Apr / 7
From DREAMER to U.S. Citizen
“No soy de aquí ni soy de allá …Neplanta is my home” From DREAMER to U.S. Citizen by Leslie V. Chaires Battle scars remain in my memory, our memory, my soul, our soul. No one piece of paper given by the U.S. government that grants me legality in this country will ever erase my past [...]
Feb / 24
Apathy is Not an Option: Election Night for Undocumented Americans (non-fiction essay)
By Edber Macedo Edber is third year UCLA student and a member of Dream Team Los Angeles. On November 6, 2012 people across the world placed their attention to on the American people (or more accurately the Electoral College) to who they would choose as the person who would influence all corners of the [...]
Mar / 18
Life: Post-DACA (non-fiction essay)
By Carolina Valdivia Carolina is an undocumented graduate student at San Diego State University. Creator of www.mydocumentedlife.wordpress.com She recently got approved for DACA and is eager to continue helping others through her activism, education, research, and writing. June 5, 2012- Undocumented activists stage a sit-in at President Barack Obama’s campaign office in [...]
Feb / 26
Perpetual State of Infancy (dream theory)
By Fernando Romero Fernando, graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2009 and studied Creative Writing and Journalism. He is a co-founding member of Dreamers Adrift and co-founding member of the AB 540 group FUEL @ CSULB. He is also the Coordinator for the Justice for Immigrants Coalition of Inland Southern California, which is an [...]
Feb / 23
To the Dead Who Are Found (poetry)
By Caitlin Patler Caitlin Patler is a PhD candidate in Sociology at UCLA. She has been an activist for immigrants’ rights for over a decade. In 2012, she volunteered with No More Deaths’ Desert Aid Project along the US-Mexico borderlands. These are some of her reflections. To the dead who are found And [...]
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