Participatory Defense Is More Important Now Than Ever

About this episode

Yvette Borja interviews Sandra De Anda about participatory defense and its importance in the context of increased immigration enforcement.

Yvette Borja interviews Sandra De Anda, the Director of Legal and Policy Strategy at the Orange County Rapid Response Network. They discuss the history of participatory defense in Orange County, explain how the organization has pivoted during the increased immigration enforcement under the second Trump administration, and share how the participatory defense model allows for the distribution of legal knowledge amongst community members who are empowered to interrupt criminalization and deportation. Support the podcast by becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook Learn more about the Orange County Rapid Response Network's work here: https://ocrapidresponse.org/

People in this episode

Host: Yvette Borja

Guest: Sandra De Anda

Topics covered

• participatory defense
• immigration enforcement
• community empowerment
• criminalization
• deportation

Keywords

• participatory defense
• immigration
• community
• legal knowledge
• deportation
• criminalization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Orange County Rapid Response Network

Places: Orange County

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