UNDOCUMENTED AND EDUCATED!
Graduation tomorrow, took me all night to finish the poster. When I walk across the stage going to be flashing this(:
Congratulations!
#Aurora rally and press conference against #CreepingSCOMM: we won’t watch our communities come under attack quietly! #MeltICE
Didn’t you hear? Being undocumented is hot right now. In the wise words of my friend Yosimar Reyes, we’re taking this shit to Paris. SMH @ American Apparel.
Marvin was stopped by a police officer for driving without a license. He has been detained at Broward Transitional Center for the past 4 months, away from his 5 year old daughter. Marvin has been ordered deported by June 4th but he can be deported any day now.
Please help us to get Marvin released and reunited with his family.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS PETITION AND ACTION ALERT TO 5 OF YOUR FRIENDS!
Make a Phone Call
1. Call ICE – John Morton (202.732.3000)
Sample Script: “I am calling to ask that you release Marvin Corado (A# 136-191-190) from Broward Transitional Center in Florida and stop his deportation. Marvin has been living in the U.S. for the past 12 years and has a 5 year old U.S. citizen daughter who will suffer if her dad is deported. Marvin is not a priority for deportation and should be allowed to stay in the U.S. with his family. Release Marvin from detention.”
Barbara, Silvia, and Laura Avilar have to check in with ICE on June 13 and are set to be deported on June 15. All three were arrested when 6 ICE agents came to their home. They were released under supervision and were forced to wear ankle bracelets. All three have young U.S. citizen children who shouldn’t be separated from their mothers.
Please take action now by making a call and signing the petition!
Make a Phone Call
Call ICE Director John Morton - 202-732-3000
Sample Script: “Hi, I am calling to urge you to stop the deportation of Barbara Avilar, Silvia Avilar, and Laura Avilar. All three are sisters who have been living in the U.S. for 20 years. They all are mothers of young U.S. citizen children and shouldn’t be separated from their families. The Avilar sisters are a low-priority case and shouldn’t be deported.”
— IYJL organizer, Tania Unzueta. (via irazanl)
Since when was separating families the right thing to do?
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 that means the world to me- I’m standing in the room a ICIRR where most of our meetings happen and I’m sharing my story and I look up and Tania is listening to me. She wasn’t engaging herself in a conversation through me. It was one of the first, it was one of the only times I ever felt like someone was listening.
B. She is gorgeous. When we were in Alabama last year I got to do her makeup (really i just put eyeliner on her and lipgloss). I was so honored because the coloring and lip gloss brought attention to her good looks.
C. Yesterday, she spoke at the No NATO rally and a few sentences into her speech/statement (?) I started recording it. I found myself listening to it on my way home and I couldn’t stop replaying it. Wish I could give beautiful words to the goosebumps I felt.
D. Tania is my strength ally. Maybe its habit from spending hours memorizing Qu’ranic verses but I do find myself imprinting words within me when I appreciate them. I found myself slowly transcribing her words in my head as I listened to it. I’ll share for those who would like to read them:
“…people are living in the United States with no way to be recognized as full human beings we continue to resist. There is resistance not only by those who have the privilege of having U.S citizenship or legal status but also by those of us who are perceived as vulnerable. Who are undocumented. All over the country there are immigrants from all sectors organizing and saying loud and clear that we are
undocumented, unafraid, and unapologetic.
And to conclude I have basically three messages:
1. To my undocumented people- Only when we are scared and we do not organize do they have power over us. It is not easy but we must fight back.
2. To our allies- Understand that existing, organizing undocumented in the United States is a constant struggle and that we need solidarity.
3. And to the government- As long as there are wars and poverty there will be migrants. As long as there are people in power that benefit from deportations there will be deportations but there will also be those of us fighting them. And as long as there are undocumented people there will be those of us willing to protest, willing to risk arrest, willing to risk deportation in order to highlight the hypocrisy of the government.
Because as long as there is oppression there will be resistance. “
No One Is Illegal-MONTRÉAL
26 mai: Marche pour la justice et la dignité pour tous les immigrants et les réfugiés
UN STATUT POUR TOUTES ET TOUS!
Marche pour la justice et la dignité pour tout-es les immigrant-es et les réfugié-es
SAMEDI LE 26 MAI 2012 à MIDI (rassemblement: Jean-Talon & Boyer, métro Jean-Talon)
INFO: www.solidaritesansfrontieres.org
STATUS FOR ALL!
March for justice and dignity for all migrants and refugees
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012 at NOON (gathering at Jean-Talon & Boyer, métro Jean-Talon)
INFO: www.solidarityacrossborders.org
PAPELES PARA TODAS Y TODOS!
Una marcha por la justicia y dignidad de todas y todos los migrantes y refugiad@s
SÁBADO, 26 DE MAYO 2012 al MEDIODÍA (Encuentro en Jean Talon y Boyer, metro Jean Talon)
INFO: www.solidarityacrossborders.org/es
Undocumented across borders and oceans
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