Ramirez said Justice for Migrant Women, its partners and community members also will continue to call for accountability from political leaders that she feels too often failed to enact meaningful protections for essential workers during the pandemic. J4MW also spotlighted virtual altars via a special Facebook group that the organization created: Día de los Muertos: Virtual Altar in Honor of Essential Workers, as well as through a partnership with the StoryPlace app, where individuals were encouraged to share the stories of their friends and family members who died while working during the global pandemic. One of the many groups of workers who were honored through the project included immigrant essential workers who were featured in Mendoza’s #ImmigrantsAreEssential campaign, which launched in April 2021 to commemorate the immigrant essential workers who died since the start of the pandemic.
Justice For Migrant Women partnered on the altar project nationally with #ImmigrantsAreEssential Campaign, created by Paola Mendoza in conjunction with the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and Resilience Force. May we never forget the lasting impression that he left on this earth," his tribute read.įramed photos on this Dia De Los Muertos altar at Casa Fiesta restaurant in Fremont honored essential workers who died during the pandemic, with short passages that talked about the workers' lives and how they were remembered by loved ones. He was a family man and an avid sports enthusiast. "Ramiro was a kind-hearted father, brother, uncle and friend.
Some included long narratives that described the workers and their lives.Īnd then there were shorter tributes, like the one to Ramiro Gonzalez Jr. On the Casa Fiesta altar, essential workers' photos were framed, with written tributes attached to the bottom of the picture frames. They sacrificed so much for all of us," said Victor Manuel Jimenez Guiterrez, owner of Casa Fiesta in Fremont. We are honored to collaborate with Justice for Migrant Women to remember the essential workers who died during the pandemic. "Día de Los Muertos is a beautiful holiday that honors the memory of those who we love and respect. Ramirez said she also constructed one at her home.Īt Fremont's Casa Fiesta location, the restaurant's altar featured photos of community members who died during the pandemic.
There was one put up locally at Rojas Rosas Cantina in Fremont. to honor essential workers, with an altar also going up at Rockefeller Center in New York City. She said the Congressional Hispanic Caucus also built an altar in Washington D.C. Ramirez said altars were also being created at businesses, individuals' homes, universities and at other locations around the country as well, including in Florida and California. The campaign featured altars that were set up in Ohio at restaurants and grocery stores, including: Casa Fiesta's Fremont and Findlay locations and Guajillos in Bowling Green. I could just feel how touched they were by the project," Ramirez said. Ramirez told the News-Messenger Friday one of the most powerful moments with the project happened as she was setting up the Casa Fiesta altar and some employees began asking questions about the idea and the workers being honored. She said the idea was to create something tangible that people could see and showed the impact those workers had on their families and communities. She was named to Time magazine's Next 100 in February. Monica Ramirez of Fremont is the founder of Justice for Migrant Women. Their stories shared a common thread: They died during the COVID-19 pandemic and their loved ones wanted to make sure they were honored for their lives and sacrifices.įremont-based farmworker and migrant women’s rights advocacy organization Justice for Migrant Women (J4MW) celebrated these essential workers by organizing and hosting in-person and virtual Dia de Los Muertos altars. These workers served the community as farmworkers, in restaurants, and in other industries. For Día de los Muertos, Justice for Migrant Women observed the holiday by celebrating essential workers, including farmworkers and workers employed across industries, by organizing and hosting in-person and virtual altars, including this altar at the Casa Fiesta restaurant in Fremont.įREMONT - On a Dia de Los Muertos altar near Casa Fiesta's entrance Thursday, vibrant colors and ornate decorations surrounded photos of essential workers as customers walked in and out of the popular Hayes Avenue restaurant.
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