Megan Fountain

Migrant justice. Prison abolition. Masters student & Graduate Assistant @ El Instituto: Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies @ UConn

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

#HappeningNow BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION OF WORKERS are leading a hearing and protest at DHS -

We need action from @POTUS @SecMayorkas and @SecMartyWalsh to end the crisis of abuse against migrant workers. WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/4bo0Bpxwcw

#DALE #WorkerMigrantJustice

[ImmDef @ImmDef]

Title 42 is a humanitarian disaster. It is also a choice - a choice to subject people fleeing unimaginable violence to more danger.

@POTUS it’s time to #EndTitle42 and #WelcomeWithDignity

https://t.co/yYll2hOkXd

[Unidad Latina en Acción CT @ULAnewhaven]

From Connecticut to Florida to Mississippi -- We're rallying at the @USDOL because Biden must create whistleblower protections for undocumented workers. Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement NOW! #WorkersRights #EssentialWorkers #EssentialAndExcluded #WorkerMigrantJustice #DALE

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

The real immigration crisis is in the workplace where workers can't organize free of deportation threats. Deferred Action now.

[NDLON @NDLON]

#BREAKING: Undocumented Workers Rally for Urgent Action by @USDOL Department & @USCIS to Address Rampant Abuse Against Immigrants!! 

“Accept Our Labor, Respect Our Rights” #DALE #WorkerMigrantJustice

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

Congratulations to @domesticworkers for creating something new and powerful: House cleaners who get their jobs through the Handy app will have a voice at work. We're talking about gig workers in FL, LA and KY.

[Domestic Workers @domesticworkers]

Exciting announcement from NDWA Gig Worker Advocates and @handy: A first-of-its-kind pilot program to provide cleaners on Handy with paid time off, occupational accident insurance, and guaranteed earnings of $15/hr.

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

The Connecticut budget is done, and the looting of the poor and working people by the super rich is a knee on the neck of the Black community #BlackLivesMatter

[Connecticut For All @CTForAll]

“Our policies are a knee on the neck of the Black community and other underserved communities of our state. We can do better, and we must do better.” - Recovery For All Legislative Champion Sen. Fonfara https://t.co/9yxyX4N69j

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

@RobertCottoJr Let's be clear about why this happened: Governor Lamont refused to tax his 14 billionaire friends who accumulated $12 billion during the pandemic alone.

[S.G. Sarmiento @sg_chambita]

Props to those who’ve fought Bristol Sheriff Hodgson racism for years, and exposed his collusion w/ white supremacists. #AltoSheriff

Good 1st step. Next shut off ICE in Florida + Texas.

@BCCJustice @ULAnewhaven @ndlon @CosechaMovement @MIRACoalition
https://t.co/whbEleXJNg

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

It shouldn't be so hard to shut down an ICE detention center run by a hate group leader, but we did it. #ShutDownICE #ICEout #ExposeHate #AltoSheriff

[Unidad Latina en Acción CT @ULAnewhaven]

Today ICE terminated its contract with Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, the white supremacist leader, of Bristol County Massachusetts https://t.co/wRl7R7pHHe #StopSheriffHodgson #AltoSheriff #DefundDHS #UnmaskHate

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

The trees shook violently and groaned before falling, cried for help, wailed, panicked, called out in helpless pain and then fell entreatingly to the ground, as if trying to snuggle into the earth to grow and spring forth alive again. (Cities of Salt by Munif)

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

El paro no para carajo #Pereira #LucasVive #ParoNacional

[Ariel Ávila @ArielAnaliza]

#ParoNacional
Parque olaya de Pereira, homenaje a la vida

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

I love how the general strike in Colombia is renaming streets and public spaces. #PuertoResistencia #AvenidaMisak #ParoNacional

[Manifiesta Media @ManifiestaMedia]

Este #ParoNacional se ha reapropiado y ha rebautizado muchos puntos del país. Hoy en Bogotá nace la Avenida Mizak 🔴🔵⚪⚫

[Epitacio Ladrillo @TachoLadrillo]

En Connecticut, USA, nos solidarizamos con los hermanos y hermanas en Colombia. Ayer nos manifestamos en Hartford, y el lunes s lo haremos en New Haven para pedir a la congresista Rosa de Lauro se sume a denuncia internacional de los asesinatos a quienes pacificamente protestan.

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

'No parimos, no sangramos, no sufrimos, para que el gobierno nos arrebate nuestra razón de ser'. Así se refieren las mujeres a las hijas e hijos que han desaparecido en el marco del conflicto armado y de este #ParoNacional. https://t.co/FhqwyeTS9F
#DiaDeLaMadre #SOSColombia

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

¡Levántate, mujeres de este día, levántate, todas las mujeres que tienen corazón, si tu bautismo es el agua o las lágrimas!

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

Del pecho de la tierra devastada, una voz sube con la nuestra, y dice: 'Desarmad, desarmad!' - Declaración del #DiaDeLaMadre en 1870

[Alexander Aviña @Alexander_Avina]

(Colombia)

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

Me parte el alma y me solidarizo con el pueblo en resistencia #ElParoNoLoParaNadie #SOSColombia #LucasVilla #Pereira

[Santi Corei @santi_corei]

Es muy difícil expresarse desde la lejanía que separa Argentina de Colombia. Más aún cuando por los medios tradicionales cuesta, y mucho, obtener información. Pero vengo a compartirles la reciente y triste historia de alguien que dejó una gran huella. Lucas Villa (abro hilo👇)

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

Guess who's working on the frontlines without paid sick days, hazard pay, childcare or healthcare? #FrontlineMoms #MomsEqualPayDay #RecoveryForAllCT #Connecticut

[Unidad Latina en Acción CT @ULAnewhaven]

It's not okay that Latina moms in Connecticut have to work more than twice as many hours to earn what men earn. Women are overrepresented in 'essential' jobs with no benefits 👉 Support hazard pay & sick days now https://t.co/Vf5fx7P3ON #MomsEqualPay #RecoveryForAllCT

[Megan Fountain @middlefountain]

It's #MomsEqualPayDay. Tell @GovNedLamont that we need a fair budget for the Connecticut moms earning poverty wages doing the work that's essential https://t.co/n27GnIS0TA

[LCLAA @LCLAA]

Women predominate in frontline jobs that are powering communities during this crisis. This #MomsEqualPay Day, we demand leaders put women and families ahead of corporations, including ensuring women have workplace, health and other critical protections they need. #FrontlineMoms