

Joanne Mina
Activist, Organizer and Poet
@equityartadvocacy
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Based out of:
Bend, Oregon
Fluent in:
Spanish and English
A Bit About Me
Words are my balm and my sword. Used with clear intent and grounded in justice and love for community, words have being a friend holding my hand and telling me not to hold back. Over the years I went from writing and speaking to my school board members about inequality impacting racialized students to speaking to thousands of my neighbors wanting justice for ALL.
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My experience ranges from hosting forums with elected officials and political candidates, public meetings, community meetings, to facilitating conversations on equity and race, hosting company gatherings and retreats. My sense of humor, wittiness and Caribbean flare add laughter and optimism to my work.
Know Your Rights Workshops Available Starting February 2025
CONSULTING MINA is an Oregon business that strives to create fun and inclusive environments to foster the involvement of community members for learning, organizing, and building community power. During 2024 CONSULTING MINA supported Central Oregon organizations like the Latino Community Association and Deschutes Public Library to bring Know Your Rights Workshops to the Central Oregon Community. Starting February 2025 CONSULTING MINA will open availability for consultation and facilitation of workshops across Oregon.
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DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS AND THOSE OF YOUR COMMUNITY
participants learn:
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How to Identify a Bias-Motivated Incident vs a Hate Crime?
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What are some protections under state law?
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Practice different bystander intervention techniques
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What is the Oregon Sanctuary Promise Law?
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How to be an effective legal observer
This training comes with a comprehensive guide in Spanish or English that includes information from the ODOJ Civil Rights Unit, ACLU, and other reliable sources.
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COMMUNITY DEFENSE
To prepare directly impacted communities in case of Immigration and Customs Enforcement -Enforcement and Removal Operation presence in their area
participants learn:
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What are Trauma-Informed Values?
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What is ICE-ERO?
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What are our Constitutional Rights
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What is the Sanctuary Promise Act?
During the workshop participants get a chance to practice creating a family preparedness plan.
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DEFEND YOUR COMPANY AND THE RIGHTS OF YOUR STAFF
participants learn:
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What are Trauma Principles or Values?
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What is ICE-ERO?
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What is a workplace audit?
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What is a workplace raid?
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What are the employer's rights and responsibilities during a workplace raid?
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What are the rights and responsibilities of employees during a workplace raid?
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What is the Oregon Sanctuary Law?
All material for this workshop was guided by https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/
Community Organizing 6 month program
CONSULTING MINA core values and grounding stones are: Collectivism, Justice, and Love for All. These core values are found across our communities. The desire for justice, the love for our community, and our power when we come together are more than just threads that relate us to each other. These values are transformational and can usher in a more just civil society that is why they are embedded into the dynamic progressive popular education model used in our 3 to 6 month community organizing program.
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What can participants and funders expect?
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Hosted regenerative dialogue among rural and urban communities to support participants in finding their collective voice
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Inquiry-based learning activities incorporated into a popular education format
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Set shared goals
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Map opportunities and obstacles
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Create an action plan
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Build connections and solidarity as they embark on their community organizing journey.
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Participants continue to develop community building skills and expand the diversity of voices represented in all levels of decision-making
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Supported event planning
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Supported research
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The cultivation of value-based relationships and stewardship of those relationships

Work Experience
2024
2023
2021 - 2023
2019 - 2021
2017 - 2019
Starting my independent consulting journey!
My responsibilities as coordinator of the Alianza Poder Network consisted in advancing the mission of ten diverse organizations, bringing organization leaders, staff and community align to take action and advance equity and dignity for working families.
My responsibilities as statewide organizer with IMIrJ included building a brand new base of immigrant organizers, build relationships with and supported admirable immigrant leaders, support IMIrJ in continuing the growth of the organizing methodology that now includes racial affinity spaces, mental and emotional health elements and a richer understanding of the immigrant community statewide. Additionally I copyright for communications and design social media campaigns.
As a volunteer Coordinator with Latino Community Association I demonstrated my project management skills in a variety of ways. I transfer the volunteer database to Salesforce for nonprofits and created all the website interface for our volunteers. I hosted fundraising and cultural events, and brought media coverage and donors to the organization. I created digital marketing campaigns, helped hosted drive-thru COVID-19 community events as well as hosting the Mexican Consulate in Central Oregon.
Starting as an intern then ascending to serving in as the Eligibility Coordinator with volunteers in Medicine- Clinic of the Cascades gave me the pleasure of supporting over one thousand low income adults per year with a team of 7 - 9 volunteers. Patients trusted their financial records with our department and my responsibilities included ensuring all patients were within the income guidelines, keeping ethical records, data entry and volunteer training.
Government Experience
Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs (OCHA), Chair until June 2024
Term 2023 - 2027
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City of Bend Human Rights and Equity Commission, Vice-chair
July 2022 - March 2024
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Health Equity Advisory Leaders (HEAL) Committee
Oregon Advisory Commissions Office (OACO)
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
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Central Oregon Regional Solutions Committee, Member
2021 - 2022
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2020 Oregon Wildfire Recovery Council (statewide), Member