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Imagine 30 high school students crossing the street chanting “ UNDOCUMENTED! UNAFRAID!” at Daley Plaza.

"She's too young to do jigsaw puzzles!

This week the Spanish Community Center participated in an AmeriCorps Service Week Event with a few other AmeriCorps members from St. Francis University. Lucy Smith, a Uniting America Fellow, also came down to Joliet to participate in this wonderful event. St.

I traveled to Alabama with the UA Fellows and some other enthusiastic Chicagoans- parents, students, and even a six and seven year old- for the Selma to Montgomery March.

Alabama has become one of the most hostile states for immigrants in the United States, so what better place to strive toward Uniting America.  After a long night on a coach bus, 46 participants stepped onto the highway in Alabama to join the commemorative march from Selma to Montgomery.  It was such an empowering feeling to be a part of this diverse group.

“But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together…” –Lila Watson

10 questions can make or break it for some members of our community.

This past weekend I got the opportunity to be on the other side of the table and take part in one of my volunteer opportunities.  The opportunity that I took part in is a very specific position. It is to help an elderly man, Francisco, take notes during his Spanish GED math class.

When I first came to this country, I did not know much about it. For instance, other than its reference to a retail store in Dearborn Michigan (Montgomery-World, a store that is no longer around), the word Montgomery did not mean anything to me. I had the vaguest idea about the history of that name, its resonance in our communities and why would such a store-name be of any significance.