The Latinx House is a left-of-center activist organization that primarily advocates for the inclusion of Hispanic Americans in film and entertainment. ^[1]

The Latinx House supports the left-of-center Movement for Black Lives, has expressed support for defunding the police, ^[2] has shared posts on Twitter from the pro-abortion organization Planned Parenthood that help women find abortion clinics, ^[3] and co-hosted its first-ever event with the left-of-center Time’s Up Now. ^[4] The Latinx House has also promoted claims that economic conditions in the United States are shaped by colonialism, slavery, stolen land, stolen labor, and stolen culture. ^[5]

Based in Fremont, Ohio, The Latinx House was co-founded by Alexandra Martinez Kondracke, Olga Segura, and Monica Ramirez in 2019 and officially launched at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. ^{[6] [7] [8]} The Latinx House is a project of Justice for Migrant Women, which is fiscally sponsored by the left-of-center nonprofit Hispanics in Philanthropy. ^[9]

History and Leadership

The Latinx House, based in Fremont, Ohio, ^[10] was co-founded by Alexandra Martinez Kondracke, Olga Segura, and Monica Ramirez in 2019 and officially launched at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Kondracke is also a founding member of the left-of-center Time’s Up. ^{[14] [15]}

Ramirez is the founder of Justice for Migrant Women and a co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas and Poderistas. ^[16] She is on the board of directors of the left-of-center National Women’s Law Center ^[17] and the advisory board of the Time’s Up Foundation. ^[18] Ramirez is also the recipient of Harvard University’s first Gender Equity Changemaker Award, Feminist Majority’s Global Women’s Rights Award, and the Ford Global Fellowship. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

Activities and Funding

The Latinx House is a left-of-center organization that advocates for the inclusion of Hispanic Americans in film and entertainment. ^[22] The organization supports the left-of-center Movement for Black Lives, has expressed support for defunding the police, ^[23] has shared posts on Twitter from the pro-abortion organization Planned Parenthood that help women find abortion clinics, ^[24] and co-hosted its first-ever event with the left-of-center Time’s Up Now. ^[25]

The Latinx House has promoted claims that economic conditions in the United States are shaped by colonialism, slavery, stolen land, stolen labor, and stolen culture. ^[26] It hosts the Critical Conversations Learning Series discussions with the left-of-center Ford Foundation. These events focus on issues that The Latinx House identifies as important to the Hispanic community. ^{[27] [28]}

The Latinx House has featured representatives from left-of-center Make the Road Pennsylvania and the liberal immigration expansionist organization Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) in an immigration-focused video ^[29] and has co-sponsored other videos with the Ms. Foundation for Women, Pop Culture Collaborative, ^[30] the Ford Foundation, ^[31] and Amazon Prime Video. ^[32]

In January 2022, the Latinx House co-hosted online discussions about abortion with the left-of-center National Women’s Law Center and the Sundance Institute. ^[33] That same year, the Latinx House hosted a fireside chat with Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) at Sundance 2022 ^[34] and announced the creation of a new fellowship program for Hispanic directors in conjunction with Netflix, Shondaland, and Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute’s Women at Sundance program. ^[35]

In 2019, The Latinx House released the Querida Familia (Dear Latina Family) Letter with the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ^[36] which was signed by over 200 actors, activists, and leaders of the Hispanic community. ^[37]

The group also encouraged its supporters to contribute to Hispanics in Philanthropy’s Farmworkers’ COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund ^[38] and organized a roundtable with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss Hispanic representation in the entertainment industry. ^[39]

Funding

The Latinx House is a project of Justice for Migrant Women, which is fiscally sponsored by the left-of-center nonprofit Hispanics in Philanthropy. ^[40]

In 2020, The Latinx House received a grant from Pop Culture Collaborative, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, to support its appearance at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. ^[41] In 2019, the left-of-center Katie McGrath and J.J. Abrams Family Foundation gave $100,000 to Hispanics in Philanthropy to fiscally sponsor The Latinx House. ^[42]