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“Speaking for Ourselves” My Experience at Creating Change

By Alex Aldana Blogging Scholarship Recipient Closing Thoughts on Creating Change What a week it has been since I ventured on a trip to Atlanta for the very first time in my life. Creating Change definitely left me richer in knowledge and friendships; met amazing individuals, and network with fantastic opportunitiesContinue reading ““Speaking for Ourselves” My Experience at Creating Change”

Transcending Borders in Youth Services

By Alex Aldana Blogging Scholarship Recipient Thoughts on Youth Services and Empowerment After experiencing some of the community in Atlanta and devouring a tremendous plate of Chilaquiles Mexicanos at El solecito Grill in Mabletown, GA some of the youth organizers from the national immigrant youth alliance and other folks that work directlyContinue reading “Transcending Borders in Youth Services”

“Home-Queer-Home” Rural Organizing

By Alex Aldana Blogging Scholarship Recipient Recap on Saturday’s SONG Rural Organizing workshop A wrong turn down the second floor, in the hopes I could find the nearest wash room, and listening to the echoes of vivid voices on this particular room,, made me forget about my personal deeds in the toilet to whatContinue reading ““Home-Queer-Home” Rural Organizing”

Real talk on The Well Being & Mental Health of our undocumented immigrant community

By Alex Aldana Blogging Scholarship Recipient DREAM ACT 101 on Mental Health issues As I came across the DREAM ACT 101 presentation, I ventured in to a full room jam-packed with an assorted variety of participant of all color, including among the mist, some undocumented queer youth. The title of the workshop “UndocumentedContinue reading “Real talk on The Well Being & Mental Health of our undocumented immigrant community”

How being an Undocumented Queer Immigrant Brought me to Creating Change

By Alex Aldana Blogging Scholarship Recipient Recap on the Latino Institute For the first time in 24 years, the National Conference on LGBT Equality Creating Change will be having its first Latino Institute on Thursday, January 24th, 2013. The day-long institute’s most demanded topic by national organizers will be to discuss the next steps within the LatinoContinue reading “How being an Undocumented Queer Immigrant Brought me to Creating Change”