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♦ S tre et Roots • Nov. 2 4-D ec. 1, 2017 News Page 14 Pueblo Unido was founded in April of this year by Francisco Rodriguez and Cameron Coval, its co-executive out or didn’t pursue education after high school when they directors. Rodriguez, a DACA recipient himself as well as a community activist, was detained earlier this year when faced similar roadblocks. But he chose to keep going. He ICE arrested him at his home without a warrant, citing a enrolled in Portland Community College’s architecture program, and then switched to graphic design, going to misdemeanor DUI as the reason, despite Rodriguez school full-time as well as working full-time. having already completed a DUI diversion program. Currently, he is taking a break from school to focus on Coval organized a rally of about 100 people to protest making art. He’s now experimenting in inverted colors, his arrest and the community gathered around him. Local optical illusions, and T-shirt designs. He is also making an organizations Latino Network, Causa and Unite Oregon all art piece for the silent auction portion of the We The reached out to their networks and flooded the ICE phone Dreamers event, and planned to lines until he was released. This sparked create it with DACA in mind. the idea for Pueblo Unido. “I feel like that’s the hardest part “(Rodriguez and Coval) wanted to because DACA brings out "We^re hoping that people extend that support to other people, everything,” Vallé said. “When I got w ill realise that being because they were very well aware that it I was super excited, I was like - andocam entel Is norm al, without that support Francisco would’ve this is the solution. I could represent stayed in detention,” Diaz Cea said. and that being undocu it that way. Or I could also represent Pueblo Unido supports and empowers it where it’s like, I have DACA, but it mented w®nFt- be so the families of undocumented immigrants limits me too, it’s like being in a little who have been detained, coordinating box.’” rental assistance, food pantry access, - V I A N C A D iA £ C E A DACA is an important part of the P U E B L O U N ID O legal support and helping pay legal fees. conversation about immigration in Diaz Cea explained that often it is the the U.S., but Pueblo Unido, the local breadwinner who is detained, leaving the organization receiving donations family in need of financial support. from the event, wants people to remember that it is only “We’re really hoping that this support won’t stop with one part of that conversation. “I know that everyone is going to (the event to) support DACA,” Diaz Cea said. “We’re hoping that people will DACA because DACA has been in the news a lot lately, but realize that being undocumented is normal, and that being undocumented won’t be so stigmatized. It’s hard to talk my hope - and I know a lot of people in Pueblo Unido about, but people have been living here undocumented a share this same hope - is that people will realize that really long time. We just want to get the word out there there are a lot of undocumented people,” said Vianca Diaz that it’s awesome that people care about DACA recipients Cea, a member of Pueblo Unido’s leadership team. “There right now, but we need to extend that support to all are people who didn’t qualify for DACA. There are people undocumented people. whose birthday was one day past the cutoff, and there are “There’s a narrative of deserving and iion-deserving the parents of DACA recipients, because usually if you immigrant and we really want to crush that, and hopefully have a DACA recipient, you’re going to have more this event will help do that.” undocumented people in the family.” DACA, from Page 5 Quiet by Aileen McPherson If only the world, knew the quiet inside, share it without, No doubt we could, Strive to be kinder, Wiser. Little Birdie by Zaina Hydraya Little Birdie, Little Birdie Look at you go Listen to your tweet-tweet sound What makes you fly so fast all around? Maybe it’s a hole that’s dug Where you might find a squirming bug Maybe it’s a game of tag And you sure don’t want to lag Either way, Little Birdie You tweet and you fly and you play so Flying free with peace and grace wherever you go! Need help getting health care? 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