Elena Lora is a Black Dominican woman of Haitian descent. A social worker, she is co-founder of Movimiento Reconocido (literally “Recognized”), a grassroots organization advocating for independent citizenship rights, formed mainly by young people. “Reconocido’s work is to claim and fight for the rights of Afro-descendant people born in Dominican territory, whose fundamental, civil, and […] O post Elena Lora: “In the Dominican Republic, there is a policy of discrimination based on ...
