Mónica Ramírez Is Teaching Migrant Women How to Organize
The attorney and Justice for Migrant Women founder works in community meetings and trainings to help farmworkers understand their rights.
Mónica Ramírez was raised in Fremont, Ohio, near fields of corn and soybeans. Her great-grandmother, Virginia Guardiola, took care of her as a young child, welcoming farmworkers disoriented and alone to the town. Guardiola taught Ramírez the importance of sharing information to help people find work and stay safe. As an adult, Ramírez became an internationally recognized attorney and feminist, founding the advocacy group Justice for Migrant Women.
The group provides information to migrant women, enabling them to organize and fight for their rights, similar to how Guardiola helped her in her youth. Ramírez emphasizes the significance of having trusted community members, especially for women who work without legal status. She aims to empower these women by helping them understand their rights, even as they face challenges like sexual abuse and family separation under the Trump Administration.
Ramírez runs community meetings and "Humans Who Feed Us" dinner series, bringing together farmworkers, line cooks, delivery drivers, and community leaders to promote understanding and unity.
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