Student Stories
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A Migrant Worker Mother’s Day
Image courtesy of Damayan Migrant Workers Association The real Mother’s Day present is ending forced family separation – says working Filipino mothers who labor as domestic workers in the US while their children are in the Philippines. It was the day before Mother’s Day at the People’s Forum in Manhattan. Fifty, mostly women, migrant workers…
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Zara Cadoux Takes on Amazon
Zara Cadoux has been a rabble-rouser from the start. “I began thinking about power and justice as a kid,” Zara said. “I was one of three siblings growing up in a suburban household in Westchester, and although we were quite different from each other, we all had a similar critical lens on the world. We…
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California DREAMer: Pedro Freire Heads West with an M.A. from SLU (and a lot of ideas!)
For Pedro Freire (Class of 2022, MALS) the journey has been long from South America to Connecticut to CUNY to California—and often arduous. But now he can see how all his experiences, good and bad, have brought him here, to the University of California Riverside Ph.D. program in ethnic studies. “I came to the US…
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Marlon Bailey Isn’t About to Slow Down
Marlon Bailey Isn’t About to Slow Down Marlon Bailey doesn’t plan to retire. Ever. “I’ve got too many things to do,” he said. “I just plan on evolving and seeing where the journey takes me.” Marlon grew up in Jamaica and says he caught the political bug from his mom, Ruby. “She was what you…