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Do-It-Yourself Deportation

Articles of Interest

From the New York Times, February 1, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/opinion/do-it-yourself-deportation.html?hp

By ANTONIO ALARCÓN

ONE of my happiest childhood memories is of my parents at my First Communion. But that’s because most of my memories from that time are of their being absent. They weren’t there for my elementary school graduation, or for parent-teacher conferences.

From the time I was just a baby in Mexico, I lived with my grandparents while my parents traveled to other Mexican states to find work. I was 6 in 2000 when they left for the United States. And it took five years before they had steady jobs and were able to send for me. We’ve been together in this country ever since, working to build a life. Now I am 17 and a senior in high school in New York City. But my parents have left again, this time to return to Mexico.

-- posted Thursday February 02, 2012 5:35 pm EST --

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Community Organizing and School Reform Conference

Articles of Interest

Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 24, 2012
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
http://matchondrygrass.org/the-conference

 The Community Organizing and School Reform Conference will bring community organizers, education researchers, youth, educators, funders, and other stakeholders together to discuss the contributions of community organizing to school improvement and equitable education policy. The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss the role of community organizing in the current policy context, learn about new research and practice in the field, build relationships within and across stakeholder groups, and build capacity to advance the work of community organizing and school reform.

-- posted Thursday February 02, 2012 5:15 pm EST --

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