• UndocuCribs

    Thursday, April 26, 2012
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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 12

    Thursday, March 8, 2012
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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 11

    Friday, March 2, 2012

    The idea for this video came on the BART very late at night, on the way back to the East Bay from a night of debauchery and a gluttonous intake of tacos in the Mission district. Catherine (from ASPIRE) rode with Julio and me, and we chatted about painfully discomforted situations of our past. Catherine [...]

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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 10

    Monday, January 9, 2012

      When I was in high school, I had a huge crush on a young lady who had bravely started the first LGTBQ support organization in our school (this was back in 1999-2000). She was smart, strong, beautiful, very compassionate, and she didn’t exactly identify as gay. I thought that I just might have a [...]

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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 9

    Sunday, January 8, 2012

    … or “Shit White Racist Girls from Arizona Say”

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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 8

    Wednesday, January 4, 2012

    Sometimes, they’re allies. Sometimes, they’re DREAMers as well.

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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 7

    Thursday, December 22, 2011
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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 6

    Sunday, December 11, 2011

    “In the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community, it is very challenging to come out as an undocumented immigrant. Many times, even our own immediate family members perpetuate the “shame” of being undocumented by keeping us silent and in the shadows. This may even go to the extent where our own cousins won’t know about our [...]

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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 5

    Sunday, December 11, 2011

    First dates are always awkward. We don’t really know why humans do it. Maybe it’s the romanticized versions that poems and novelists have sold us for centuries. We blame “Garden State.” Whatever the reason behind such strange act, we all do it. Straight, gay, trans, bi, I guess we’re all looking for that person that [...]

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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 4

    Saturday, December 3, 2011

    Many “lucky” undocumented folks happen to score office jobs. Finally, a crappy job that doesn’t involve the possibility of stabbing yourself with a kitchen knife or accidently breathing poison. Sure, it might involve serving coffee to a cruel boss or doing mind-numbing data entry, but if you’ve ever had to wash dishes for a living [...]

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May / 17

How ‘Finding Nemo’ taught me more in 5 Seconds than any psychology book ever did

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By Juan S I’m always smiling, but I wasn’t always like this. For the most part I was shy, quiet, and scared of trying something new. Now I’m nothing like I was before. What helped me breakout of my shell was to finally not care about my immigration status. Yet, behind this smile and positive attitude [...]

May / 14

I Feel Like…(Poetry)

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By Elioth Gomez Elioth Gomez, has been accepted to CSU San francisco, San Jose, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, waiting for UC LA and Berkeley. He has worked hard but he might not be able attend the school he want to. Every day tries to stay optimistic but I can not continue The reality is that Elioth will be unable to [...]

May / 14

I Can Finally Breathe…(Non-fiction Memoir)

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By Bo   Undoing the pain of upward mobility… Today I have come to the realization that maintaining a legal status was the most burdensome duty. It feels so free to not carry that weight anymore. All this time, the burden of having a legal status had dictated my life path—how my day was supposed [...]

May / 14

The Bordados Project (Non-Fiction Op Ed)

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By Alejandra Vargas-Johnson   Alejandra,is a graduating senior at the  University of Souther California studying Sociology and Spanish. She is a DREAMer ally. She has traveled to Tucson Arizona area in March and volunteered with Border Justice activists there. She wrote this Op-Ed about her experience at the Border, and about the Deportation crisis in general.http://youtu.be/86dIejmMy-4      Dear USC student, [...]

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May / 9

I Love The Night (Poetry)

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By Juan Carlos Segundo Juan Carlos Segundo is and Undocumented, Electrical engineering student at City College of San Francisco. He advocates for immigrant rights and student equity at CCSF through SAFE (Students Advocating for Equity) and SMAC (Students Making A Change).     I love the night. Not because it’s when I’m procrastinating doing crazy math calculations. Nah, I [...]