activist

Keep working, keep pushing, live so that these people call you attention seeking activists every day. You are making the world better.

In 2008, Jimenez co-founded United We Dream. As Executive Director, she has helped develop the non-profit into the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country. With Jimenez at the helm, UWD has grown to a powerful network of 57 affiliates in 25 states, with over 300,000 members.

Welcome to #RavsWriters, an opportunity for you to get to know some of th

We are tired and hurting and don't know what else to do.

We parents always get caught up in our children’s delightful personalities and try to predict future careers. I have no doubt this little activist/politico has a bright future ahead of him making a difference for a lot of people, since he has more than made a difference for me.

Self-care is hard, but it is especially necessary for those of us engaged in activism. It is easy to become so engrossed with activism (which, as you know, focuses on organizing and combating oppression) that self-care falls by the wayside. Participating in self-care, in fact, is a revolutionary act, and it should be equally ingrained in activism work. Out of selflessness, however, activists often put greater needs above our own.

It can be hard to avoid feelings of cynicism when watching treacly, feel-good TV ads—we're lookin' at you,

"You don't know why people are doing what they're doing . . . I think this is so wrong, on so many levels."