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Raiz
Planned Parenthood Illinois Action fights to ensure that all people have access to high-quality and affordable health care, regardless of race, income, geography, immigration status or gender identity — no matter what.
That’s why our Raíz Program is committed to breaking down barriers in health care access within the Latine community. Raíz is about more than just health. It’s about justice, knowledge, and power.
By Latines, For Latines
Why “Latine”? We use Latine as a gender-inclusive term that reflects the diversity of our community. We also respect and honor how each person chooses to self-identify.
Raíz is a statewide grassroots movement led by and for the Latine community—organizing for reproductive rights, immigrant justice, and a healthier future for all families.
Our supporters come directly from the communities they serve, bringing first-hand knowledge of the challenges we face and the solutions we need. Together, we:
- Advocate for policies that protect our health and our families.
- Create spaces for learning, leadership, and civic engagement.
- Build power through grassroots action and coalition partnerships.
- Strengthen a statewide network of Latine leaders and allies.
Our work
Raíz builds power by meeting Latine communities where they are, turning care into collective action.
Our work includes:
- Defend immigrant rights as member of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR).
- Mobilize in moments of crisis through rapid response
- Train community health leaders, like the Mujeres Latinas en Acción promotoras, to connect families with health services
- Partner with the Mexican Consulate to share health information and resources
- Expand our reach across Illinois, from Chicago to Aurora and Northern Illinois
- Capture and share community stories to influence policymakers and shift public narratives
- Educate voters on their rights and encourage civic engagement
- Collaborate with PPIA’s Black Organizing Program and LGBTQIA+ Programs to advance intersectional justice.
- Promote community care as acts of advocacy and resistance
- Ready to take action? Join the Raíz Program now.
Share Your Story
Stories from our communities shape how decisions are made. By sharing your experience, whether it’s navigating health care, defending immigrant rights, or supporting your family, you can help show why access to reproductive health and immigrant justice is essential.
Our Goals
The Raíz Program is dedicated to making an impact in the Latine community.
Advocate for quality and affordable health care for undocumented immigrants.
We are organizing to ensure that undocumented immigrants can access needed health care.
Dismantle the taboo and shame around reproductive health in Latinx communities.
We are committed to breaking down stigmas around menstrual health, birth control, and abortion by hosting pláticas and working within the communities we serve.
Advocate for immigrant communities to live safely and be free.
We work with partner organizations like ICIRR to advocate for progressive policies at the state level, including the right for communities to be free of ICE.
Address anti-Blackness in the Latine community.
We are dedicated to confronting the racism that exists in the Latine community.
Get Involved
Are you ready to make a difference in your community? Join us to advocate for the Latine community at the local, state and federal level and help create a healthier future for all families.
