An Appalling Charm (Non-fiction Memoir)

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By Fernando Romero Fernando Romero, is a co-founding member of Dreamers Adrift. Co-founding member of the AB 540 group FUEL @ Cal State Long Beach. He is also the Coordinator for the Justice for Immigrants Coalition of Inland Southern California, an immigrant-rights organization in the Inland Empire. He is also a contributing writer to the Huffington Post on the Dream [...]

Speech for the Day Laborer

Fernando Romero, representing as the Coordinator for the Justice For Immigrants Coalition of Inland Southern California, speaks at the Fernando Pedraza Memorial and Community Celebration on May 5, 2012.

Man Died In Administrative Limbo While In Immigration Detention (Op Ed)

By Fernando Romero Originally published on Huffington Post Latino Voices March 19, 2012 On the morning of Friday, February 24, I got out of bed with my usual swagger. I made a pot a coffee, a light breakfast and started getting ready for work. Still with lazy eyes, I started answering some e-mails when my [...]

Somewhat Documented but Still Awkward

By Fernando Romero   Date: Monday, March 12 Time: 8:30 a.m. Place: Dept. of Motor Vehicles in Pomona, Califorina   DMV clerk: In order to renew your license, I need to see all your immigration documents to see you’re still in the process. Do you have your green card? Fernando: I haven’t gotten my green card, but [...]

Immigration Reform and Unionization; Dining Hall Workers Seek Justice For All Workers (Op Ed)

By Fernando Romero   Originally published on Huffington Post Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012   No one would’ve thought that the immigration debate would make a stop in the cookie-cutter community of Claremont, California. But the recent firing of 16 kitchen staff workers at Pomona College has caught national attention and caused immigrant rights groups and [...]

The Civil Disobedience Event (A Play in Two Acts)

Illustration by Julio Salgado - In Collaboration wtih Alejandro Cano/La Prensa

By Fernando Romero   I stood there in my neon-range security vest, unsure of what to think. When I turned my head right, I could see the snow-capped San Bernardino Mountains to the east encroaching upon us; just hanging and towering over all of us. They looked so majestic and peaceful like oil on canvas painting. [...]

The Dreamer Condition (Fiction)

By Fernando Romero Fernando Romero, is a co-founding member of Dreamers Adrift and co-founding member of the AB 540 group FUEL @ Cal State Long Beach. He is also the Coordinator for the Justice for Immigrants Coalition of Inland Southern California, which is an immigrant-rights coalition in the Inland Empire region of California. He is [...]