We all love our cars and the privileges that come with them. They are part of our everyday lives–they help us get to our jobs, run errands, ferry our kids around, and buy groceries. Driving is essential to being a productive member of a family and community. Imagine if you couldn’t drive and couldn’t contribute […]
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Spotlight: VA LAN Leading the Fight for Reproductive Justice for Virginia Immigrants
Imagine being an immigrant woman in Virginia and finding out you’re pregnant. In a country that is so hostile to immigrants and women, even more so during the Trump administration, how would you move forward with little to no access to reproductive health care? People treat immigration and reproductive rights as two separate issues, but […]
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Local Heroes Leading the Fight for Immigrant Justice in Virginia
Living in America in 2019 feels like a scene from a dystopian nightmare: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violently tearing children away from their families at the border, mistreating asylum seekers in unsanitary and overcrowded detention centers, and picking teenagers off the street while they’re waiting for their school bus. As the daughter of […]