via Imagine 2050 blog:
A new play about undocumented students premiered this month in Charlotte, NC.

The Pot is about a college student, Laura, bringing her boyfriend, Rick, home to meet the family at Thanksgiving.  Her father has been elected to the state legislature and is upset to learn that although Rick has lived in the States for most of his life, he is undocumented.

via Colorlines:

“The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann” invited Colorlines.com reporter Seth Freed Wessler to discuss the Shattered Families report: “Children are being ripped from the arms of their parents at an alarming rate today in America. 5,000 American children are in foster care today because their parents have been deported. So is this really what Americans want when they call for greater enforcement of our borders? Or has something gone terribly wrong with immigration enforcement?”

via Colorlines:

The scenes are familiar to Angelenos driving through Beverly Hills. Latina domestic workers of every age group waiting at bus stops and men attending gardens. Artist Ramiro Gomez says he wants people to stop and think about the labor force that takes care of the things we value the most: our families and our homes.

Read more on Colorlines.

Estamos Unidos is a campaign organized by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its partners against anti-immigrant laws and federal policies.

On May 3, 2012, a group of concerned Alabama residents compelled by conscience and faith took nonviolent action to stand up against this unjust law.