At the march, as we went past the tunnel, a band of music started to give us such a wonderful show that it gave me chills. The high melody gave energy to those chanting “I believe that we will win,”,“El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,” and other chants that they were singing. Also, as we continued with the action, I had the pleasure and joy to capture the moment in which two volunteers were dancing “La vida es un carnaval” by Celia Cruz. Don't we see that our movement is full of everything you can imagine, resilience, joy, hope, and the desire to finally achieve something stable enough to give a pathway to citizenship to all of those who deserve and want to achieve a better future.

        After we marched almost 3 hours, holding signs that said “Defend DACA,'' “Citizenship for all,” “Stop deportations,'', getting interviews from reporters, signing with the rest of the people, some crying because of the impactful moment that we were living, we finally arrived at the place where the conference took place. Many activists from different organizations such as United We Dream, CASA, Florida Immigrant Coalition, and more expressed their concerns related to the reform to a pathway to citizenship, and even some senators showed up to express their support toward this cause. Most importantly, we were there to fight for our families, our neighbors, and our communities.

       This is an issue that personally affects many of our students at Padrón Campus. Hopefully, more students will get involved in these activities to support this cause because we are the future leaders of this country, and together we can uplift others and encourage them to continue fighting for what they believe in, never giving up.

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Florida Inmigrant coalition 

https://floridaimmigrant.org/ (For more information)

https://floridaimmigrant.org/volunteer/ (To get involved)

 

United We Dream

https://unitedwedream.org/about/contact/ (For more information)

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/immigrants-are-heretostay/  (To get involved)