In Youngstown, Cincinnati, and Lorain, Fractured Families and Fractured Hearts Hope to One Day Reunite and Heal Youngstown, OH — Last night family, friends, employees, and strangers gathered at Circle Hookah and Bar in downtown Youngstown to show their continued support for Amer Adi Othman, owner of the hookah...
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Americans Looking for Politicians Who Can Bring Us Together, Not Deepen the Divide Cleveland, OH — The Columbus Dispatch reports that in the last days of the Republican gubernatorial primary, both candidates — Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor — are spending an outrageous amount of...
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Cleveland, OH — Following years of tradition, labor unions, immigrant rights groups, and allies will gather across the country to celebrate May Day or International Workers’ Day on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Below is a round-up of May Day events taking place in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Kent, Ohio. Cincinnati...
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Apr 26, 2018
Cincinnati, OH – Following yet another court ruling against the Trump Administration’s handling of its decision to end the DACA program, The New York Times is out with a must-read piece about the movement created by young immigrants – commonly known as “Dreamers” – and how they continue to organize for change in the only...
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Cleveland, OH — El cuerpo de Pedro Hernández vive en México, pero su corazón está en Elyria. El “gigante amable”, trabajador y hombre lleno de nobleza fue deportado y alejado de Seleste, su esposa estadounidense, y sus niños ciudadanos de este país en septiembre de 2017, debido a la...
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Cleveland, OH — Pedro Hernandez’s body lives in Mexico, but his heart is in Elyria. The “gentle giant,” hardworking and kind man was deported away from his American wife, Seleste, and American children in September 2017, via President Trump’s mass deportation policy. Previously, Pedro qualified for a work permit...
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Crowd Asks Rep. David Joyce: “If We Are Deported, Who Will Fill Our Shoes?” Chagrin Falls, OH – Today, a diverse group of Dreamers, other immigrants, community members, and local leaders gathered in Triangle Park and engaged in a silent protest for the Dream Act and against cruel deportations. They called...
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Story Powerfully Depicts One Family’s Origins, Fears, and Hopes in Comic-Strip Form Cincinnati, OH — Earlier this week, we highlighted the ground-breaking comic-strip series by political cartoonist Kevin Necessary of WCPO, about the life of a “mixed status” American family from Cincinnati. “Living in the Shadows” is an illustrated story, in...
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Cleveland, OH — Late last month, news broke that the Trump Administration is seeking to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. A Trump 2020 campaign email left no doubt that the decision was politically-motivated. Civil rights advocates, constitutional scholars, and voting experts were swift to denounce the idea and explain...
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Asking Rep. David Joyce: “If We Are Deported, Who Will Fill Our Shoes?” Chagrin Falls, OH – Last September, President Trump took the cruel and outrageous step of rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allowed so many young people to live their lives in peace and contribute...
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