Archive for the ‘immigrant stories’ Category
We Are America: Jackie and Jaime: Fighting for their (Maryland) Dream
Posted: March 9, 2011 at 11:46 am By LloydThe latest story from We Are America is up: Jackie and Jaime are two high school seniors in Maryland who hope to start four-year college next fall. Both are accomplished students with high GPAs; both are also undocumented and therefore must pay out-of-state tuition and can’t receive scholarships. Having worked for the federal DREAM Act [...]
Host a screening of Tony & Janina’s American Wedding
Posted: February 22, 2011 at 12:04 pm By Lloydvideo platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player We’ve been sharing with you the story of Tony & Janina Wasilewski, torn apart by our broken immigration system. Now, you can share their story with your friends and family. Volunteer to host a house party screening of Tony & Janina’s American Wedding. We’ll send you a screener version of [...]
Tony & Janina’s American Wedding
Posted: February 16, 2011 at 3:04 pm By Lloydvideo platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player We’ve shared the story of Tony & Janina before, on behalf of the We Are America project. In the coming weeks, RI4A will be partnering with Ruthless Films to spread Tony & Janina’s story. RI4A and our supporters are featured in the film, which prominently showcases our highly successful March [...]
Freedom from Fear Award: Who will you nominate?
Posted: January 31, 2011 at 11:00 am By Rachel LaBruyereThere is still time to nominate people for a Freedom from Fear Award. The award will go to 15 ordinary people who have shown extraordinary courage in the face of adverisity. The Freedom From Fear Award takes its name from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous “four freedoms” speech 70 years ago in which he outlined four [...]
We Are America: Disabled veteran set to be deported despite years of service
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:19 am By LloydZahid’s story: Disabled veteran set to be deported despite years of service The latest story from We Are America is up: On January 12, an immigration judge refused to stay the deportation of U.S. Army veteran Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry. Zahid has been a permanent resident for more than a decade and spent nearly six years [...]
The Double Life of an Undocumented Student
Posted: December 6, 2010 at 2:30 pm By adminOriginally posted at Zócalo Public Square. Written by Erick Huerta. Once, when I was seven, I fell asleep in Michoacan and woke in Boyle Heights. No joke. Now I am a bewildered 26-year-old undocumented college student, whose life may become a slightly less surreal dream if the DREAM Act ever passes, but only slightly less [...]
Voter Story: Rim will vote for the 2nd time ever on Election Day
Posted: October 28, 2010 at 10:50 am By Rachel LaBruyereFrom the We Are America immigrant stories project. Rim will be voting for the second time ever and convinced her whole family to register in 2008. Check out her story. And GO VOTE!
Tony and Janina’s Wedding
Posted: October 12, 2010 at 5:04 pm By Lloydvideo platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player We Are America has another great video you should check out. Tony & Janina’s Wedding is the story of Tony Wasilewski, an immigrant from Poland, and American citizen, and his wife Janina, who was deported to Poland. You can follow Tony & Janina’s story at their blog, and read about [...]
A part of Reagan’s legacy Republicans aren’t eager to embrace
Posted: October 6, 2010 at 4:55 pm By LloydIn the 2008 Republican Presidential primary debates candidates like Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, and John McCain tripped over themselves to be the most Reagan-esque. Inheriting the mantle of the most sainted Republican politician of the past 30 years was an important part of locking down the Republican base, especially for so-called “moderate” candidates [...]
A reminder for why I fight: Beth’s story
Posted: September 8, 2010 at 5:17 pm By Rachel LaBruyereEarlier today, I got the most recent edition of the “We Are America” weekly digest of stories. We’ve talked about the ‘We Are America’ project before and recently celebrated a stay of deportation for Yves, one of their storytellers. Today’s digest, however, was special for me. One of the standout stories came from Beth, a [...]
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