Marisa Franco#Mijente

{{Short description|Latino rights advocate and community organizer}}

Marisa Franco is a Latino rights advocate and community organizer. Her activities have centered around Arizona, where she was born, as well as New York and California.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/us/leading-the-way-in-the-fight-for-human-rights.html|title=Leading the Way in the Fight for Human Rights|last=Tugend|first=Alina|date=May 24, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-10-27}}

Franco is the co-founder and director of Mijente,{{Cite web|url=https://www.womensmediacenter.com/shesource/expert/marisa-franco|title=Marisa Franco - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center|website=www.womensmediacenter.com|access-date=2018-07-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://mijente.net/|title=Mijente|website=Mijente|access-date=2018-07-21}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-immigrant-protest-20180702-story.html|title=Protesters blockade federal courthouse, drape banner from hotel; 10 arrested|last=Morrissey|first=Kate|work=sandiegouniontribune.com|access-date=2018-10-27}} an online organizing tool for Latinx{{Cite news|url=http://feministing.com/2016/02/01/the-feministing-five-marisa-franco/|title=The Feministing Five: Marisa Franco|work=Feministing|access-date=2018-07-21}} and Chicanx activists.{{Cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-16-activists-the-front-lines-immigration-reform|title=Meet 16 activists at the front lines of immigration reform|work=MSNBC|access-date=2018-07-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/07/15/marisa-francomijente/|title=Marisa Franco of Mijente and Why This Immigration Debate Is Way Too Simplistic (PODCAST)|website=www.latinorebels.com|access-date=2018-07-21|date=2018-07-16}} Franco led the #Not1MoreDeportation{{Cite web|url=http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/|title=#Not1More Deportation|website=www.notonemoredeportation.com|access-date=2018-07-21}} campaign which was recognized in 2014 by the National Organizing Institute as Campaign of the Year.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/us/leading-the-way-in-the-fight-for-human-rights.html|title=Leading the Way in the Fight for Human Rights|work=The New York Times |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=2018-07-21 |last1=Tugend |first1=Alina }} Franco is the Campaign Director at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON){{Cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/organizer-politicians-match-courage-immigrants|title=Organizer to politicians: Match the courage of immigrants|work=MSNBC|access-date=2018-07-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/07/politics/immigrant-rights/|title=Immigration activists hope they don't get burned |first= Athena |last=Jones|work=CNN|access-date=2018-07-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/10/10/abolish-ice-beyond-a-slogan/|title=Abolish ICE: Beyond a Slogan|last=Vasquez|first=Tina|work=The New York Review of Books|access-date=2018-10-27}} where she actively fought against SB1070 which allowed police to ask anyone in Arizona for their immigration paperwork at routine traffic stops.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/11/22/she-helped-bring-down-sheriff-arpaio-now-shes-ready-to-take-on-hate-nationally/|title=She helped bring down Sheriff Arpaio. Now she's ready to take on hate nationally|last=Itkowitz|first=Colby|date=2016-11-16|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-07-21}}

She was selected as one of The Advocate's 40 under 40 in 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.advocate.com/40-under-40/2016/1/04/40-people-under-40-teach-us-about-each-other|title=40 People Under 40 to Teach Us About Each Other|date=2016-01-04|access-date=2018-07-21}} She was an organizer with the People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) in San Francisco, California{{Cite web|url=http://nopapersnofear.org/blog/post.php?s=2012-07-19-bio-marisa-franco|title=Bio: Marisa Franco - No Papers, No Fear - Ride for Justice Blog|website=nopapersnofear.org|access-date=2018-07-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Marisa_Franco|title=Marisa Franco - Ballotpedia|access-date=2018-07-21}} and worked on the campaign to enact the New York Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights.