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Maria Poblet

Maria Poblet has a couple decades of community organizing experience, a smart mouth, and an optimism of the will. She helped build racial & economic justice powerhouse Causa Justa Just Cause, as it’s first Executive Director. She is the Executive Director of Grassroots Policy Project and also a co-founder of the US Chapter of the World March of Women and of LeftRoots.

Contributions from Maria Poblet

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La Lucha No Se Acaba Aquí: A Letter About my Experiences to Young Latin@ Graduates

I went to college a long time ago. In those days, if you can believe it, Shakira had black hair, and was an alternative rocker! Also, at that time, Affirmative Action was being destroyed. I was part of a student movement that fought to defend Affirmative Action, a policy that acknowledged the historical and current discrimination against people of color and women, and made it easier for both to gain admission into colleges and universities.