Perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur and Elizabeth Acevedo, Jasmin Kaur’s stunning debut novel is a collection of poetry, illustrations, and prose.screamso that one daya hundred years from nowanother sister...
JUAN BARROSO - My work is about Mexican labor and the plight, struggle, hope, and heritage of Mexican immigrants. With political administrations that continue to enforce policies that dehumanize and force immigrants into the shadows, recognizing an immigrant’s humanity is vital. As the son of immigrant parents, I hope to pay homage to my people and the dignity of their labor. This exhibition, Immigrant Narratives, focuses on the stories of undocumented immigrants along the US-Mexico border.
Four immigrant and refugee narratives from 2016 speak to the most current issues facing America: refugee safety, immigration and undocumented Americans.
Comic book style drawings of queers and quotes in curvy font provide a face and a narrative for queers who live under governments trying to squash their rights, build fences to keep them out and create legislation for swift deportation, among other things.
Two men are dead and one severely injured after coming to the aid of 2 young girls police say were being harassed by an alleged white supremacist.
The narrative told by the hands of an undocumented immigrant.
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Ever wondered what it takes to forge a life from the fiery depths of uncertainty? In “The Silence of the Volcano,” the author takes the reader through a journey of courage. As a teenager, she left her home in southern Spain with nothing but plastic bags, venturing into the United States, a realm of unknowns. Can one woman's determination, resilience, and love transform a tale of survival into a beacon of personal growth? This memoir unfolds as a captivating narrative of an undocumented immigrant, navigating the complexities of identity, and defying prejudice. What emerges is a love story born from fractured souls, as Almudena transforms from a life of suffering that gave her the courage to walk away to a respected professor at a top university in California, balancing the demands of motherhood, academia and the echoes of her past. Within these pages, discover the alchemy of turning powerful emotions into courage. "The Silence of the Volcano" is not just a survival story—it's an empowering guide for those seeking inspiration, personal growth, and the indomitable spirit of a strong woman navigating life's tumultuous terrain. Are you ready to dive into this inspiring celebration of love, courage, and the triumph of the human spirit?
About the Book Documenting the undocumented: voices of immigrant workers. Book Synopsis Read the media coverage of the increasingly heated debate around immigration reform in the United States: two dominant narratives emerge. From Lou Dobbs to Sean Hannity, commentators on the right have crafted an image rooted in fear, demonizing undocumented immigrants as a threat to national security and raising the specter of a deliberate "browning of America." Left-leaning journalists, on the other hand, foreground victimization, emphasizing the plight of immigrants, stripping them of their agency. Neither captures the range of experiences within undocumented immigrant communities, and both fail to see immigrants as active participants in their own struggle for racial and economic justice.Presente! offers a rare perspective on the immigrant-rights movement, written by immigrant workers themselves. Including a range of essays exploring the intersection of race, class, and immigration in the United States, this anthology challenges its readers to move beyond a "legalization-only" framework and embrace a broader vision for social justice organizing embodied in the work of grassroots organizations across the country resisting state repression, cultivating solidarity, and building alternative models for progressive social change. Offered in a dual-language edition, with a foreword by Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzáles.Cristina Tzintzún is the executive director of Workers Defense Project, a Texas based workers' rights organization.Carlos Pérez de Alejo is the executive director of Cooperation Texas, an organization dedicated to the creation of sustainable jobs through the development, support, and promotion of worker-owned cooperatives.Arnulfo Manríquez is an organizer at Workers Defense Project, where he organizes immigrant construction workers to defend their labor and human rights.In Oakland, California on March 24, 2015 a fire destroyed the AK Press warehouse along with several other businesses. Please consider visiting the AK Press website to learn more about the fundraiser to help them and their neighbors. About the Author Cristina Tzintzún: Cristina Tzintzún is Director of Workers Defense Project, and co-founder of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition. Tzintzún contributed chapters to Colonize This! and Yes Means, Yes!. She also covers immigration rights issues for the daily newspapers Ahora Si! and El Norte.Omar Angel: Omar Angel is originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. Angel holds a Law Degree from the University of Veracruz, and for the last five years has been working in the US with the Workers Defense Project, the Immigrant Worker Centers Collaborative in Boston, and Workplace Project in Long Island.Carlos Pérez de Alejo: Carlos Pérez de Alejo works with Third Coast Workers for Cooperation, a cooperative development center. Carlos has been an organizer with the Workers Defense Project and a member of the Student/Farmworker Alliance. His writings have appeared in Yes!, Z Magazine, and Dollars and Sense.
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Undocumented Storytellers offers a critical exploration of the ways undocumented immigrant activists harness the power of storytelling to mitigate the fear and uncertainty of life without legal status and to advocate for immigration reform. Sarah C. Bishop chronicles the ways young people uncover their lack of legal status experientially -- through interactions with parents, in attempts to pursue rites of passage reserved for citizens, and as audiences of political and popular media. She provides both theoretical and pragmatic contextualization as activist narrators recount the experiences that influenced their decisions to cultivate public voices.Bishop draws from a mixed methodology of in-depth interviews with undocumented immigrants from eighteen unique nations of origin, critical-rhetorical ethnographies of immigrant rights events and protests, and narrative analysis of immigrant-produced digital media to interrogate the power and limitations of narrative activism. Autobiographical immigrant storytelling refutes mainstream discourse on immigration and reveals the determination of individuals who elsewhere have been vilified by stereotype and presupposition. Offering an unparalleled view into the ways immigrants' stories appear online, Bishop illuminates digital narrative strategies by detailing how undocumented storytellers reframe their messages when stories have unintended consequences. The resulting work provides broad insights into the role of strategic framing and autobiographical story-sharing in advocacy and social movements.
