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Nikki Marín Baena

Co-founder and co-director at Siembra NC, a Latinx base-building organization in North Carolina. Previously worked at Mejente and is a core trainer at Training for Change.

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Mar 6, 2025 • 50min

Fight Fear, Build Power: Community Defense Works

Nikki Marín Baena, co-founder of Siembra NC, shares her experience in grassroots organizing against mass deportation policies. She discusses empowering communities through Know Your Rights trainings and mutual aid to combat fear generated by aggressive enforcement. Nikki highlights the importance of personal connections in building resilient communities and rethinking safety. The conversation also emphasizes the significance of humanizing stories from detention, fostering collective care, and encouraging community engagement to create effective defense initiatives.