How can YOU help pass the Pennsylvania DREAM Act

in DREAM Act, Education, Featured post, Fuerza, Immigration

Fuerza Youth Leader, Brenda Hernandez, demonstrates the need to focus on Education and not Deportation

We need YOUR help to pass the Pennsylvania DREAM Act. We urge you to contact your local state representatives and pressure them to vote yes on Senate Bill 713 when it is presented in front of them. Below we have provided a tool you can use to look up your local elected official. Please also sign the petition below to ensure that your elected officials get an email urging them

Education is a Human Right, therefore College Access is a Human Right!

in Education, Fuerza, Press coverage

Please read Juntos’ response below to this Op-Ed article in The Philadelphia Inquirer last week: My name is Miguel Andrade and I am the Youth Organizer from Juntos in South Philadelphia and I’m also representing a network of community-led organizations and allies that are in Support of the PA Dream Act. I am currently 21 years old and came to the United States when I was five. For the past

Corazones Rotos Vigil

in Events, Immigration

At sunset on February 12th, Juntos gathered at the Aquí y Alllá mural in South Philly to create a visual statement on the destructive impact of current immigration policies on our families. The vigil was planned to coincide with President Obama’s State of the Union Address, two days ahead of Valentine’s Day, when he confirmed that immigration reform will be a priority in his second term. Of course, this political momentum