http://www.dreamactivist.org/particulars-and-universals-1-so-you/ Undocumented Students Action and Resource Network Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:47:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.dreamactivist.org/particulars-and-universals-1-so-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5056 Prerna Lal Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:17:40 +0000 http://www.dreamactivist.org/?p=4172#comment-5056 Nice intro. post Ille. Keep up the good work; it was thoroughly amusing. I have a list as well -- I hope everyone makes a list of goals that they can cross off as the year go by. That's really one of the main ways I can mark the passage of time. Nice intro. post Ille. Keep up the good work; it was thoroughly amusing. I have a list as well — I hope everyone makes a list of goals that they can cross off as the year go by. That's really one of the main ways I can mark the passage of time.

]]> http://www.dreamactivist.org/particulars-and-universals-1-so-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5050 Barbara Salazar Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:54 +0000 http://www.dreamactivist.org/?p=4172#comment-5050 my name is Barbara and i am 28 years old i have been here since i was 7 and i am still undocumented ,i live in Miami, FL , here the schools are not immigrant student friendly. the tuition for an out of state student per semester is about an average of $ 6, 000 at a community college level. i would have to say , i was lucky enough by chance to be awarded a scholarship to Miami Dade College. Reading this article not only brought tears to my eyes but made me realize that yes, i am not alone as a undocumented student among the sea of citizenry scholars at my college i do feel alone.alone as i watch friends graduate and pursue jobs. alone as i turn down trips that require airplanes rides and cruises that take you to the Caribbean . the reality of saying no comes to a questions from friends "why ? " and the typical fear of an immigrant that lies to protect a secret that if broken can land me in immigration cell or back to a country that i don't know any longer as my own. life hasn't been easy but a uneasy comfort does live in me, i am not alone , not alone in this , this is real and this is the only life i have to live make it the best you can. even if the American dream can't shine on me monetarily, or even educationally. i love this country i am American and a product of the real American dream , the darkness and the light. i believe that the struggle is part of the triumph , even if these past 10 years as an illegal teen, and adult have been the hardest. i refuse to give up hope fills my mind and heart knowing that in the end it is only a law, a paper,and a house of senate that keeps me from living another life a better one. Not my lack of dedication this makes me proud to have the heart and mind. Not even the deep seeded disappointment to a entity Called The United States of America. That i pledged my allegiance to for the past 21 years can summit me to lose hope that one day i will graduate from Harvard University as a Lawyer with honors like i DREAMED even as a child. i will succeed even if it takes me a lifetime i will not quit i will win. i am not afraid. my name is Barbara and i am 28 years old i have been here since i was 7 and i am still undocumented ,i live in Miami, FL , here the schools are not immigrant student friendly. the tuition for an out of state student per semester is about an average of $ 6, 000 at a community college level. i would have to say , i was lucky enough by chance to be awarded a scholarship to Miami Dade College. Reading this article not only brought tears to my eyes but made me realize that yes, i am not alone as a undocumented student among the sea of citizenry scholars at my college i do feel alone.alone as i watch friends graduate and pursue jobs. alone as i turn down trips that require airplanes rides and cruises that take you to the Caribbean . the reality of saying no comes to a questions from friends "why ? " and the typical fear of an immigrant that lies to protect a secret that if broken can land me in immigration cell or back to a country that i don't know any longer as my own. life hasn't been easy but a uneasy comfort does live in me, i am not alone , not alone in this , this is real and this is the only life i have to live make it the best you can. even if the American dream can't shine on me monetarily, or even educationally. i love this country i am American and a product of the real American dream , the darkness and the light. i believe that the struggle is part of the triumph , even if these past 10 years as an illegal teen, and adult have been the hardest. i refuse to give up hope fills my mind and heart knowing that in the end it is only a law, a paper,and a house of senate that keeps me from living another life a better one. Not my lack of dedication this makes me proud to have the heart and mind. Not even the deep seeded disappointment to a entity Called The United States of America. That i pledged my allegiance to for the past 21 years can summit me to lose hope that one day i will graduate from Harvard University as a Lawyer with honors like i DREAMED even as a child. i will succeed even if it takes me a lifetime i will not quit i will win. i am not afraid.

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