Define American
@DefineAmerican
We are a narrative change organization, founded by @joseiswriting. Follow us to learn how to humanize the #immigrant narrative in #media, one story at a time.
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Jose Antonio Vargas
@joseiswriting
Creatively Borderless. Founder, @DefineAmerican; producer of @herelieslovebwy; author of of DEAR AMERICA and WHITE IS NOT A COUNTRY; a @calstate Trustee.
United We Dream 🍊
@UNITEDWEDREAM
UWD is the first & largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation. #AbolishICE
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@ReichlinMelnick
Policy Director @immcouncil. Former immigration lawyer at @LegalAidNYC with @IJCorps. Views are my own, retweets =/= endorsements.
Juan Escalante
@JuanSaaa
Former undocumented immigrant. Politics/National Parks. 🇻🇪•🇺🇸 — opinions are my own https://t.co/YUvtqfFZzg☁️
Erika Andiola
@ErikaAndiola
Immigrant Rights & Progressive Advocate | Comms Director for @TheYoungCenter | Former Press Sec for Bernie 2016 | ❤️ @Kai_Newkirk 🐾 Luna | Opinions are my own
National Immigration Forum
@NatImmForum
We work with community leaders across the country to advocate for immigration reform that works for all of us. Support our work: https://t.co/BIArT4HEbf
National Immigration Law Center
@NILC
Defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants & their family members. #FreedomToThrive #HomeIsHere #ProtectFamilies #SaveAsylum
Austin Kocher, PhD
@ackocher
I study immigration. Geographer. Prof. at @TRACReports/@SyracuseU & Fellow at @Immigration_Lab/@AU_CLALS. Editor at @LawandSpace.
Julissa Natzely Arce Raya
@julissaarce
Best-selling author, My (Underground) American Dream & Someone Like Me. You Sound Like A White Girl Mar 2022 Board @nilc_org @ascendfundny Bylines @TIME & more
Tina Vasquez
@TheTinaVasquez
Features editor, @prismreports: [email protected]. Repped by @IwalaniKim. Board member, @PressOn_South.
Hamed Aleaziz
@Haleaziz
New York Times reporter covering DHS and immigration. Proud @sfchronicle, @buzzfeednews & @latimes alum. Tips welcome. Email: hamed.aleaziz(@)https://t.co/jivDWSUN30
Voto Latino
@votolatino
We’re a grassroots political organization focused on educating and empowering a new generation of Latino voters. We work to hold our leaders accountable.
Maria Hinojosa 🥑
@Maria_Hinojosa
Pres/Founder @futuromedia, author of #OnceIWasYou, anchor & EP @latinousa, host @inthethickshow, distinguished journalist in res @barnardcollege
America's Voice
@AmericasVoice
Harnessing the power of American voices to enact policy change that guarantees full labor, civil and political rights for immigrants and their families.
FWD.us
@FWDus
Fixing the harmful immigration and criminal justice systems that have locked too many out of the American dream for too long.
Astrid Silva
@Astrid_NV
‘Harry’s DREAMer’ ~ Founder @DREAMBigNV ~ Director @CCSDUnify ~ “Difficult” ~ Lagunera ~ Undocumented: De aqui y De allá. Tweets aren’t good but they’re my own.
Julio Ricardo Varela
@julito77
@MSNBC columnist. Founder, Latino Rebels. Futuro Media alum. @suffolkmsoccer fan. Opinions mine and mine alone 🇵🇷
Make the Road NY 🦋
@MaketheRoadNY
Building power of immigrant, Black, and brown communities to achieve dignity & justice. 27,000+ members. RTs ≠ endorsements. DONATE: https://t.co/XPC5rxJrMR
NPNA
@npnewamericans
NPNA represents the nation's 66 largest immigrant coalitions in 40 states. Immigrants power our work to create an inclusive America.
Aura Bogado
@aurabogado
Writing. Dreaming. Dodgers.
