If we want to win : a Latine vision for a new American democracy / edited by Diana Campoamor.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : The New Press, 2021Description: xxii, 344 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781620976807
- 1620976803
- Gorbea, Nellie M. Politics
- Moulitsas Zúniga, Markos, 1971- Advocacy
- Nelson, Matt (Community organizer). Community organizing
- Mujica, Héctor. Identity
- Delgado, Anjanette. Domestic violence
- Barroso, Carmen. Gender rights
- Ross, Robert K. Health
- Lozano, Mónica. Education
- Marcial, Julio. Criminal justice
- Roberts, Mary Skelton. Environment
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An urgent, provocative collection of essays from Latinx thought leaders heralding a more inclusive vision of America's future
Latinx people make up the second-largest ethnic and racial group in America, with a population of over sixty million. They have been integral to shaping the country's economy, culture, and politics, and their influence and power continue to grow at all levels of civic life. Yet their diversity remains misunderstood, their contributions ignored, their concerns overlooked.
If We Want to Win brings together twenty leading figures involved in issues that affect the Latinx community, to lay out a vision for the future of American democracy, drawing on their experience and expertise in areas ranging from the arts, juvenile justice, women's rights, and education, to environmental justice, racism, human rights, immigration, technology, and philanthropy.
Each contributor tells his or her own story alongside stories of the resilience and hope they have encountered over the course of their careers, debunking the stereotyping and scapegoating that continue to plague the Latinx community and seeking a more accurate portrayal of themselves and their communities. While questioning what it means to be Latinx and what it means to be American in the twenty-first century, this inspiring, visionary collection offers a blueprint for moving the United States toward a more inclusive and just democracy.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-330) and index.
Preface / by Diana Campoamor -- Foreword / by Robert K. Ross, MD -- Politics : Latine paths to political leadership / Hon. Nellie M. Gorbea -- Advocacy : how the 2020 altered the electoral system / Markos Moulitsas -- Community organizing : powering civic engagement / Matt Nelson -- Identity : a family of diverse communities / Hector Mujica -- Domestic violence : against abuse in Latin America and in the United States / Anjanette Delgado -- Gender rights : bodily autonomy and democracy / Carmen Barroso and Daniel Parnetti -- Health : the way Beatriz Solis saw it / Robert K. Ross, MD -- Education : access to college / Mónica Lozano -- Criminal justice : youth system transformation / Julio Marcial -- Environment : a diversity lens on transit policy / Mary Skelton Roberts -- Arts and culture : our voices and images matter / Olga Garay-English -- Central America : a model of diaspora activism / Alexandra Aquino-Fike and Reavey Fike -- Puerto Rico : racial equity and the island's future / Nelson I. Colón -- Envisioning new philanthropy : is there a Latino donor? / Ana Gloria Rivas-Vásquez -- Funding sector : democratizing philanthropy for social change / Ana Marie Argilagos.
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