While this legal case continues, the state may continue its policy of denying birth certificates to certain immigrant children.
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco With an estimated 90,000 Central American children expected to reach the U.S. border by the end of the year, you’d think that the American media would […]
JUAN BARROSO - My work is about Mexican labor and the plight, struggle, hope, and heritage of Mexican immigrants. With political administrations that continue to enforce policies that dehumanize and force immigrants into the shadows, recognizing an immigrant’s humanity is vital. As the son of immigrant parents, I hope to pay homage to my people and the dignity of their labor. This exhibition, Immigrant Narratives, focuses on the stories of undocumented immigrants along the US-Mexico border.
A relative of Mollie Tibbetts, the Iowa college student whom authorities say was killed by an undocumented immigrant, said that commentators need to stop using her murder to push a “racist, false narrative” about immigration. “No, no and no,” Sandi Tibbetts Murphy posted on Facebook Friday. “Especially for those of you who did not know…
Underground America presents the remarkable oral histories of undocumented men and women struggling to carve a life for themselves in the U.S.
Two young immigrants slowly come to grips with what it means to be undocumented in the only place they call home.
"We reclaim our Mollie," Tibbetts’s cousin wrote on Facebook.
JUAN BARROSO - My work is about Mexican labor and the plight, struggle, hope, and heritage of Mexican immigrants. With political administrations that continue to enforce policies that dehumanize and force immigrants into the shadows, recognizing an immigrant’s humanity is vital. As the son of immigrant parents, I hope to pay homage to my people and the dignity of their labor. This exhibition, Immigrant Narratives, focuses on the stories of undocumented immigrants along the US-Mexico border.
Ben Daniel tackles the controversial issues that surround undocumented migration in the United States by taking the reader to the spiritual, legal and geographical front lines of the immigration debate. Here, the political becomes personal and "talking points" have a human face. The result of this journey is a compelling argument that encourages Christians to meet undocumented migrants as neighbors and as friends.
Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in American politics today, and debates about undocumented immigrants in particular can generate more heat than light. When these topics spill into the classroom, teachers often report feeling unprepared and ill-equipped. This overview gives teachers the basis to facilitate discussions about unauthorized immigration with students in a way that is fact-based, promotes compassion, and makes all students feel welcomed and included.
About the Book Includes questions for discussion and an interview with the author. Book Synopsis In development as a television series from Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine production company and ABC Studios! This hilarious, poignant and true story of one teen's experience growing up in America as an undocumented immigrant from the Middle East is an increasingly necessary read in today's divisive world. Perfect for fans of Mindy Kaling and Trevor Noah's books. "Very funny but never flippant, Saedi mixes '90s pop culture references, adolescent angst and Iranian history into an intimate, informative narrative." --The New York Times At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job, but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number. Fear of deportation kept Sara up at night, but it didn't keep her from being a teenager. She desperately wanted a green card, along with clear skin, her own car, and a boyfriend. Americanized follows Sara's progress toward getting her green card, but that's only a portion of her experiences as an Iranian-"American" teenager. From discovering that her parents secretly divorced to facilitate her mother's green card application to learning how to tame her unibrow, Sara pivots gracefully from the terrifying prospect that she might be kicked out of the country at any time to the almost-as-terrifying possibility that she might be the only one of her friends without a date to the prom. This moving, often hilarious story is for anyone who has ever shared either fear. FEATURED ON NPR'S FRESH AIR A NYPL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST OF THE BEST BOOK SELECTION A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! "A must-read, vitally important memoir. . . . Poignant and often LOL funny, Americanized is utterly of the moment."--Bustle "Read Saedi's memoir to push out the poison."--Teen Vogue "A funny, poignant must read for the times we are living in today."--Pop Sugar Review Quotes "A timely reflection on the realities of immigrant lives, a must-read for anyone who has ever struggled with their identity or finding their place in the world."--Bustle "Filled with pop culture references, journal excerpts, photographs, and relatable coming-of-age content, this book will keep readers fully entertained while pushing them to deeper cultural understandings. "--School Library Journal, starred review "This irresistible and timely memoir is hard to put down."--Booklist, starred review"With gumption, Saedi draws from her American-ness and Iranian-ness for a successful depiction of immigrant life in the U.S.: a must-read."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review "This is an encounter with a family that many readers will understand and others will long to be a part of, and it may inspire them to reconsider and chronicle their own family tales."--Bulletin, starred review About the Author Sara Saedi was born in Tehran, Iran smack-dab in the middle of a war and an Islamic Revolution. She received a B.A. in Film and Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley and began her career as a creative executive for ABC Daytime. Since then she's penned three TV movies for ABC Family and a pilot for the Disney Channel, won a Daytime Emmy for What If..., a web series she wrote for ABC, and worked as a staff writer on the FOX sitcom The Goodwin Games. She is also the author of a YA duology, Never Ever and The Lost Kids, published by Viking. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, son, and pug, where she writes for the hit CW show iZombie. Learn more on Twitter at @saaaranotsarah or at SaraSaediWriter.com.
Teen creates Facebook page to spotlight immigrants' weekly achievements Read more Technology News Here --> http://digitaltechnologynews.com Immigrants do make America great — and a new Facebook page...
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Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, Illegal Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is "a form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context."
We will never be silenced.
