Young Latinas and U.S. immigration policies Karla Gutierrez and Paola Gonzalez, an 18 and 17-year-old from Animo Inglewood Charter High School, perform an original poem that gives a voice to the struggles immigrants have and continue to face in America. People’s stories humanize statistical figures. In this blog, I present a dialogue between […]
A Latina daughter, her American immigrant mother, and 157 Barbies I want to begin this blog with a story that reflects the complex relationship between American daughters raised by Latino immigrant mothers and at the same time highlights the resolution, creativity, and endurance of both Latino mothers and their daughters. The title of the blog […]
Chart source: www.pewresearch.org When asked if they identify as “mestizo,” “mulatto” or some other mixed-race combination, one-third of U.S. Hispanics say they do. Source: ‘Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics | Pew Research Center
www.pewhispanic.org Reflecting broad changes in their social and economic status, women around the world have been migrating more in recent decades and as a result have constituted an increasing share of migrant populations almost everywhere. Source: Gender and Migration | Pew Research Center
Image source: www.apa.org Three undocumented youth who arrived as young children share their stories of how they are fighting hard to achieve their piece of the American dream. Source: Undocumented Americans
This Immigrant Kid In Search Of American Dream Only Sleeps 3 Hours So He Can Work And Go To School (07/19/16) – we are mitú Image source: wearemitu.com from the video This is Gaspar Marcos. He’s 18 years old, grew up in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and was orphaned at age 5. At age 12, he came […]
Image source: nypost.com President Obama faced criticism over his administration’s handling of immigration enforcement from both the left and the right, labeled “deporter in chief” even as he was also accused of lax enforcement. A closer examination of his administration’s record paints a more nuanced picture. This article explores how immigration enforcement practices shifted to […]
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, a not-for-profit children’s mental health agency whose social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors provide extensive services to residents of Nassau County, Long Island. Source: Let Them Go, Let Them Grow: The Latina Girls Project | LifeLines
I am 16 years old. My mother and I are both from Guatemala. My mother was forced to have sexual intercourse when she was 14. She got kicked out and struggled trying to find a place to sleep. My father heard about it and didn’t care. His sister gave her a place to sleep but […]
New America Media is a nationwide association of over 3000 ethnic media organizations representing the development of a more inclusive journalism. Founded in 1996 by Pacific News Service, New America Media promotes ethnic media by strengthening the editorial and economic viability of this increasingly influential segment of America’s communications industry. Source: Immigrant Mothers–Living With a […]