The horrors of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that enters our homes daily get mixed with a tsunami of domestic and international negative news. How to filter through these constructively? The news from Ukraine triggered in me two sets of questions: 1) What does Ukraine not shown on television look like? What is its history, its …
The first time I ever searched “How to Move to Europe” was a few weeks after I met a German exchange student in my United States history class. At sixteen years old, she was the first person I had ever met who was from another country. Speaking to her, I became mesmerized by her life …
Moving Abroad: Experiences of Uncertainty and Adventure Read More »
Martyna Majok’s intense, well-meaning Sanctuary City has a split personality. The first hour of this tale of two young people struggling to deal with our inequitable immigration laws is told in short, fragmentary shards. Sometimes they are repeated to demonstrate the endless cycle of hope and betrayal encountered on the endless path to becoming legal. …
Terry Braunstein and Victor Raphael – A Collaboration This collaboration grew out of a professional relationship and mutual appreciation of one another’s work. They were motivated to create these artworks in response to the current political environment over the last few years. Four series of limited edition ink jet prints will be featured here …
a note on the poem. A couple of years ago, I watched this movie for the first time, Taipei Story (1985). The movie is gorgeous and sad. We follow two former schoolmates who consider leaving for America as they run out of options in a rapidly Westernizing and modernizing Taipei. In one particular scene, a …
Children How will we remove the thorn war time sting left us moribund, dead, dying, no absolution in our aging memory. Our boys and girls caged behind bars and barbed wire wait for a despot to release them. They are not the children of the hellish nights Of massacres in El Mozote, in Zumpul, 1981 …
In the summer of 2013, I spent a week in the Tucson-sector of the US-Mexico border with No More Deaths, “a humanitarian organization based in Southern Arizona” that works to end the death and suffering of migrants crossing in the desert, when I had driven a carload of donations to their desert office in Arivaca, …
Serving Movements for Peace from the Deserts of Arizona to the Streets of L.A. Read More »
Note: This production’s run ended abruptly on March 12 due to Broadway and Off-Broadway’s theaters closing because of the coronavirus crisis. Roundabout Theater Company has announced they will be making the show available digitally to ticket holders. The theaters were originally supposed to re-open April 12, but that date appears unlikely now with national restrictions …
72 Miles Chronicles the Cruelty of Immigration Laws Read More »
The United States is currently in the midst of political atrocity. There are many problems that our nation faces on a daily basis. From gun violence, to robberies, to the management of national debt, it seems as if the United States will never be freed from the endless string of worries every citizen has to …
How the Trump Administration Has Perpetrated Injustice Toward Hispanic Immigrants Read More »
UPDATE 5/30/19, from the author’s colleague Andy: “Early this morning, I watched as David boarded a flight to Phoenix. As he said to me before going forward in line, “I am so happy.” After 14 months in Adelanto, David was finally released yesterday on a $10,000 bond, with funding aggregated from a crowd-fund, from monies garnered by …
As an expat living in Mexico, I experience offers of help on a daily basis. At every turn, if I need assistance with anything, locals respond kindly and graciously. This is frequently not my experience in the United States, a culture of extreme self-sufficiency and individualism, bolstered by a “pulling oneself up by one’s bootstraps” …
Ever since President Donald Trump introduced a “zero-tolerance” policy calling for the prosecution of all individuals who illegally enter the United States, children have been separated from their families daily while trying to enter or stay in the country. Stories of deportations, estrangement of families, and immigrant detention centers have crossed the screens of the public …
Lo sé, estás ahí, ya te vi y sé que tienes miedo. Tienes miedo porque no sabes dónde estás, Tienes miedo porque no entiendes por qué te encierran Tienes miedo porque otras llevan años y no han salido; Te pasará a ti? Tienes miedo porque ayer puede ser la última vez que viste a tus …
Liliana Romero: “Lo sé, Tienes miedo” (“I Know You Are Afraid”) Read More »
by the Women Who Submit Leadership Team People in power always find a way to accuse the underserved of not being worthy of justice. Women Who Submit was founded in response to male editors looking to justify the paucity of women authors in their publications. Those editors made excuses: women weren’t submitting enough, weren’t working …
Women Who Submit statement against the Trump Administration’s racist immigration policy Read More »
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