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S tre et Roots • Nov. 2 4-D ec. 1, 2017
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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!
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