Alianza Americas is committed to confronting the structural inequities that affect the communities where our members work. These inequities present significant barriers to the democratic process and social equality and threaten the health and well-being of the folks we work with daily. We also recognize that this struggle presents us with great opportunities to strengthen our members’ critical analysis, leadership, and advocacy capacity. As an organization comprising a network of grassroots organizations led by and serving immigrants of Latin American origin, we recognize that the history of efforts to maintain white supremacy has led to systemic inequities related to gender, race, ethnicity, language, economic conditions, and social class. These intersectional factors are fundamental in defining our work in addressing structural inequities and building democracy and well-being. We structure our work around three fundamental goals, which we see as pivotal to our work.

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Goals:

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• Strengthen our gender analysis in regards to public policies that address or should address systemic inequities in the Americas, with specific focus on work, health, and education, while considering their impact on the root causes of migration.
• Build, alongside our membership, the capacity for analysis and advocacy regarding economic inequities as a root cause of migration and their impact on migrant families and their communities.
• Develop analyses and construct narratives around our racial and ethnic diversity in order to confront white supremacy and foreground the differential impacts of migration on Afro-descendant and Indigenous communities.

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