Part of IYJL’s mission is to be a portal for sharing coming out stories from around the country. This one comes to us from Marcos, in Washington D.C. as he struggles to talk about his own identity while continuing to fight to reform our unjust immigration system. To have your own story published on our [...]

On March 10th, 2010 8 youth from the Immigrant Youth Justice League conducted an action in Chicago’s Federal Plaza called National Coming Out of the Shadows day. Listen to the 8 speeches right here: My name is Ireri var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/iyjl-1\/my-name-is-ireri"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.iyjl.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “n”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5peWpsLm9yZy8%2FcD01MjI8d3B0Yj5VbmRvY3VtZW50ZWQgJiMwMzg7IFVuYWZyYWlkOiBDaGljYWdvIENvbWluZyBPdXQgU3Rvcmllczx3cHRiPmh0dHA6Ly93d3cuaXlqbC5vcmc8d3B0Yj5JbW1pZ3JhbnQgWW91dGggSnVzdGljZSBMZWFndWU%3D”;

A student and member of IYJL recorded his conversation as he “came out” to an old friend from high school as undocumented. They end by answering the question: Does this change the way you think about immigration reform? This is the second installment of Shout it out! Undocumented Youth Speak var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url [...]

This is a recording from an undocumented student in Chicago. She is from Brazil, came to the U.S. when she was months old, and wanted to share her experience. She recorded this story by calling us and leaving a voice message at (312) 725-IYJL (4955). You can do the same. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url [...]

Speech made by IYJL  member at an event entitled “We have a dream,” which took place in Chicago on January 18th 2010. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.iyjl.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “n”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5peWpsLm9yZy8%2FcD0yMjE8d3B0Yj5JIGhhdmUgYSBkcmVhbTx3cHRiPmh0dHA6Ly93d3cuaXlqbC5vcmc8d3B0Yj5JbW1pZ3JhbnQgWW91dGggSnVzdGljZSBMZWFndWU%3D”;