The Homegirl, The Hand Grenade: Marisa Franco

<p>Alicia Garza is joined this week by Marisa Franco, the Director and Co-Founder of <a href="https://mijente.net/">Mijente</a>, a digital and grassroots organizing hub for Latinx and Chicanx people. Garza and Franco discuss the origins of Mijente, challenges facing the Latinx community right now, and whether or not we can “message test” our way to freedom. Plus, Garza’s weekly roundup of all things great and awful known as Lady Don’t Take No!</p><p>Marisa Franco on <a href="https://twitter.com/marisa_franco">Twitter </a>and at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marisafranco/">Instagram</a></p><p>Lady Don't Take No on <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPodcast">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPod">Instagram</a> & <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/fb.me/ladydonttakeno">Facebook</a>.</p><p>Alicia Garza on <a href="https://twitter.com/aliciagarza">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chasinggarza/?hl=en">Instagram</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChasingGarza">Facebook</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This pod is supported by the <a href="https://blackfutureslab.org/">Black Futures Lab</a></p><p>Production by Phil Surkis</p><p>Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by <a href="https://twitter.com/Latyrx">Latyrx</a></p><p><br />Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the <a href="https://www.domesticworkers.org/">National Domestic Workers Alliance</a>. She is the co-founder of <a href="https://supermajority.com/">Supermajority</a>, a new home for women’s activism. She shares her thoughts on the women transforming po