Yamilex Rustrian, 7, crossed the dessert with her sister to get to this country; she was also kidnapped for 10 days. “I have lived always in fear of being picked up. When I received DACA, I was able to get a driver’s license, go to school and work to help my family. I no longer live in the shadows, but my parents remain in limbo because politics keeps playing with their lives.”
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Past, Present, and Future for Justice –Dae Joong Yoon, Executive Director of National Korean American Service and Education Consortium As our community looks back on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held on 1963, we can “feel” both the…
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Dream Riders Blog: August 6, 2013 – Houston, Texas This morning, I was yet again the last person in the room to wake up. Kevin stood beside my sofa bed already fully dressed in his blue dress shirt. I suddenly…
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We arrived in Houston late in the afternoon after a long drive from New Orleans. In the car, we prepared for our last community meeting presentation. It was a community meeting and dinner with OCA-Greater Houston and BPSOS-Houston. More than…
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We arrived in New Orleans, very late on the night of August 3. The next morning, we picked up Young Sun, one of the youth directors from the Korean American Resource and Cultural Center (KRCC) in Chicago and drove to…
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On August 3rd, the Dream Riders had a community meeting with students and professors of Freedom University at the Athens Latino Center for Education and Services. Everyone was very welcoming and supportive of us and our campaign. In contrast to…
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I grew up in Georgia for most of my life. I always wanted to engage in community activism in Georgia, but was never sure. As a student at the University of Georgia, Athens, I became involved with student activism, but…
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The Dream Riders had an in-district meeting with the staff of Representative Mike McIntyre who represents the 7th District of North Carolina. Representative McIntyre is a fiscal conservative focused on issues related to the agriculture industry and farm families as…
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