Juntos
Juntos is a community-led, Latinx immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. We believe that every human being has the right to a quality education and the freedom to live with dignity regardless of immigration status. Juntos combines leadership development, community organizing, and focused collaborations with other community-based and advocacy organizations to build the power of our community members so they may be active agents of change and work against oppressive systems.
Awarded Grants
2021
Media Artist + Activist Residency (MAR)
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Overview
Kristal Sotomayor, Daniel DeJesus, and Gabe Loredo will be working in collaboration with Juntos to document and develop an online community oral history archive of video interviews of intergenerational Latinx COVID-19 stories. The interviews and collaboration with Juntos community members and youth will shape the storytelling and impact of the docu-animation film Alx Through The Labyrinth about the effects of COVID-19 on Latinx in Philadelphia. In addition, Kristal, Daniel, and Gabe will engage students in the Juntos Youth Program with hands-on film production experience as they aim to archive untold pandemic stories from Latinx neighborhoods, amplify the need for increased COVID resources in communities of color, and disrupt the monolithic portrayals of Latinidad by popular media.
Juntos is a community-led, Latinx immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. We believe that every human being has the right to a quality education and the freedom to live with dignity regardless of immigration status. Juntos combines leadership development, community organizing, and focused collaborations with other community-based and advocacy organizations to build the power of our community members so they may be active agents of change and work against oppressive systems.vamosjuntos.org