Dual Minority Mixed Race Activists And The Cultivation Of Cross-Racial/Ethnic Coalitions In The Post-Loving Era
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Escudero, Kevin
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2017-06
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50
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3
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|In January 2013 I moved to Chicago where I conducted fieldwork with members of an undocumented immigrant youth-led organization. As part of this work, I hoped to learn about the strategies and tactics activists used in the fight for increased rights. The primary organization I worked with was led by undocumented youth, and centered the needs and desires of community members in its approach to activism.|Many of this organization's meetings were held downtown at a central location to facilitate accessibility and attendance. Following one of our evening meetings, I headed to the train with two other members who had also recently become involved: Anna and James. Anna was born in the Philippines and moved with her family to one of the Pacific Islands prior to migrating to the suburbs of Chicago, where they eventually settled. She graduated from college with a double major in Asian American Studies and Political Science and was, at the time, working as an administrative office assistant in downtown Chicago. James, also a recent college graduate, majored in architecture and was searching for work after having been employed at a downtown architecture firm during the previous year. He migrated with his family from Mexico at the age of six and his family settled first on the west side of Chicago, then in the city's suburbs...
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Creighton University School of Law