Aditi Juneja

www.aditijuneja.me

Bio

Aditi Juneja is a lawyer, organizer, and writer. She was the co-founder of the Resistance Manual and on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2018 for Law and Policy.

We Can't Let "Send Her Back" Chants Be Our Normal. This Is How We Fight Back.

In this op-ed, lawyer and organizer Aditi Juneja examines how "send her back" chants like those directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar are part of the fabric of the United States and what the country can do to change that. Days after the president tweeted…

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Trump’s Right That Women & Children Are Being Harmed At The Border — By His Policies

In this op-ed, Aditi Juneja, communications organizer for Protect Democracy, examines Trump’s argument that “women and children are the biggest victims” of our immigration system — and asks why he’s not doing anything to fix that. During Tuesday’s…

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Jakelin Caal Had Seizures & Died In Border Patrol Custody. That Could Have Been Me.

In this op-ed, Aditi Juneja, communications organizer for Protect Democracy, writes about why the deaths of two Guatemalan children in Border Patrol custody hit so close to home — and why the new Congress needs to make sure it never happens…

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Without This Woman, I Couldn’t Have Led The Resistance

Not long after I co-founded the open-source platform Resistance Manual, Trump announced his notorious travel ban. I jumped into action and helped coordinate a rapid-response effort to connect legal help with the people who needed it. It was the…

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How Can News Stories Discuss The Lives Of People With Disabilities Without Talking To Us?

Last Thursday, I was following media coverage of the protest against Medicaid cuts held at Mitch McConnell’s office, and I noticed a familiar phenomenon — one that exists whenever people with disabilities are covered in the news. Though images of…

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