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DESCRIPTION:Community Dialogue between Faith & Immigrant communities May 2, 2009\n  
 \nEn Busca de un Futuro / In Search of a Future\nPresentation at the 
 Islamic Cultural Center  \n2111 East Nees Avenue, Fresno, CA \nSaturday, 
 May 2, 2009 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm \n\nBackground - What is En Busca de Un 
 Futuro? \n\nOn the morning of April 13, 2007, Immigration and Customs 
 Enforcement (ICE) began a series of raids in Madera, California.  It is 
 estimated that ICE detained over 25 undocumented indigenous immigrants from 
 Oaxaca, Mexico, in their homes that morning, leaving their families and the 
 immigrant community of Madera devastated. A year after the raids, a number 
 of people from Madera - some of whom are undocumented workers - expressed 
 their fears of being separated from their families and spoke of the trials 
 of living in a country that resists acknowledging their contributions and 
 that labels them as criminals. \n\nEn Busca de un Futuro, or In Search of a 
 Future in English, is a digital story produced by the Pan Valley Institute 
 of the American Friends Service Committee that helps us understand not only 
 the effects that the ICE raids have on the families of those who are 
 detained, but how such raids can affect the community as a whole.   The 
 story is told from the perspective of a local indigenous immigrant 
 activist, who shares her story of living a quiet life in Oaxaca and then 
 leaving that life for\nthe promise of better opportunities in the United 
 States.  Through her story, she helps us understand why a person would live 
 with the apprehension that comes with being undocumented in this country 
 and brings to light the feelings and reasons of those who risk their lives 
 for the search of a better future here in the United States.  \n\nWhat are 
 the objectives of the presentation?\n\nThe presentation will consist of a 
 screening of En Busca de un Futuro (which is approximately 13 minutes long) 
 as well as a follow up dialogue addressing the issues discussed in the 
 digital story. \n\nOne of the objectives of the presentation of En Busca de 
 un Futuro is for participants to share the challenges and difficulties that 
 many of the Valley's immigrant communities face due to their immigration 
 status. This dialogue will also explore means to expand the relationship 
 between faith communities in the Fresno area with immigrant communities and 
 will seek to gain perspective on the different faith communities' positions 
 in respect to a much needed immigration policy reform, which is a topic 
 that will soon be revisited in the U.S. Congress.  \n\nWho is invited to 
 the presentation? \n\nThe screening of the DVD is open to the public.  In 
 addition, we will be inviting public officials to attend the event as well 
 as leaders from the interfaith community. \n \nWho can be contacted 
 regarding this event?\n\nFor questions regarding this event, please contact 
 the Pan-Valley Institute of the American Friends Service Committee at (559) 
 222-7678 or at infopvi@afsc.org.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/01/18592137.php
SUMMARY:Community Dialogue between Faith & Immigrant communities
LOCATION:Islamic Cultural Center  \n2111 East Nees Avenue, Fresno, CA 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/01/18592137.php
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