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MEX talks
Although still referenced as the most recent immigrants, Mexicans have been in Chicago for nearly 100 years and have made a century of rich cultural history and contributions to our great city.
MEX talks celebrates the accomplishments of Mexicans in the US and features prominent Mexican and Mexican-American speakers on a variety of subjects, all through a uniquely Mexican lens.
The 2014 MEX talks will take place on September 4th at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING SOON!!
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Teatro en Oaxaca
Latinos Progresando's youth theatre program, Teatro Americano, sent a group of its performers to Oaxaca to participate in a cultural and artistic exchange with performers from Grupo Cultural Zaapeche and create an original piece about immigration, identity, and culture across borders.
Latinos Progresando also brought two Chicago muralists to create a work for Casa de Cultura Juan Matias's theatre space and is planning on hosting artists from Oaxaca in the fall.
Thank you so much to Dan Fulwiler, Lizette Hernández, Paula King, and Jennifer Nuñez for supporting Teatro Americano's trip through our Indiegogo campaign!
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A clean start for Marshall Square
Saturday, July 26th the Marshall Square Resource Network (MSRN) hosted its first-ever Marshall Square Clean and Green Day!
An 80-person coalition including MSRN members, local residents, Alderman George Cardenas, State Senator Martin Sandoval, and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago cleaned up along the Cermak corridor from Kedzie to Western, and spruced up a community garden.
This is the first of many community events from the Marshall Square Resource Network--join us for the next one and help us make Marshall Square a better place to live!!
Take a look at more photos from the day, thanks to Sinai Health Systems, an MSRN partner agency.
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LP board member a Latino Policy Forum panelist
Latinos Progresando's own Moises Hernandez spoke at Latino Policy Forum's event "Rethinking Immigration Reform and Lessons Learned from the LGBTQ Community" at Columbia College on a panel alongside Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy and David Munar of Howard Brown Health Center.
He spoke about the power of individual stories in shaping the immigrant rights movement and incremental reforms that can be made to the current immigration system that would change the lives of thousands of undocumented people in the United States.
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Important reminder about DACA
Under the guidelines established by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DACA recipients must renew every two years in order to maintain their deferred action status and work authorization.
According to USCIS, the first DACA approvals will begin to expire in September 2014. It is recommended that applicants submit their renewals 120 days before their current deferred action expires.
If you or someone you know were granted deferred action two years ago, or need to file for the first time, visit Latinos Progresando at 3047 W. Cermak or call (773) 542-7077 for more information.
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