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July 12, 2022 0

Immigrant and Minority Representation at the Roxbury Film Festival

Authentic and truthful minority representation in media and film is difficult to come by, but the Roxbury Film Festival has promised to do just that. The line up in this year’s festival celebrates the diverse untold stories of different minorities, with films that focus on immigration and poverty. Celebrating its 24th year in action, the Roxbury Film Festival boasts a startling line-up, the kick-off feature being Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story. From influential Gospel singers during the Civil Rights […]

June 27, 2022 0

ON DACA’S 10th ANNIVERSARY, DREAMERS STILL FACE UNCERTAINTY

by Jeff Millman

June 15, 2022 marked the ten-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, known as DACA. An executive branch memorandum announced by President Barack Obama, DACA allows some individuals who were brought to the country as children and who maintain an unlawful presence in the United States to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit. DACA does not provide a pathway to citizenship for its recipients, leaving somewhere […]

February 15, 2022 0

The First Step is the Hardest: How ESOL Classes can Save Lives

by Christopher John Stephens

Adult education can be a difficult trail for any of us to start. Whether we’re 18 or 80, the path is not always clearly visible. There are brambles in the way, overgrown bushes, fallen trees, and strange creatures jumping out at various moments to keep us on our toes. No matter how equipped we might feel we are, there’s never any guarantee we’ll be in the same shape at the end of the trip as we were when we started […]

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June 11, 2021 0

A new immigrant’s journey into COVID-19 economic recovery

by Yolanda Zhang

Yoselyn Sutherland, 29, moved from a small Peruvian village to the US just four months before the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the world economy. A year later, with the double burdens of making ends meet and adapting to Boston’s urban life during an unprecedented time, she was surprised to hear back from Chase Bank’s North Quincy branch – with a well-paid offer. “I didn’t think I’d get it,” said Yoselyn, unable to hide her excitement. Nevertheless, she was handpicked among a […]

May 21, 2021 0

Immigrants’ Day speakers say no recovery without immigrants

by Shira Laucharoen

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) On May 4, the Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) held its 25th annual Immigrants’ Day at the State House, as a virtual speaking program, followed by regional roundtables. Present at the talk were Mayor Kim Janey, Senate President Pro Tempore William Brownsberger, Representative Ruth Balser, and two leaders of MIRA member organizations, Dalida Rocha, political director of Service Employees International Union Local 615, and Gabriel Camacho, political director of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1445. […]

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