Using the Past, to Inform the Present, to Shape the Future
Celebrating Resilience: A Colloquium in Guanajuato, Mexico UndocuScholars LLC co-founders and developers, Aldo and Gerson, delivered an anthropological colloquium in Guanajuato, Mexico this summer. The talk centered on the history of the Dream Movement, which led to the creation of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and irreversibly expanded the image of the immigrant in […]
Speaking on Culturo-Institutional Interventions & Barriers
Through anthropology, we understand that our community’s culture is partly shaped by the environments we inhabit. But what happens when some environments are more than physical? How do communities culturally adapt to environments that are themselves cultural concepts like ‘government,’ ‘employment,’ and ‘school’?
Using Anthropology to Address Cultural Barriers to Equity
It is time we take the next step in reconciling the relationship between our immigrant communities and the institutions tasked to serve them. It is time for a cultural shift.
Speaking on UndocuCulture for CSAC, ImmigrantsRising, and the CCCCO
On October 5th, UndocuScholars LLC spoke on the importance of Cultural Interventions for two important bodies changing the face of educational UndocuResources in the country. Although UndocuCulture is not widely studied, it still impacts the way immigrant communities engage with institutions connected to the government. In collaboration with the California Student Aid Commission, Immigrants Rising […]
UndocuAdvocate Workshops and Other Equity Advocacy Trainings
Conversations around immigration can be difficult to have when there is so much misinformation around the subject. Few people have the time to keep up with constantly changing language, laws, and processes that affect undocumented students while still working full time. This confusion can lead to well-meaning supporters engaging in hurtful but normalized language. UndocuAdvocate […]
