DREAM BLOG
After waiting to develop a website I figured this was all we needed to get started. If you were at the UYWI 'Day Without A Mexican' workshop, and would like to be added as a contributor to this BLOG let me know. Some of you all need to lead us on this.
Again, our dream is that we can fuel a movement of young people (and the young at heart) that would get radically engaged in doing justice on behalf of children, young people, and families that are suffering because of our current immigration system, that does not take into account the reality of our current situation in regards to immigration. We have laws that prohibit employers from hiring undocumented workers, yet, because of the need for these workers, they are hired to meet the demands of our ecomomy.
While many industries depend on these workers, it is the undocumented and their families that are vilified for being 'lawbreakers' that should be deported. If the political and economic will to do so were in our nation's best interest, it would be happening, instead these workers are blamed for all of the ills of our country.
Beyond all of the morality and economic arguments that are flying around regarding the issue of immigration, are real lives and real individuals who are here trying to make a living for themselves and for their families--often with much hardship, and a great deal of fear. From California to the Carolinas, families in this situation are voiceless and in great need of advocates. Here is where we can step in and make our voices heard, along with our undocumented neighbors, in order to bring about changes in our current immigration system. Nothing short of this will be a sufficient response to the deep needs of these families.
In the past, many of us spent all of our energy meeting personal and individual needs of families, regardless of their immigration status, but we did little or nothing to engaging in the political and legislative process that is needed to bring about systemic change. This is another way we can truly show love to our neighbors who are left hiding in the shadows with little hope of ever living in peace (which is what all of desire for ourselves).
Among those most hurt, are young children and youth who have spent most of their lives in the USA, and yet are considered outsiders. Worse yet are mixed families, where the kids are US citizens and the parents are undocumented, with so much ambiguity about their futures in this country.
We Still Have A Dream, can become a movement were many of us who are youthworkers, and committed followers of Christ, can advocate for these youths, working to make sure they have a future, which in our nation which has always been a land of immigrants.
With this BLOG, we hope to invite you and others to communicate stories, ideas, actions, concerns, and updates on current immigration reform efforts that will help us to ignite and sustain this effort that began at Azusa U. (Another movement of God that began at Azusa).
After waiting to develop a website I figured this was all we needed to get started. If you were at the UYWI 'Day Without A Mexican' workshop, and would like to be added as a contributor to this BLOG let me know. Some of you all need to lead us on this.
Again, our dream is that we can fuel a movement of young people (and the young at heart) that would get radically engaged in doing justice on behalf of children, young people, and families that are suffering because of our current immigration system, that does not take into account the reality of our current situation in regards to immigration. We have laws that prohibit employers from hiring undocumented workers, yet, because of the need for these workers, they are hired to meet the demands of our ecomomy.
While many industries depend on these workers, it is the undocumented and their families that are vilified for being 'lawbreakers' that should be deported. If the political and economic will to do so were in our nation's best interest, it would be happening, instead these workers are blamed for all of the ills of our country.
Beyond all of the morality and economic arguments that are flying around regarding the issue of immigration, are real lives and real individuals who are here trying to make a living for themselves and for their families--often with much hardship, and a great deal of fear. From California to the Carolinas, families in this situation are voiceless and in great need of advocates. Here is where we can step in and make our voices heard, along with our undocumented neighbors, in order to bring about changes in our current immigration system. Nothing short of this will be a sufficient response to the deep needs of these families.
In the past, many of us spent all of our energy meeting personal and individual needs of families, regardless of their immigration status, but we did little or nothing to engaging in the political and legislative process that is needed to bring about systemic change. This is another way we can truly show love to our neighbors who are left hiding in the shadows with little hope of ever living in peace (which is what all of desire for ourselves).
Among those most hurt, are young children and youth who have spent most of their lives in the USA, and yet are considered outsiders. Worse yet are mixed families, where the kids are US citizens and the parents are undocumented, with so much ambiguity about their futures in this country.
We Still Have A Dream, can become a movement were many of us who are youthworkers, and committed followers of Christ, can advocate for these youths, working to make sure they have a future, which in our nation which has always been a land of immigrants.
With this BLOG, we hope to invite you and others to communicate stories, ideas, actions, concerns, and updates on current immigration reform efforts that will help us to ignite and sustain this effort that began at Azusa U. (Another movement of God that began at Azusa).
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