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
@AIISForg
News about the Angel Island Immigration Station and Angel Island Immigration Museum located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay.
gay and pro-Palestine
@NicoleFroio
Doctor in Women's Studies | Writer, researcher, reporter | Latina Columnist @Refinery29 | she/her | hire me: [email protected] | anarcho-feminist
Omar S. Kamara
@omarskamara
'I just want to make movies.' Writer/Director AFI Directing Fellow c/o 2020
Alessandra
@xalamala
Center for Scholars & Storytellers
@scholarsnstory
Providing research-based insights for creators crafting authentic and inclusive stories for youth.
delosangelestimes
@delosLAtimes
De Los @latimes Everything Latinidad 🌴✨🥀
ezekiel pacheco
@_ezekielpacheco
Good Energy
@goodenergystory
We aim to make it as easy as possible to portray the climate crisis on-screen in entertaining and artful ways, in any storyline, across every genre.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
@ingrid_rojas_c
THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS. FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE. Pulitzer Prize Finalist. National Book Award Finalist. Descended from shamans and ghost whisperers
Undocupoets
@Undocupoets
Est. 2015. We believe in supporting all poets, regardless of immigration status. 👋: Organizers: @marcelo_H_ @ninejoseph @Whalebaby ✍️:[email protected]
Roberta Braga
@RobertaSBraga
Founder & Executive Director @DDIAmericas. Formerly: @EquisResearch, @ACLatAm @AtlanticCouncil, @BakerMcKenzie. 🇧🇷🇺🇸. Views my own.
Xenophobia Meter Project
@XenophobiaMeter
Building tools for advocates, journalists, scholars and YOU to track and fight xenophobia #challengediscriminationwithdata
Cornell Tech
@cornell_tech
@Cornell's NYC grad school. Developing leaders, building ventures, and creating technologies for the Al era. All at #CornellTech
Cornell University
@Cornell
Learning. Discovery. Engagement. Join the #Cornell conversation.
Hector Luis Alamo
@HectorLuisAlamo
“Like Che Guevara with bling on…”🌹
Justice Action Center (JAC)
@jactioncenter
Justice Action Center combines impact litigation with storytelling to advance justice for immigrant communities.
Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫 🏳️🌈
@BostonJoan
Founder the Critical Internet Studies Institute & BU Asst Professor of Journalism. Whistleblower coverage from Washington Post: https://t.co/MSEz9RhVQn
Laura Gao ☕️
@heylauragao
Creator of MESSY ROOTS (2022) with Weiwei Xu and upcoming sapphic YA romcom (2024) 🦄🌈 Friendly neighborhood unicorn DM for work
Kristen Lopez
@kristenlopez88
Former Film Editor for @TheWrap. Author of BUT HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK. New books coming in 2025 and 2026! CONTACT: [email protected] ♿️ (She/her)
The CSU
@calstate
The California State University is the nation’s largest and most diverse four-year university, empowering students to become leaders in the changing workforce.
Kresge Arts & Culture
@kresgeart
This account is no longer active. Please find us at @kresgefdn.
Seema Mody
@seemacnbc
Global Markets Reporter @CNBC by way London/Mumbai. Beats: travel & industrials. @CFR_org. Born in Oregon. Tweets are my own.
Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti
@PEAKPasifika
[email protected]
bigsharm
@bigsharm
Founder and CEO @mrgnlmedia. Media/tech entrepreneur, operator, executive, investor, board member. Former @alldefdigital @machinima @warnerbros @thejusticedept
Allison Purcell
@AllisonEPurcell
Mother of 3. Board Chair/Trustee Lethbridge School Div., Director AB School Board Assn, Former President Alberta School Councils Assn.
