Though they come from different countries, the 14 women in the Granite State Organizing Project’s Latina leadership series share similar fears.
“We always have this thing in the back of our heads that no matter what we do, we’re never going to be heard, because we’re pretty much not from here,” said Liz Taveras, of Nashua. “It’s like, ‘You’re an alien coming to this country. Go back to your own country.’ But I was raised here. If anyone asks me about Puerto Rico, I have nothing to say.”
That’s because many of the women who participated in the eight-week program, meant to empower women with Latin heritage to speak up for themselves and their community, have lived 10 or more years in Nashua – if not their whole lives.
“If you asked me about Nashua, then it’s different,” Taveras said.![]()
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