Shaped by a range of experiences, from surviving the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic to the U.S.-funded sterilization program that targeted Puerto Rican women, LWC members and participants nurtured their capacities.
program that targeted Puerto Rican women, LWC members and participants nurtured their capacities through rigorous study, reading, and discussions.
When the LWC first began, its members were guided by a shared identity as revolutionary women, meaning they were about transforming themselves and systems of oppression. The group brought together puertorriqueñas, chicanas, dominicanas, colombianas and more. Together, they saw how working-class women, particularly Latinas, were rarely acknowledged for their work.
Vázquez, who was a child during the mass migration of Puerto Ricans in the 1950s, recalled how the LWC gave her the power to speak up. Many children of that generation were subjected to schools that did not offer bilingual education and that were hostile to the “surge” of Puerto Rican kids. The safe space the LWC created allowed for class critique to be about a compassionate transformation, instead of a shaming session. By emphasizing the practice of criticism versus self-criticism and political education as tools for growth, the Collective focused on the upliftment of Latinas.
the LWC also empowered women with the knowledge to interpret readings critically and advocate for themselves. As mentors, LWC'ers have influenced younger generations of women. Those present at the reunion understood the important lessons they could tap, with one suggesting the development of a curriculum based on the Collective.
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