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Listening at the Border

As I reflect on what I heard and saw on this trip, I don’t have any easy answers. Instead, what I have is what was graciously given to me: the stories of those directly impacted by life at the border.
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Loyola University Chicago Student Government Supports Undocumented Students

Earlier this year Loyola University Chicago's Student Government and Latin American Student Organization teamed up to pitch administrators with the idea of a scholarship fund to support undocumented students attending Loyola. This fall the Magis Scholars Fund became a reality. ISN ED Chris Kerr caught up with Student Government president Flavio Bravo '16 to talk about the initiative and how they have invited a broader range of students into supporting the fund.
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I’m Advocating for the Future of all our DREAMers

Now that he is back at Gonzaga, Brahiam is still in disbelief over everything that he has been able to experience, and he believes that this will be the case for the rest of his life. Yet Brahiam hopes to use his privilege to help others and cannot wait to see what the future has in store for him. At the end of our meeting Villanueva left me with these words, “I’m not only advocating for myself and my community. I’m advocating for the future of all our DREAMers. For the future of those who will take my place at Gonzaga.”