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Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Rudy R.
There are many trees that reach their adulthood on soil that lacks the minerals needed in order to reach their fullest potential. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, on a...
Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Monika S.
An undocumented high schooler's dream to go to college won't come true.
Crystal's story started around 1999. One-year-old Crystal was dying of depression...
Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: Benjamin Siekmeier, border, courts, deportation, Grand Rapids, History, immigration, justice, law, policy, united states
Javier*, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, just got back from Guatemala 10 days ago. He had been deported a year and a half ago after he lost the case for his papers. Everybody knew he would come back....
Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Jose L.
Many Latinos living in the United States feel that some ICE police officers are unjust and unfair. They arrest undocumented parents and they don't care if they're...
Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Estefany P.
Ricardo Pablo, a 40-year-old father of three children, was pulled out of his house by immigration ICE. ICE came to his house on January 24, 2011, in the afternoon. ICE...
Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Carlos C.
Marlo Martinez, a 28-year-old, died after being hit by a car in Honduras in October of 2011.
It all began in Grand Rapids, MI. On a warm September afternoon, Martinez...
Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Araseli R.
Ricardo Ramirez, a 39-year-old father of three children, was deported on a Sunday afternoon to Battle Creek, MI for being an illegal immigrant. When officersfound out that he...
Posted: 12 years 1 day
Tagged: Glance at the Past, Grand Rapids, Henry Hobson, History, Michigan Trust Building, Radio, Richardson, WYCE
Glance at the Past is a local history radio project presented by Grand Rapids Historical Commission and the...
Posted: 12 years 2 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Dulce R.
On July 20, 2011 at 9 p.m., a tragedy occurred in Grand Rapids, MI. Ruben Lopez, father of four children, was arrested at WalMart while shopping.
Police officers did a...
Posted: 12 years 2 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Daisy G.
Early morning of December 27, 2011, a young man named José was driving to his fiancé Israyh's house when suddenly a car crashed into him from behind, which changed his life...
Posted: 12 years 2 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Abigail R.
On February 22, 2012, a man named Manuel Lozano was locked in jail for beating his wife in their car in front of their two children. This happened in Grand Rapids, MI. His...
Posted: 12 years 2 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Magaly C.
December 14, 2011, a father with two children was living a happy, joyful life when suddenly something terrible happened to him. While being at home cooking, the police had...
Posted: 12 years 2 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By Kenny R.
Today's immigration laws should be changed. Many people that get deported lose the right to grow as a family. In some instances, mothers are expecting and the fathers will...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: art, Harrison Park School, mural, Richard App, school, Terry Johnston
Richard App imagines that in the future adults will return to Harrison Park School...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: competition, photo, picture, picturesque
This spring's Picturesque gallery was open for submissions during the entire month of April, asking people to share Signs of Spring. We left it wide open and the responses made it clear what...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: City, government, Grand Rapids, income, sundstrom, tax, tom almonte, transformation
When City Manager Greg Sundstrom took hold of the position in 2009 the city was facing serious trouble. A tough economy meant increasing costs and dwindling revenues. In his...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: art, immigratin issues, immigration
By Noemi G.
On a summer afternoon, 27-year-old Juan Lopez was pulled over for having loud music coming from his automobile. Police completed a background check there and police learned that...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By Jo-Ann T.
Most American children spend their school year getting an education, but some children do not. These children are the lost generation of learners. They are the children of...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: Awesome Foundation, grants
Get an awesome idea. Apply for a grant. Win $1000 with no strings attached. Sound too good to be true?
When the Awesome Foundation started...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Manuel L.
Many children cross the border every year. They seek the opportunity to reach their dreams. They want to acquire a job such as an engineer, lawyer or doctor.
But so...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Daniela P.
Santiago Garcia, a 36-year-old father of two children, was deported to Guatemala in January of 2011.
It was 8 p.m. when the cops went to get Santiago at his house....
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: Children, Cook Arts Center, GAAH, immigration
Ravon M.
The dream of an 18-year-old boy, Juan Rodriguez, of graduating high school in America, is crushed. Juan lived in Wyoming, MI. He wanted more than ever to finish high school and go...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By: Gerardo G.
Hilario Gamboa, a 45-year-old male was deported back to Mexico. He had just left his six-year-old son's birthday party on June 20, 2004. After he left the Chicago...
Posted: 12 years 3 days
Tagged: Civic Auditorium, depression, Glance at the Past, Grand Rapids, History, Michigan, Radio, WYCE
Glance at the Past is a local history radio project presented by Grand Rapids Historical Commission and the Grand...
Posted: 12 years 4 days
Tagged: Children, Cook Arts Center, GAAH, immigration
By: Omar V.
It was around 4:30 p.m. when immigration broke into our neighbor's house. They detained the dad of the family, then they removed the mother from the home. Both parents were...
Posted: 12 years 4 days
Tagged:
By Darla R.
Lalo Rodriquez, father of three children, was deported in July of 2009. He was a lovely father and husband. He was a man that would do anything for his family.
He was...
Posted: 12 years 4 days
Tagged: Children, Cook Arts Center, GAAH, immigration
By: Lluvia P.
Statistics show the average teenage American citizen has a brighter future than the average teenage immigrant. The United States is a country full of opportunities. Immigrants...
Posted: 12 years 4 days
Tagged: art, immigration, immigration issues
By Luis P.
It was one quiet afternoon in 2011 when ICE police knocked on Moises Corona's door. His wife, Angela Corona, opened the door. The police went in with flashlights and looked...