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MEX talks
Teatro en Oaxaca
A clean start for Marshall Square
Moises Hernandez: LPF Panel
DACA Renewals
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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 Hern�ndez, Paula King, and Jennifer Nu�ez for supporting Teatro Americano's trip through our Indiegogo campaign!
 
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. 

 
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.

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.


Alex Acevedo | Carlos Aguilar | Angie Aillon Marquez | Maggie Aillon Negrete | Adam Alonso | Elkin Arredondo | Antonio Arroyo | Christofer Avalos | Jesus Barragan | Andrea Barrutia | Alicia Bautista | Tom and Melanie Berg | Monica Briseno | Carmen Caicedo | Evette Cardona | Jeanette Castellanos Butt | Manuela Celedon | Oscar Chac�n | Arianna Cisneros | Ariel Cohen | Edmundo Cuevas | Aron Cruz | Daisy de la Cruz | Renato Delgadillo | Diana Derige | David De Santiago | Maricruz Dominguez | Tom and Janet Doyle | Rita Esquiliano | Jonathan Flores | Edwin Franco | Joan and Howard Friedman | Dan Fulwiler | Marisol Gallegos | Elvira Garcia | Jorge Garcia | Jose Garcia | Sonia Garcia | Carmen Gonzalez | Elizabeth Gonzalez | Martha Gonzalez Memorial Fund, honored by Andrew Kudelka | Julio Guerrero | Wendy Guyer | Lucy Hall | Ethan Haro | Leonel Haro | Jennifer Hebert-Beirne | Josette Heredia Carmona | Luzelena Hernandez | Reyna Hernandez | Vanessa Herrera | Chei Hsiao | Christian Japlit | Carole "CJ" Jones | Sisters of St. Joseph | Jason Karel | Charles Krugel | Daniel and Carey Lange | Mary Jo Lange | Gerardo Lara | Laura Litwiller | Laritza Lopez | Luis J. Lopez | Paul Lopez | Michael Maher, Jr. | Leo Maldonado | Norma Manjarrez | Sofia Marquez | Erica Martinez | Virginia Martinez | Brad Marzullo | Tim McCormick | Sara McElmurry | Sofia Mendez | Romelia Mercado | Robert Milla | Dion Miller Perez | Alex Montgomery | Adriana Moreno Nevarez | David Moreno | Jack Murchie | Michelle Musielewicz | Alfredo and Cynthia Nambo | Amanda Navarro | Christine Nicpon | Andrew Nieland | Jennifer Nu�ez | Alfredo Oropeza | Hugo Osorio | Stephen Parkes | Jacob Perez | Marianne Philbin | Katrina Ramos | Gardenia Rangel | Maria Raymundo | Gina Reynolds | Daniel Rico | Alma Rodriguez | Christina Rodriguez | Evelyn Rodriguez | Steven Rodriguez | Jennifer Romero | Yesenia Romo | Ibrahim Serrano, honored by Pablo Serrano | Al Shaw | Sonia Springer | Hallie Trauger | Thomas Trauger | Giovanna Valdez | Olivia Villegas | Elizabeth Villareal | Nach and Maron Waxman | Martin Sandoval | Nestor Vicario | Sarah B. Waxman | Estela Weber | Lindsay Wunrow | Rhea Yap | Isaac Zuniga |