Following an historic election led by women, Ada Briceño, Chair of the OC Democratic Party writes that this Women’s History Month is a reminder of the importance of building on that momentum in Orange County and across the country.
Author Archives: Ada Briceño
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Briceño: Why We March
Marching is as American as Apple pie, writes Ada Briceño, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11 in Orange County, noting the variety of causes she’ll be supporting by marching with thousands of others in Santa Ana on Jan. 20 for the annual Women’s March.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Briceño: Women’s Rights, Front and Center in OC
Ada Briceño, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11 in Orange County, writes that the #MeToo movement has put a new focus on the upcoming Women’s March in Santa Ana on Saturday, Jan. 20.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Briceño: Immigrants’ Rights Are Center Stage This Labor Day
Ada Briceño, a Co-President for the hotel workers union, UNITE HERE Local 11, in Orange County challenges her labor colleagues this Labor Day to embrace immigrant rights and stand with 800,000 young people across the nation who receive refuge as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) just as President Trump reconsiders the program.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Briceño: Dark Robed Justices Robbed Justice for Four Million People
History will not be kind in its memory of this week’s Supreme Court ruling on immigration, writes Unite Here Local 11 leader Ada Briceño, calling this week’s immigration ruling a travesty of justice rooted in the same racism and classism that has always informed the most shameful rulings of the highest court in our land.
Posted inAnaheim, Community Opinion
Briceño: Correcting Correa
Did Lou Correa play a leadership role in getting district elections into Anaheim? Ada Briceño disputes Correa’s election mailers saying he was a no-show on the issue.
