I’m excited to share the news: I have a new job!

For the last six months, I’ve been quietly working as a media consultant for FIEL Houston, an immigrant-led group that advocates for immigrants in the greater Houston megalopolis.

Inspired by their mother Olivia, an immigrant herself, the Espinosa siblings founded FIEL in 2007 to aid people like them. The acronym stands for “Familias Inmigrantes y Estudiantes en la Lucha” (“Immigrant Families and Students in the Fight”). The word fiel means faithful in Spanish.

Read their story here.

After the current administration took office earlier this year, Tracie and I decided that we needed to do something more — much more — to help those who are oppressed by U.S. policies. Block walking and protesting wasn’t enough, we gauged. We needed to do something that had a direct impact on the most vulnerable among us. I had been following FIEL for a while and so I reached out to them to start talking about how I could help out (my work is all pro bono, for the record).

Whenever I meet with the team at the office, I feel like I am hanging out with superheroes!

FIEL does a number of things to help the immigrant community in Texas:

– low-cost legal services for immigrants
– educational resources for immigrants
– advocacy for those arrested by ICE
– awareness campaigns regarding immigrants’ rights
– awareness campaigns regarding legal scams that prey on immigrants

There’s so much more that they do. I hope you will join us to learn more.

When the Espinosa family and their team get to work every day, they face life-and-death challenges. The work they are doing is vital to the immigrant community here.

In coming months, I will be sharing stories — some heartbreakingly tragic, some miraculously joyous — of FIEL’s work.

In the meantime, please help us by signing up for the FIEL newsletter, volunteering (FIEL needs bodies!), and donating. FIEL is suffering financially right now (more on that later) and every penny they receive helps the vulnerable among us.

Thanks for your support and solidarity. And even if you can’t donate, please help spread the word! Stay tuned…