Mila Villasana & Las Abogadas Film: The Confluence of Life and Art
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Las Abogadas Film
- May 14, 2022
- 1 min
The Road Less Traveled: A Profile of "Las Abogadas" Subject Rebecca Eichler and her Family
Before she set up a legal aid office in a VW van in the middle of a 5,000-person migrant caravan, and before she was one of the featured...
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Las Abogadas Film
- May 1, 2022
- 1 min
Lawyers and Vicarious Trauma
The lawyers featured in "Las Abogadas" work tirelessly to help migrants navigate the changing immigration laws and policies that face...
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Las Abogadas Film
- Feb 24, 2022
- 5 min
Our Abogadas Speak With Haitians in Mexico
by Careen Shannon, Executive Producer Tens of thousands of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti have been waiting for months in...
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Victoria Bruce
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Tijuana Migrants Lose a Lion of a Man
Today we received the heartbreaking news that a dear friend and colleague was shot and killed yesterday in Tijuana, Mexcio. Raoul Ngaha...
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Las Abogadas Film
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
Webinar: "MPP 'Lite' — Can Inhumane be Less Inhumane?"
On Thursday, December 9, from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST, please join one of our featured abogadas, Charlene D’Cruz of Lawyers For Good...
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Las Abogadas Film
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Please Join our Executive Producer’s December Fundraising Drive
Las Abogadas Executive Producer Careen Shannon has launched a birthday fundraiser for the Las Abogadas documentary on Facebook. She will...
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Las Abogadas Film
- Dec 5, 2021
- 2 min
Mourning the Loss of Lisa Brodyaga, the Original “Abogada”
In this season of gratitude, the Las Abogadas film team wishes to honor the original “abogada” — Lisa Brodyaga. She died on October 28,...
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
In case you missed it.... Recording of Sneak Peak and Discussion of the Film
Our first virtual event on October 26 was a great success! Thank you so much to all who registered, donated, and participated. ...
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Las Abogadas Film
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
“Despite Promises, Biden Looks a Lot Like Trump on Border Issues”
A recent op-ed written by two well-respected immigration law professors—"Despite Promises, Biden Looks a Lot Like Trump on Border...
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Victoria Bruce
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
Esteemed Attorney to Executive Produce Documentary on Women Lawyers Battling the Migrant Crisis
Careen Shannon, a New York-based attorney with nearly three decades of immigration law practice on her resume, has signed on to executive...
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