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How do Puerto Rican activists respond to these so-called “crises” in their own lives and communities? And how have conditions in Puerto Rico shaped activism in the diaspora to Orlando? Ultimately, this study of Puerto Rican activism argues for an understanding of the concept of crisis that does not denote exception, but rather continuities of social injustices across transnational spheres. This understanding also considers the ways that crisis is generative, producing alternative imaginings of a more just world and transnational spaces of belonging forged out of resistance. The first full-length ethnographic study of Puerto Rican activism in Central Florida, this dissertation departs from traditional studies of social activism by examining how crisis and activism are interconnected across the borders of the nation-state. 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