By Jill Lufrano March 30, 2012 RENO — Six dreamers, participants of the DREAM Act for fairer immigration policies and the Campaign for an American DREAM, walked through Reno on their way to Utah Thursday as part of an eight-month trek to engage communities on their way to Washington, D.C. Five walkers told personal stories [...]
Fox Reno A cross-country walk that began in California in support of better immigration policies will make a stop in Reno today. The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) in Reno, will be welcoming 5 young students part of the Campaign for an American DREAM (CAD), a cross country walk by undocumented and ally walkers [...]
By Adam Varahachaikol Channel 2 News Story Link One local church is hosting several young people who are trying to bring attention to the DREAM Act. “We are just happy to host these young people as they journey from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. To push for the passage of the Dream Act,” says Rev. Neal [...]
Group marches coast to coast to raise awareness A dedicated group is on a cross-country trek to raise awareness about the DREAM act and what it could mean for people in similar situations. By Chris Buckley Story Link RENO, NV – “I remember September 11th like it was yesterday,” 23-year-old Lucas Da Silva said. “I [...]
We are taking it back to house meetings. Family and friends often gather in the living room to talk freely and converse about life and socializing. When it came to me and Lucas working together with queer communities in Sacramento, however, that living room became a battleground of networking, sharing our stories, our tears, and [...]
Nothing is impossible in this world, we strive to push ourselves to be the best that we can be. No laws can stop us from this cross-country trek that our brave team began two weeks ago. Moving east where beautiful sceneries leave us wondering what tomorrow will bring, walking next to highway 49 where cars [...]
By Ed Vogel, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A group of young and educated Hispanic adults whose parents brought them illegally to the United States as children stopped at the state Capitol on Wednesday to secure Gov. Brian Sandoval’s support for the federal Dream Act. Story Link Sandoval was in Las Vegas chairing the [...]
Has “being cool” and/or “privileged”, added to the exclusionary function of membership in our cliques, circle of friends, jobs, social institutions, families, and all forms of social interaction? Somehow I feel that this burden to deconstruct Love among us has new and real meanings of how we function as contributing members of society versus members [...]
In the past 6 days, I haven’t had the pleasure to delight my hungry fingers into one of those “private dates with the Thought” (When I write the heck out of my brains and emotions that is). It’s a rare thing that happens to me. The blessing of good people and the contemplation of many [...]
March 24, 2012 Jose Gonzalez was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1987, but he has called California home for almost all of his 25 years. A community college graduate, as well as a youth minister in his church, Jose wants to attend a four-year university, but his family cannot afford tuition, and he cannot work [...]