What's the REAL problem? Blog Carnival
In conjunction with this year's Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice, we'll be hosting a blog carnival. Last year we asked you all to answer the question "What's your contraception story?" and the responses were incredible. This year, during the week of August 1-5, we'll be asking members of our community to answer the question "What's the real problem?" when it comes to how immigrant women are treated.
A framework released through our white paper and subsequent campaign about young Latinas and healthy pregnancies, the What's the Real Problem? framework asks us to examine what's really behind the targeting of immigrant women in our communities. The legislation, dialogue and rhetoric focus on the lives and choices of the women in our communities, but we know the problem is much deeper and likely systemic rather than individual.
For this year's blog carnival we invite you to join us in answering the question, What's the Real Problem? In regards to immigration and specifically how immigrant women are treated.
To join the blog carnival, simply post your response to this question and email your link to miriam [at] latinainstitute [dot] org by August 5th. We will include all posts in round-ups on our blog, website and email newsletter.
Blog carnival posts:
- What's the real problem? blog carnival kicks off by Miriam Zoila Pérez, NLIRH
- What's the real problem? Rhetoric by Megan Donahue, NLIRH
- Getting to the root of the "real" problem why immigrant women are scapegoats for today's politicians by Marisa Treviño, Latina Lista
- Speak out for the reproductive rights of immigrant women by Maria Elena Young, The Curious Ostrich
- Salud reproductiva en las inmigrantes by Lorena Garcia, COLOR
- Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice 2011 by Claire, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina
- Prevention at the Heart of Keeping Women Healthy by Secretary Sebelius for the NLIRH blog
- What's the real problem? Xenophobia by Candace Gibson, NLIRH
- What's the Real Problem Behind the Scapegoating of Immigrant Women? by National Network of Abortion Funds
- Latina Week of Action Takes on Reactionary Immigration Policy and Teen Pregnancy Efforts by Veronica Bayetti Flores, NLIRH
- SAFIRE Youth speak out about scapegoating by Shanelle Matthews, ACRJ
- The real problem is racism and our failure to act by Sarah Audelo, Advocates for Youth
- What's the real problem? Working conditions for immigrant women by Heather Ramirez, NLIRH
- Immigrant Women Caught in Systemic Oppression by Marisella Rodriguez, NOW
- What's the real problem? Media portrayal of immigrant women by Luis Vargas, NLIRH
- !Si, se puede!? For Latinas and Other Uninsured Women, Gaps Remain in Access to Birth Control by Kimberly Inez Maguire, Reproductive Health Technologies Project
- What's the Real Problem? Some families are valued while other are demonized by Jaspreet Chowdhary, NAPAWF
- Fighting for Reproductive Rights for Every Woman by Nancy, NARAL Pro-Choice America
- Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice by Bianca Laureano, Latino Sexuality
- The real problem is silence by Hemly Ordonez, Advocates for Youth
- What is the real problem? Abortion and Justice for immigrant women by Steph Herold, Abortion Gang
- What's the real problem? Teresa Huang, CLPP
- What's the real problem? Sonia G, NYSYLC
- Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice: The Real Problem with Choice by Maegan La Mala, VivirLatino
- Immigrant women in the U.S. face a number of challenges, though the biggest may be objectification by Samantha McLane, Planned Parenthood
- What's the real problem? An unrealistic and discriminatory immigration system (Bilingual post) by Paola Martínez, Community Mobilization Intern
- What's the Real Problem: Unexamined Assumptions by ACRJ
- Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice by Rachel, Women's Health News
- Don't Ignore LGBT Immigrants' Needs by Veronica Bayetti Flores, NLIRH, for Ms. Magazine
