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Finding Your Voice

Agenda and Essential Questions

Agenda

Discuss Citizen Illegal
Begin sharing ideas about our collaborative art piece.

Essential Questions

Are we pursuing voice, influence, or both?
How do we get from voice to change?
How does art, poetry, music and more bring attention to the issues we care about?

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Resources for Citizen Illegal Discussion

A Mother's Promise
A link to information about the StoryCorps animation from above. It is about a mother who has immigrated from El Salvador and has Temporary Protected Status.
Connie and Blanca Alvarez
A StoryCorps animation about the challenges their family faced after immigrating to the U.S.