Celina Tupou-Fulivai
@CelinaDeLaSoul
Community Organizer With An Attitude. Pacific Islander Founder: @HeliakiCo #RepresentationMatters 🇹🇴
Fatima Bhojani
@bhojaniF
writing about Pakistan; book in progress.![Kristian Fanene Schmidt [Krit] (@whatwouldkritdo) Twitter profile photo](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1356030901411430406/JGyvOoxU_bigger.jpg "Kristian Fanene Schmidt [Krit] (@whatwouldkritdo) Twitter profile photo")
Kristian Fanene Schmidt [Krit]
@whatwouldkritdo
Writer / Host / Consultant [email protected]
Cristina Escobar
@cescobarandrade
Co-founder @LatinaMediaCo. Contributor @Popsugar @EbertVoices y más. TEDx speaker, R🍅 approved @CriticsChoice @LEJALatino https://t.co/MSf71xYaYU
CHIRLA
@CHIRLA
CHIRLA was formed in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees. Educate, organize, and advocate.
VinoKrish
@opsoclo_films
Paperless Organism with autism and adhd making movies with makeshift fortress with dogs and cats.
Safwat Saleem
@safwat
Artist, baker of cakes 🍰
Tides
@TidesCommunity
A nonprofit and philanthropic organization advancing social justice. This account is not active—follow us at @tidescommunity on Instagram, Facebook, & Threads.
Cinereach
@Cinereach
Strategy. Story. Impact.
W. Kamau Bell
@wkamaubell
“1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed” is streaming on MAX.
Futuro Media
@futuromedia
Pulitzer Prize-winning independent non-profit media organization in Harlem: @LatinoUSA, @InTheThickShow, @latinorebels, @futurostudios and @fuhinvestigates.
Nadia Reiman
@nadiareiman
Editor @thisamerlife, past producer/ immigration nerd/ Pulitzer 2020/Bummer news & bad listen face since 2005/ It’s “RAY-man,” en español. DM for Signal.
This American Life
@ThisAmerLife
A weekly public radio show and podcast hosted by @iraglass, and produced in collaboration with @WBEZ.
Antonia Cereijido
@antoniacere
host @Laist (formerly known as @kpcc) Imperfect Paradise, The Barbie Tapes. Prior - @futurostudios @selena_podcast I @LatinoUSA 🇦🇷 I 🧉✨cult classic✨🧉
Patricia Sulbarán
@patsulbaran
She/Her/Ella - Audio Producer at @nytimes - Adjunct at @columbiajourn - Former Latino USA and BBC.
Rhea Mahajan
@rhearmahajan
Social Impact Advisor based in #NYC. All views are my own.
Patricia Smith
@pswordwoman
Academy Chancellor, Ruth Lilly Prize, Pulitzer finalist, Kingsley Tufts, LA Times Book Prize, NAACP Image Award, Poetry Prof @ Princeton
Robert Newman
@Newmanology
The Man at @newmanology; former design director of @VibeMagazine @RealSimple @EW @NYMag @VillageVoice @FortuneMagazine @ThisOldHouse
Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz
@brigliebs
Big fat TV writer - Showrunner #GorditaChronicles on @hbomax, @OneDayAtATime, Love Life, @peopleofearthtbs, @nbcbrooklyn99 // Especialista de tontería
The Berkeley Scanner
@BerkeleyScanner
Authoritative, independent public safety news in Berkeley and Alameda County. Founder: @emraguso, 2017 @SPJ_NorCal journalist of the year.
Lauren Cooper (she/her)
@_lcoops
now: @annaforflorida | opinions are mine | 🇸🇨 #BLM | sowing grassroots
The Soze Agency
@WeAreSoze
Soze is a worker-owned creative agency for social impact. We make what we believe in.
Li Lai 賴立萍
@MediaversityRev
Founder & EIC of Mediaversity Reviews | TV & films graded on diversity | 🍅 critic | Sr. Director, Content @CommonSense (views my own) | Bluesky MediaversityRev
lydiastorie
@lydiastorie
TV exec turned cultural strategist. Mom of two. Making change with Caring Across Generations. Opinions are my own.
Karim Ahmad
@thatkarimahmad
Writer / Producer / Culture Strategist. Check my Linktree for info on: DIVIDE (on sale now!) #MuslimFutures, #RestoringTheFuture, @FuturestatesTV