Advocating for the Rights of Undocumented Immigrants with Cristina Jiménez Moreta

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week on The Monday Edit: JVN sat down with Cristina Jiménez Moreta to talk about her new book Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear Into Pride, Power, and Real Change and the work being done at United We Dream, the country’s largest youth-led immigrant organization - which Cristina co-founded. Plus our breakdown of the Tony awards and our HBOTW! Cristina Jiménez Moreta is an award-winning community organizer, political strategist, prominent advocate for social justice, and author. She is the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of United We Dream (UWD), the nation's largest immigrant youth-led organization. Cristina immigrated to the U.S. from Ecuador with her family in 1998, seeking a better life. She grew up undocumented in Queens, New York, and has since become a powerful voice in the fight for immigrant rights and equity. Cristina is currently a Distinguished Lecturer at the City College of New York's Colin Powell School, where she also co-teaches Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice (LDSJ). Under her leadership, UWD grew into a formidable network of over one million members, shifting the national conversation around immigration and helping secure policy changes at both the local and national levels. Cristina played a pivotal role in United We Dream's successful campaign that led to the implementation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) under President Obama. Not A Phase. Trans Lifeline Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Jonathan on Instagram @jvn and senior producer Chris @amomentlikechris New video episodes Getting Better on YouTube every Wednesday. Senior Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey BetterBaves, it's Jonathan Ben Ness.
0:03.4	And welcome to the Monday Edit.
0:04.8	This week, like every week, I'm joined by our senior producer.
0:07.0	Chris, say hi, Chris.
0:08.0	Hi, hi, hi.
0:09.0	You guys were like in real life at the same place today, which is kind of fun and different.
0:13.0	And is this the first time we've done this?
0:15.0	We've did this a couple times.
0:17.0	In real life?
0:18.0	We did a little one last time we were here, like a month ago.
0:21.9	Oh, okay.
0:22.4	But that was like whirlwind because it was book tour time.
0:24.4	It was so whirlwind.
0:25.6	We did really good.
0:27.0	We were Michelle Yow in the Wikato trailer conjuring that tornado.
0:30.3	I think the thing that I really...
0:31.8	Okay, well, whatever, let me say the rest of our intro.
0:33.8	We're here breaking down the news, pop culture, TikTok drama, beauty, rex. You know what we're doing here, you guys.
0:38.6	And we also go deeper on the topics that we're covering on getting better.
0:42.2	This week, we're speaking to Christina Jimenez-Moretta from United We Dream, the nation's largest immigrant youth-led organization, who has a new book out, dreaming of home, how we We Turn Fear Into Pride, Power, and Real Change.
0:55.7	Christina joined us to talk all about the state of undocumented people in the United States today
1:00.3	about Trump's attack on the undocumented community.
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