Author: Gladys Ortiz, Bilingual Court Advocacy Manager & Outreach Specialist

Vote YES ON 4

After more than a decade of advocacy, REACH Beyond Domestic Violence and Latinas Know Your Rights celebrated the long-awaited signing of the Work and Family Mobility Act (WFMA) passed on May 26, 2022. The commonsense WFMA bill allows drivers, regardless of immigration status, to obtain a driver’s license and car insurance to increase safe mobility, while also improving road safety for everyone in Massachusetts. Passing WFMA…

The Work and Family Mobility Act Becomes Law

It is hard to put into words how proud I am of the historic win we experienced with the passing of the Work and Family Mobility Act! For more than a decade Latinas Know Your Rights has worked alongside the MIRA Coalition and its members including the ACLU, Brazilian Worker Center and many other organizations that fought hard to build support from the ground up. I…

2021 Immigrants’ Day

On Tuesday May 4th, immigrants, refugees, and their supporters virtually descended on the Massachusetts State House for…