Guest Blog by: Ian Danley Arizona won a significant victory last week when Russell Pearce, author of SB1070, lost in a first-ever recall election. It was not without great effort. I’m reflecting today on the lessons of the work and how we traveled from the darkness of SB1070 to the hope we feel today. The […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Amado Lobatos I was born in Mexico and smuggled into the United States in 1976. My father worked for many years in Wyoming as a farm hand. It was a very difficult place to be in that I was always embarrassed to be an illegal Mexican farmhand. After all, I didn’t […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Jonathan Kindberg My Swedish last name, Kindberg, is about as difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce as “ferrocarril” is for English speakers. The approximations I’ve heard are many: Kinder, Kimberly and Kindergarten, to name a few. I’m 6’1” and as pasty white as they come. I’m also an Anglican pastor of […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Kristen Bruce Earlier this year, I helped host an immigration discussion night at my university. We showed a short film I put together of undocumented immigrants and these are a few excerpts from the interviews (for privacy, names have been changed).
Tell the story of how you came to […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Kirt Lewis I’m a patriotic guy and I can prove it! My evidence goes beyond that of voting faithfully, displaying the flag on appropriate dates at my California home or even getting a bit weepy-eyed (yes I’m man enough to admit it) on the 4th of July as fireworks explode against […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Melissa Johansen I met Claudia a few years ago on my first trip to El Salvador. Claudia is a 24-year-old Salvadoran, and she is one of the brightest, kindest, most loving, intelligent people I’ve ever met. Life has not been easy for Claudia. She was born during the brutal Salvadoran civil […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Dustin White What was intended to be a carefree vacation in celebration of our wedding anniversary turned out to be a sobering reminder of our nation’s horrific past. It was also a grim realization we have still have not completely escaped. My wife and I travelled to Charleston, South Carolina, a city […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Cat Willett No More Deaths is an organization based in Tucson, AZ. They work in the Sonoran Desert where many migrants cross from Mexico to the US. Somewere between 300-500 migrants per year die in the desert, many are never found. The organization walks the desert, providing water, food, and […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Kristen Bruce The following is in reference specifically to undocumented immigration from Latin America. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a grassroots advocate for immigrant rights. This great love and passion for the immigrant began halfway through my high school career after taking several mission trips to Honduras and […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Sarah Quezada When my husband Billy came to California from Guatemala, he got a job as a laborer on an underground cable construction crew. During the next couple of years, he was promoted through the company and began working as a lead inspector. His bosses loved him. He was hard working, […]Continue Reading →
