My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aqui hasta alla (Pura Belpre Honor Book Author (Awards))

One night young Amada overhears her parents whisper of moving from Mexico to Los Angeles where greater opportunity awaits. As she and her family journey north, Amada records in her diary her fears, hopes, and dreams for their lives in the United States. Amada learns that with her family’s love and a belief in herself, she can make any journey and triumph over any change — here, there, anywhere. The author and artist’s previous collaboration was My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito, the winner of the 2000 Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award.

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Updated version of the Immigration-focused video created by “Made in LA” (www.MadeinLA.com ), an Emmy-winning documentary that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. In intimate verité style, “Made in LA” reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman’s life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, “Made in LA” is a story about immigration, the power of unity and the courage it takes to find your voice.

The first stage in the battle between the US Justice Department and the State of Arizona over the fate of the Arizona immigration law began today in front of a federal judge in Phoenix. Ray Suarez leads a debate between Kris Kobach of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, who helped to author the bill, and Steven Gonzales of the Phoenix School of Law.
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