I want to begin with some critical statistics. First, by approximately 2042, America will become a majority-minority nation, which is already the case for Americans under 16 since 2019. Second, in 2024,...
Immersing, learning, growing and advocacy are four major takeaways from Campus Ministry’s UnDocu Week event.
From March 27-31, Campus Ministry held their annual UnDocu Week. The event was created...
Damaris Gimenez ’23 was in middle school when she first began to consider a career in law.
“I thought that if I wanted to make a difference it would be in terms of law and fighting for people...
My mom met my dad in an online chatroom.
Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, my mother was seeking to expand her worldview, and in doing so, she found love with a guy from Pennsylvania. It was...
On my second trip to El Salvador through Campus Ministry’s Winter Immersion Program, one of the Salvadoran guides imparted to my group this very profound and deeply humanizing message: “It doesn’t...
Why now is the time for Congress to act
The U.S. is a country of immigrants. While that phrase might sound like a nice aphorism, it’s also a reality. The Pew Research Center reported in June that over...
One of the international students quoted is identified in the story by initials. The students spoke on the record, but requested not to use her full name since she is on a student visa and fears retribution...
Before classes started on Hawk Hill, a group of 20 underclassmen, alongside student leaders and faculty, explored the issue of migration in the United States.
SJU Reads is a two-day early move-in program...
Rapper’s public criticism of ICE leads to detainment
Instead of watching Super Bowl LII like many others, I was on Twitter trying to make sense of the news that Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, better known...
The caravans provide opportunity for real compassion
It is no secret that immigration is a contentious issue in US politics currently, and the caravans carrying thousands of people to the United States’...
About 100 people participated in a vigil at a local detention center which detains undocumented immigrant families, to speak out against family separation and advocate for shutting down the center.
Sixteen...
