ABORTION STIGMA
This Abortion 101 workshop focuses on dismantling cultural myths and stigmas tied to reproductive health. An interactive presentation, participants will engage in conversations with each other designed to critique the cultural myths that have hurt our communities for too long. Pablos shared tools on how to have conversations about abortion, reproductive health, building respect and support for independent decision making. Participants will leave with a toolkit on how to connect to local community members through a critical lens.
DIGITAL & CULTURAL ORGANIZING
Digital & cultural organizing are essential elements to building any social justice movement. Through a creative use of social media and fashion Pablos and team explores issues of immigration, abolition, and resistance. This workshop’s aim is to draw attention to the important grassroots cultural work happening digitally through fashion and aesthetics.
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