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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I remember my uncle being detained. I was 11 years old living in Dallas, Texas. I had only been in the U.S. for three years. I remember conversations between my mom and my aunt about what do next. We couldn’t ignore the fact that my uncle who I had just played at the park with [...]
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You don’t really know what coming out is about if you haven’t heard it. For your listening pleasure, find all of Chicago’s coming out stories told at our second National Coming Out of the Shadows Rally: Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic. March 10th, 2011. Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic by ilehlainat2 The stories were recorded by Stephanie Manriquez, and [...]
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Today, Tuesday September 21, immigrant youth and LGBTQ veterans and supporters, along with allies, will rally in front of Republican headquarters to respond to the Senate’s Tuesday vote on the FY11 National Defense Authorization, the intended vehicle-bill for the DREAM Act and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal amendments. Tuesday’s Senate vote decides the fate of two [...]
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This week in Chicago and around the nation DREAM Act advocates have made thousands of calls, held over-night vigils, and organized in order to urge their senators to vote in favor of the DREAM Act as an amendment to the Department of Defense Bill. On Tuesday September 21 the Senate will vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ [...]
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"La organización Chicago Community and Workers Rights esta invitando a una reunión informativa en nuestra organización a cerca de “la reforma..
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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..
