Blogs from members of Generational Alliance

by Bianca Laureano

Advocates for Youth is proud to join a coalition of organizations participating in Strong Families’ Mama’s Day 2012 — a campaign to lift up and celebrate the mamas and others among us who do the amazing, inspiring, and often grueling work of raising our kids and anchoring our families.

Mama’s Day is a way to build a new definition of mamahood – a diverse collection of voices to explore and appreciate the complexities of building our families - beyond just Sunday brunch once a year. As Strong Families explains:

by Bianca Laureano

“So if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity—I am my language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself.”

Gloria Anzaldúa, “How To Tame The Wild Tongue” in Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. 2007. pg. 59.

Republicans have gotten their briefs in a twist about Democrats trying to update the Violence Against Women Act to be inclusive of Native American and LGBT survivors of violence and to make it easier and safer for undocumented survivors to report abuse. Unsurprisingly, Congressional Republicans- being unable to overcome their misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia- have come up with their own version of the bill in an attempt to save face.