A southwestern grassroots community coalition of undocumented Mexican community members: A location for bridging resources and sociopolitical action

Lardier, David T.; Iglesias, Ybeth S.; Cantu, Irene N.; Ramirez, Cinthia M.; Garcia‐Cole, Janelle

doi:10.1002/jcop.22745

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“…Building on the intention to facilitate the project in a liberatory and democratic manner that centered the voices and lived experiences of immigrant communities, the IIP was facilitated to respond to local experiences at the regional level, as well as to look for commonalities across regions. This practice is in line with recent research suggesting that location specific community organizing is a helpful tool for building grassroots power (Christens et al, 2021), and that this is particularly helpful for building coalitions in immigrant communities to help meet community needs, bridge resources, and create spaces for social change (Lardier et al, 2022). For our project, five regional teams were created to address efforts of activist and community leaders in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West of the United States.…”

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A model of collaborative immigration advocacy to prevent policy-based trauma and harm.

Cadenas¹,

Morrissey²,

Miodus³

et al. 2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: Research suggests that antiimmigrant policies enacted in the United States, magnified during the 2016-2020 period, propagate widespread trauma across communities of immigrants (von Werthern et al., 2018). While these policies harm all groups of immigrants, structural conditions (e.g., lack of documentation status, race, ethnicity, country of origin, and other social and legal determinants) shape how they are experienced. To address the widespread traumatic harm inflicted by racist and xenophobic policies, a group of leaders from eight Divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) launched an Interdivisional Immigration Project (IIP). Method: The IIP served to develop a model for collaborative advocacy, bringing together mental health providers (i.e., psychologists, social workers), allied professionals, and immigration activists from community organizations across the country. This model was developed over the course of 1 year, coinciding with the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the amplified movement for racial justice. Results: This article describes the key components of the IIP collaborative advocacy model: (a) structuring leadership in a democratic and egalitarian manner, (b) centering and uplifting immigrant voices, (c) forming teams across five U.S. regions, (d) facilitating critical dialogues grounded in liberatory practices, (e) centering trauma and empowerment, and (f) developing advocacy strategies. The IIP collaborative advocacy model is informing advocacy to protect immigrants from harm. Discussion: This model may be used as the basis for ongoing humane immigration policy activism that centers the voices of community activists, and that pushes psychologists and allied professionals to use their positionality to support community-based efforts. Clinical Impact StatementThe current manuscript describes a model of collaborative immigration advocacy developed through the Interdivisional Immigration Project (IIP). The IIP is an initiative that involved leaders from several divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA), and leaders from immigrant activist community organizations across the country. The model may be used by providers of health and mental health services to collaborate with community activists. Collaborative advocacy that is community-based and aimed at supporting humane immigration policies may help prevent further trauma stemming from policies that target and harm immigrants.

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confidence: 83%

A model of collaborative immigration advocacy to prevent policy-based trauma and harm.

Cadenas¹,

Morrissey²,

Miodus³

et al. 2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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“…Importantly, the current study builds on research that has been demonstrating the harmful effects of anti-immigrant policies that limit immigrants' ability to obtain the protections of U.S. citizenship (Salas et al, 2013). Finally, this study moves the field forward by contributing to the growing literature on COVID-19 and Latinxs (Moore, 2021), and by identifying opportunities for policy change and interventions, which align with recent work in this area (Lardier et al, 2021).…”

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The citizenship shield: Mediated and moderated links between immigration status, discrimination, food insecurity, and negative health outcomes for latinx immigrants during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Cadenas

Cerezo

Chavez

et al. 2022

Journal Community Psychology

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A framework termed “the citizenship shield” is introduced to conceptualize how legal protections buffer against negative health outcomes among Latinx immigrants in the United States. In this study, we tested the citizenship shield framework in the context of the disproportionate impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on Latinx immigrants. We investigated the connection between immigration status, discrimination, food insecurity, and negative health outcomes. Analyses involved testing mediation and moderation models among a community‐based sample of 536 Latinx immigrants holding five statuses (i.e., U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, undocumented, and temporary status). Results suggested that food insecurity mediated the link between discrimination and negative impacts from the pandemic for Latinx immigrants across all statuses. Follow up analyses suggested that two of the three paths were moderated by immigration status. This research provides novel, important data to inform health interventions and federal policy targeted for the most vulnerable immigrants in the United States.

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Empowerment and Substance Use Prevention among Youth of Color: A Scoping Review

Lardier,

Powell,

Verdezoto

et al. 2024

Curr Addict Rep

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A southwestern grassroots community coalition of undocumented Mexican community members: A location for bridging resources and sociopolitical action

Cited by 4 publications

References 59 publications

A model of collaborative immigration advocacy to prevent policy-based trauma and harm.

A model of collaborative immigration advocacy to prevent policy-based trauma and harm.

The citizenship shield: Mediated and moderated links between immigration status, discrimination, food insecurity, and negative health outcomes for latinx immigrants during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Empowerment and Substance Use Prevention among Youth of Color: A Scoping Review

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