• 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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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 3

    Sunday, November 27, 2011

    As undocumented people, we’re often presented with circumstances in which we try our best to maintain our status out of the conversation. In this episode, we present a moment of awkwardness that many of us have gone through. We’re confronted by old friends (who have obviously moved on with their lives), and in order to [...]

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  • Interview with Victor, An Alabama DREAMer

    Tuesday, November 22, 2011

    Victor is kind of an intense guy. At 19 years old, he speaks with honesty and grace beyond his years. It’s very difficult to not be awed by him; His baby face is unsuspecting, his demeanor light, his smiles genuine and deep. But when he speaks, it’s a different story. We met him out in [...]

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  • Undocumented and Awkward: Episode 2

    Thursday, November 10, 2011

    You’ve been there. Just looking the other way pretending you don’t recognize that old high school or college classmate. Then you guys lock eyes and bang, awkward. It’s not so much the weight you’ve gained. Or the gray hair that has sparkled around the sides of your head. It’s the circumstances that has led you [...]

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Feb / 19

Mi Amor

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By Jeresia L. Norris   Mi Amor, my love –that’s what I call him.  It’s what I have always called him.  That has been his name in my phone for five years now.  I first met my husband five years ago at the end of a bad divorce.  The first night I met him I [...]

Feb / 16

War Within Myself (poetry)

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By Anonymous My heart Spins taking Destruction at exclusive Mass have souls trip The weapons like direct Resistance feel more Capable brilliant without Age limit dreams flash One unpredictable truth that Triggers my courage discovering My self-esteem

Feb / 11

Estudiantes (Fiction)

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By Jessica Belinda Rodriguez Jessica Belinda Rodriguez is a native of Los Angeles and holds a degree in Comparative Literature from UCLA. She currently lives in New York City.           Antolin, an eighth grader was one of my better students.  He actually wanted to learn. He did his best to pay attention to Ms. Mock’s [...]

Feb / 9

My Very Own Picket Line; Struggling thoughts of an undocumented college graduate (Poetry)

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By Jacky   Jacky, a recent graduate from UC Irvine with B.A. in Psychology & Social Behavior. Currently working at Latino Health Access, a non-profit for healthy communities in Orange County facing issues like diabetes and obesity.   I have this empty void As if my brain is in hibernation Avoiding reality What is your [...]

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Feb / 6

Room 302 (Poetry in memoir form)

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By Graciela Lopez Graciela Lopez, is a junior at Cal State Fullerton. She is a Sociology major with a minor in Women’s Studies. She transferred from Mt. SAC after obtaining two A.A. degrees in Behavioral Sciences and Language Arts and Communication. She has always been supportive and an advocate for the DREAM Act. This is the [...]