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The organization I work at has taken down a lot of stuff from their websites. We've been told there's no directive from the funders but when people submit presentations or other materials for review and approval words are asked to be changed. So far intersectionality, gender based violence, LGBTQ are some of the terms (there are more) have been asked to be changed. I don't know how we can do this work if we have to abandon our principles or marginalized communities that already have a hard time getting services.

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How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy

Cristina Beltrán

Why are immigrants from Mexico and Latin America such an affectively charged population for political conservatives?

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"Cristina Beltrán's analysis and exposition of historical and political contexts of racism and xenophobia through Cruelty as Citizenship: How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy, is a compelling and necessary read."- Colors of Influence

"A devastating and critical read."- Zocalo Public Space

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Why are immigrants from Mexico and Latin America such an affectively charged population for political conservatives?

More than a decade before the election of Donald Trump, vitriolic and dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants was already part of the national conversation. Situating the contemporary debate on immigration within America's history of indigenous dispossession, chattel slavery, the Mexican-American War, and Jim Crow, Cristina Beltrán reveals white supremacy to be white democracy-a participatory practice of racial violence, domination, and exclusion that gave white citizens the right to both wield and exceed the law. Still, Beltrán sees cause for hope in growing movements for migrant and racial justice.

Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

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Cristina Beltrán is associate professor in New York University's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. She is author of The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity.

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Why are immigrants from Mexico and Latin America such an affectively charged population for political conservatives? More than a decade before the election o...

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"Abortion care returns to Columbia, bringing access back to mid-Missouri patients after 7 years"

https://www.kcur.org/health/2025-03-04/abortion-care-columbia-missouri-planned-parenthood#

It's been seven years since Missouri's trigger law went into effect with the overturning of Roe v Wade and abortions were completely banned in my state. In April, Missourians overwhelmingly voted Trump for President and voted to enshrine the right to access abortion health care in our state constitution.

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Trans/non-binary/gender expansive friend and family members requesting that we not use their true pronouns in public any more.

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Additional barriers to receiving support: fear of governmental violence balancing with fear of interpersonal violence

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It's only been one month...

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I only watch videos that are pausable and from verified sources. I also follow the alt national parks service to get up to date accurate information.

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Joined a political org. Building clarity regarding the duopoly (Democrats enable and are complicit with Republicans).

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Having a hard time with wondering how I will personally be affected, and finding my own legal advocacy while also making sure I'm giving my clients everything they need and deserve

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Organize survivors outside of our DV/SV programs. I think about the overlap with tenant unions, some of their more militant strategies, and what’s possible outside of the containers so easily controlled by our funding. (Overlap meaning many survivors, advocates are tenants).

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Really having a hard time watching agencies change in compliance with discriminatory actions and not take a stand and fight for what we know is right. we cannot just agree with hate and discrimination

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We've saved a lot of documents, resources, etc. for folks pertaining to immigrant struggles, what to do regarding ICE, etc. and have shared with our constituents

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Considering the survivors we serve including ourselves.

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Social action as coping. Doing the things and saying the things in my personal time that I can't do/say on work time.

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I'm following ACLU. They are fighting. It helps to know where and what are real battles and that there are people fighting them.

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Being proactive. Creating ideas on how to protect staff going out in the community, especially with threats of doxxing. Also, if funding does get impacted and leads to layoffs, having a plan in place to support staff being laid off by assisting them with updating their resumes, providing information on the transition, and connecting them to local employment and self-care resources.

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Building community and having fun have been paramount in the way I cope during this time. Joy is resilient and resistance!

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It's not easy to know how to respond to fascism. Complying isn't how we overcome fascism and oppression, and it feels like if we don't comply, we could lose funding which means loss of jobs and loss of necessary services to survivors.

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our org moved VERY quickly to remove materials pertaining to folks in the LGBTQ community. our leaders did later make an apology statement and we've republished our materials. I'm happy that there was accountability from our leaders afterwards, but it concerns me how quickly things moved out of fear. what does this mean for our organization in the future?

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working hard at not complying in advance of true laws or changes

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Promoting a culture of mutual aid. Looking at alternatives to existing hierarchal systems. This takes time.

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Funny videos/shows. Books that connect me to the bigger picture (reading Amitav Ghosh right now on empire and climate).

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Coming to terms with the feeling of betraying those that trust us. We may need to make changes to programs once guidance from funders comes out and this will harm marginalized groups.

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Public Policy work is already a slow process and now govt officials actively dismantling supportive policies

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At one non-profit organization I'm a part of, our Executive Director assured us, in an impromptu staff meeting after the executive order freezing federal funding, that we have "funds in reserve" so no one needed to worry about losing the grant funding that covers salaries... But we know A LOT of our organizations annual budget includes contracts with Medicaid, which we know could be cut, so it's still scary. And our consumers will definitely be affected.

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Feeling overwhelmed by the deluge of change, uncertainty, cruelty. It's difficult to process fully and keep going with the practical necessities of life.

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Listen, sing, make music that uplifts your spirit!

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Asking for help and promoting interactions and connections that are not transactional.

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When I first saw the message that grant applications were closed on the OVW website I was frozen. I knew that I needed to respond or do something, but I couldn't. I couldn't think of what to do, I couldn't process the impact this would have. I just had to accept that what I needed to do was sit and be in shock for awhile.

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As a leader I am trying to balance out our organization needing to get things done, with the reality that everything going on in the world right now is making it harder for people to focus, and it is going to take longer for people to get things done.

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I only read about Trump and what is happening, I no longer listen or watch him. This has relieved a huge amount of my stress.

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Intentionally uplifting immigrant/POC owned businesses!

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When I start to feel overwhelmed, I find a guided meditation video on youtube and take 10 minutes to calm my mind and body.