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Wandering in the Desert
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - January 23, 2022 16:25 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsArt Acevedo is an American police officer who has served as the chief of police for the cities of Houston, Austin and Miami. He reads the story of a young mother with DACA, Laura Peniche, and her attempt to help her fellow Christians understand the impact of anti-immigrant policies on undocument...
This Beautiful Dark Brown Skin
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - January 23, 2022 16:18 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCo-founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors reads Armando Peniche’s story of the racial profiling he experienced as a 12-year old boy and the danger slanderous rhetoric of mythic criminality poses to the undocumented Mexican community and his own young American son. Hosted on Acast. See ...
Checkpoint at Fantasyland
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - October 19, 2020 20:12 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsDirector of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen Poo, reads Victor Galvan's story about the overwhelming human rights challenges facing the immigrant community and his insistence, despite his fear and the obstacles ahead, of manifesting his American Dream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
The Most Beautiful Monument
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - July 03, 2020 13:54 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsAward-winning actor, author, musician and singer, John Lithgow, reads the story of Irving Reza, a DACAmented political science major who uses humor to negotiate the fear of passing through immigration checkpoints and his deepening reverence for the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Host...
Listen to Your Heart
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - June 22, 2020 15:10 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsMaria Hinojosa is the lead anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, and the founder of Futuro Media. She reads the story of Tania Chairez - a social entrepreneur and Motus staff member who grew up undocumented in Arizona - sharing her struggle to protect good parents, just like her own, from ...
Deport Me
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - February 20, 2020 02:06 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsJosé Andrés is an internationally-recognized culinary innovator, New York Times bestselling author, educator, television personality, humanitarian, and chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup. He reads Alejandro Fuentes-Mena’s story of his hard working parents, celebrates the assets he and his family are to...
I Was Made for the Light
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - January 17, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsNicholas Kristof is an American journalist and political commentator. A winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he is a regular CNN contributor and writes an op-ed column for The New York Times. He reads the story of Reydesel Salvidrez-Rodriguez, a legally deaf undocumented young man who was on the verge ...
Returning Home
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - January 17, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsActivist and writer, Gloria Steinem reads Kiara Chavez’s story about the obstacles immigration policy has placed between herself and who and what she loves. She tells a tender story of flying home to Mexico for the first time since she was age four to see her ailing grandmother. Hosted on Acas...
The Meaning of Courage
Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series - October 23, 2019 22:54 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsJorge Ramos is a Mexican-born American journalist and author. Regarded as the best-known Spanish-language news anchor in the United States of America, he has been referred to as "The Walter Cronkite of Latin America". He reads Cristian Solano-Córdova’s story of strategizing to protect his eight-y...
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