Pramila Jayapal
Congresswoman
Bio:
Pramila Jayapal is a leading national advocate for immigrant, civil and human rights. Born in India and raised in India, Indonesia and Singapore, Pramila has worked for over 20 years in both international and domestic social justice. In May 2013, Pramila was recognized as a White House Champion of Change, along with 14 other AAPI women across the country, for contributions to her community and country.
Pramila Jayapal is a WMC SheSource expert on Race, Immigration, and Social Justice.
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WMC Live
WMC Live #293: Pramila Jayapal. (Original Airdate 6/30/2019)
Robin on Special Counsel Mueller’s July 17 testimony, permafrost, what being a journalist means, and knitters united against hate speech. Guest: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D. WA), Memb. Judiciary Comm., on impeachment and her Medicare-for-All Bill.
WMC Live
WMC Live #120: Cora Weiss, Pramila Jayapal, Bonnie Dow. (Original Airdate 4/4/2015)
Robin comments on the breast-milk industry and on Angelina Jolie’s menopause. Guests: Pramila Jayapal, first South Asian American woman Washington state legislator; Bonnie Dow on the media vs. 1970’s feminism; veteran activist Cora Weiss on peace.
WMC Live
May 18, 2013 | Debora Spar, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D., Carmen Gonzalez, Pramila Jayapal |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #39: Debora Spar, Beverly Tatum, Carmen Gonzalez, Pramila Jayapal. (Original Airdate 5/18/2013)
Robin comments on the Cleveland abductions, and speaks with Pramila Jayapal on immigration policy and women; Carmen Gonzalez on bias in academia; Spelman’s Beverly Tatum on ending collegiate sports; and Barnard’s Debora Spar on training women to lead.
WMC News & Features
Surprise! Immigration Is A Woman's Issue!
In the wake of the recent passing of the harsh anti-immigrant law in Arizona, Gloria Steinem, writer, feminist organizer and cofounder of the Women’s Media Center, and Pramila Jayapal, an immigrant herself, and founder and executive director of OneAmerica, a national organization that works for civil and human rights for immigrants, consider the unique impact of immigration on women.
WMC News & Features
Immigration: Waiting for Leadership
Once touted by conservatives as the number one wedge issue, immigration has slipped off the table in these 2008 presidential elections. In part, this is because conservative candidates across the country lost when they tried to make immigrant-bashing a winning issue. (Witness the 2006 losing campaigns of Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and John Hostettler of Indiana, as examples.)
