Contribute to the Tariq Family Fund. Please click here. The Tariq family came to the United States on June 28, 2000 from Pakistan. Searching for a better life, they have faced harsh medical and legal barriers. The son, Fawad Tariq, is 17, and suffers from gastroparesis, a rare condition that can only be treated but [...]
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Razan & Tania at the No NATO Rally in Chicago on May 20, 2012. By Razan Abu-Hashish My confession: I have a dying need to emulate people in my life. Once upon a time, I imitated everyone I admired. Next step down the road…conversations about them…I genuinely feel okay having. Tania Unzueta A. A moment [...]
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Members of the Immigrant Youth Justice League have been supporting the movement against the closing of mental health clinics in Chicago. This blog was written by Xanat Sobrevilla and Sean McClellan, two IYJL organizers. For more information and to get involved visit stopchicago.org or send an email to mentalhealthmovement@gmail.com. When you have mental health you [...]
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By: Carla Navoa, IYJL Organizer This past weekend, I attended the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Collegiate Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. A mere week after submitting my application, I received a call from the Chicago JACL Chapter director about being selected to attend the conference (along with 13 other Asian American students from all-across [...]
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Update: The Illinois Dream Act was signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn on Monday August 1st, 2011. The ceremony took place in Chicago’s Benito Juarez High School, on the anniversary of the introduction of the federal legislation, also known as the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act. This legislation makes Illinois [...]
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By Carla Navoa, IYJL Organizer Editor’s Note: On Monday May 31st the state house voted in favor of passing the Illinois Dream Act (SB 2185), soon to be signed into law. At no tax-payer cost, this bill would create a private scholarship fund for undocumented students, provide trainings for school counselors on opportunities for immigrant [...]
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In commemoration of international worker’s day 2011, a speech made by IYJL organizer Lulu Martinez, at the re-dedication of the Haymarket Memorial, in Forest Park, IL We’re here celebrating the history of the labor movement and honoring the Haymarket monument and what it stands for today- our right to freedom of speech, our right to [...]
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New York coming out!
Houston - " Jovenes indocumentados en Texas salen de las sombras y declaran su estatus migratorio publicamente! Un abrazote a Alicia Torres quien..
