User:Jennifer Chenoweth-Ruiz



Jennifer Chenoweth-Ruiz is a Immigrant Rights Activist. She has created many petitions in stopping the deportations of loved ones. She has also created many pages concerning immigration! One of her best Victories was her acomplishment in having the American Heritage dictionary label the term anchor baby as offensive!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Welcoming-Georgia/135847203183731 Welcoming Georgia is a community based initiative in helping Immigrants and Refugees from all over. It helps them in their fight against barbaric immigration laws and give them a sense of hope and relief that other people are also on their side. It's a place to help post petitions and talk about ways to promote better immigration reform. It's a place to talk about ending inhumane detention centers and a place to help out immigrants with their daily struggles in life against these immigration laws Also to help out undocumented students in their struggles to attain a higher education!!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stories-of-families-torn-apart-because-of-a-broken-immigration-system/269438073110892

https://www.facebook.com/NPD.walk

National Pursuit of DREAMs Recognizes:

Jennifer Chenoweth-Ruiz, Department of Media and Communications, NPD.

For her outstanding achievements in spreading NPD's message and truth on the DREAM Act.

Thank you.

Pablo Reyes President National Pursuit of DREAMs

http://news.change.org/stories/victory-american-heritage-dictionary-redefines-anchor-baby-as-offensive-term

How We Won (Jennifer's account)

Dec 06, 2011

After the American Heritage Dictionary added in the term "anchor baby" without indicating that it was a derogatory and offensive term, Jennifer Chenoweth started a petition. She asked the dictionary to label the term as offensive, or to remove it entirely.

After reading a blog post by Immigration Impact that criticized the dictionary's "neutral" definition - and hearing from over 80 petition signers, - Steve Kleinedler, the executive editor of the dictionary, personally responded in the comments on Jennifer's petition. "I am the executive editor of the American Heritage Dictionary. We have already updated the website to include an Offensive label. This is an omission on our part that I acknowledge and apologize for. We are working on a revision to the definition itself. I have been in touch with Immigration Impact, and they have updated their original post on this subject. Thank you all for your opinions and feedback." This was a quick victory, thanks to the rapid response of people like Jennifer and the staff at Immigration Impact. Now that the dictionary defines this as an offensive term, maybe news outlets and politicans will stop using it in their coverage and comments on immigration.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/jennifer-chenoweth-ruiz/156836664423749?sk=info