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Kathryn Rodriguez

Kathryn Rodriguez

Organizations

Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Casa Alitas, Tucson Migrant Trail, BorderLinks, Tucson Peace Center

Location

Sasabe, AZ

Biography

Kat Rodriguez's activism began in 2000 in Immokalee, Florida, where she participated in the 233-mile March for Dignity, Dialogue, and a Fair Wage with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The experience impressed upon Rodriguez that, as an activist, “where I fit wasn’t front and center, I was an organizer in the back.” After she graduated college, Rodriguez relocated to Tucson and continued her activist work with Coalición de Derechos Humanos and Casa Alitas, as a founding member of the Migrant Trail, and as a board member for BorderLinks and the Tucson Peace Center.

Audio Clips

Interviewed by Cristina Salinas on February 2, 2024 in Tucson, AZ

Rodriguez talks about her experience marching with Immokalee workers in the early 2000s.

Rodriguez talks about the annual Migrant Trail walk and how her concept of change has shifted over the years.

Rodriguez explains what makes women good organizers and how her organizing philosophy has become more collaborative over time.

Digital Archive

Kat in second row with bright earrings posing with fellow walkers at the Annual Migrant Trail in Arivaca, Arizona. 2013.

Kat in second row with bright earrings posing with fellow walkers at the Annual Migrant Trail in Arivaca, Arizona. 2013.

Binational Fiesta in NACO, Sonora. 2008.

Binational Fiesta in NACO, Sonora. 2008.

Kat is wearing a Che Guevara shirt standing in line to board the bus for the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride: "On The Road to Citizenship" sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Heading to Washington DC. 2003.

Kat is wearing a Che Guevara shirt standing in line to board the bus for the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride: "On The Road to Citizenship" sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Heading to Washington DC. 2003.

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Encuentro. 2007. Magdalena, Sonora. Kat is presenting about the deaths at the border and the lack of accountability as Subcomandte Marcos of the EZLN pays close attention.

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Encuentro. 2007. Magdalena, Sonora. Kat is presenting about the deaths at the border and the lack of accountability as Subcomandte Marcos of the EZLN pays close attention.