# Passing the mic to migrant farmer workers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Salon: Belonging
- Speaker: Mónica Ramírez
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/monica_ramirez_passing_the_mic_to_migrant_farmer_workers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How can we make space for marginalized communities to tell their stories? Raised by migrant farm workers, attorney Mónica Ramírez points out the injustices this often unseen and isolated group faces -- from wage theft and sexual harassment to dangerous working conditions -- and advocates for the solutions they need.

## Lectures

1. [Passing the mic to migrant farmer workers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/monica_ramirez_passing_the_mic_to_migrant_farmer_workers/370071aebeb7), 13 min (TED's player)