{"id":1165,"date":"2013-09-16T16:09:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T23:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2013-10-11T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T00:08:08","slug":"bombs-and-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Bombs and Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;ve spent a good deal of my life pondering the bomb and devastation by war. Growing up in Chicago in the 1950s I remember air raid drills, kneeling in a damp basement at my elementary school, my face touching the floor, hands over my head. As restless third graders, my classmates and I would peek at each other, wondering how long we had to remain still and quiet on the musty tiles. I would wait for a bomb to drop, not sure if this was the real deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1166\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Chicago-skyline.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1166\" alt=\"Chicago skyline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Chicago-skyline.jpeg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Chicago-skyline.jpeg 375w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Chicago-skyline-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicago skyline<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My older brother, George, would reassure me that there were stockpiles of Nike missiles and atomic bombs buried underneath the city in huge tunnels.\u00a0 There was nothing to worry about.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-size: large;\">We are the strongest, safest nation in the world,\u201d my teachers would tell me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Somehow the vision of living in a city astride tons of weaponry didn&#8217;t subdue my anxiety much.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1167\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/State-Street.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1167\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1167\" alt=\"State Street, Chicago\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/State-Street.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/State-Street.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/State-Street-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Street, Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After moving to Tucson I remember well the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, and I imagined a mushroom cloud hovering over the city.\u00a0 A friend and I had an escape plan, a cave in some nearby mountains that we had explored. We decided to have a box of food and supplies ready in case the Russians attacked the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> I remember not being able to study that week in October, the week of the stand-off between the Russian submarines near Cuba and our own military arsenal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1168\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blue-desert-dream.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1168\" alt=\"Blue desert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blue-desert-dream.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blue-desert-dream.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blue-desert-dream-300x232.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue desert\u00a0\u00a0 (photo:\u00a0 Marty Ethington)<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then came the assassinations: President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy. It felt like the fabric of democracy was coming undone. There were the Kent State killings, the Vietnam War demonstrations, the Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, and the worst domestic terrorist act of my lifetime, the toppling of the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All of these events have at their core a violent means to an end&#8211;the use of weaponry to kill people. <\/span><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This past week has been another drama of nerves:\u00a0 Syria is gassing its own people, killing innocent women and children. President Obama&#8217;s initial response is a call for a limited air strike. Then Russia&#8217;s Vladimir Putin writes an Op-Ed piece for the <i>New<\/i> <i>York Times, <\/i>with a plea to the American people for negotiations with Syria&#8217;s President Assad and a supervised dismantling of chemical weapon stockpiles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The world is left dizzy and perplexed. The Russian bear is telling the U.S. to slow down and talk things over. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Unbelievable. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1170\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/a-morning-prayer-at-the-comedor.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1170\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1170\" alt=\"a morning prayer at the comedor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/a-morning-prayer-at-the-comedor.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/a-morning-prayer-at-the-comedor.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/a-morning-prayer-at-the-comedor-300x222.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a morning prayer at the <em>comedor<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I applaud President Obama&#8217;s deliberations and restraint at this crisis point. I am dubious of Putin&#8217;s motives, but I welcome the clarity of his thoughts in the <em>New York<\/em> <em>Times<\/em> editorial.\u00a0 One can only guess at the future, but we are taking a breather.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As a person growing up during the 50s and 60s, I&#8217;ve watched and been moved by the power of non-violent confrontation. Gandhi and Martin Luther King stand out as leaders who changed the course of history without firing a weapon. It is tragic that their own lives ended with the shots of bullets. They paid the ultimate price, but they succeeded in making sweeping cultural and political changes by simply standing up to the empire, the ruling class, the politicos. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1171\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/new-shoes-for-Max.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1171\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1171\" alt=\"New shoes for Max at the comedor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/new-shoes-for-Max.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/new-shoes-for-Max.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/new-shoes-for-Max-300x273.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New shoes for Max at the<em> comedor<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There are times when military force is necessary. But only as a last resort. First you try diplomacy, negotiations, and anything else that doesn&#8217;t involve a Tomahawk missile or a baseball bat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1172\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Give-me-you-tired-your-poor.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1172\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1172\" alt=\"Give me your tired, your poor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Give-me-you-tired-your-poor.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Give-me-you-tired-your-poor.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Give-me-you-tired-your-poor-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Give me your tired, your poor<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In late July, 2013, I had the pleasure of meeting three of the DREAMers who were instrumental in orchestrating a non-violent demonstration in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico. This is the story of the DREAM 9. (DREAM is an acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These nine DREAM students have lived virtually their entire lives in the U.S.\u00a0 As infants or small children, they were brought into our country without documents. This is the only country they have ever known. The United States is their home. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1173\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DREAMers-walking-toward-the-border.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1173\" alt=\"DREAMers walking toward the border\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DREAMers-walking-toward-the-border.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DREAMers-walking-toward-the-border.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DREAMers-walking-toward-the-border-300x243.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DREAMers walking toward the border\u00a0 (photo:\u00a0 Mary Ethington)<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All nine DREAMers voluntarily went back to Mexico to visit family and relatives. Some had not seen their relatives for many years. Then on July 22, 2013, they linked arms and attempted to walk back into the United States through the Nogales port of entry. They were dressed in graduation caps and gowns, and paraded through the streets of Mexico with a large crowd of supporters behind them before attempting to cross back into the United States.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1174\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reject-racism.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1174\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1174\" alt=\"Reject racism\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reject-racism.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reject-racism.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Reject-racism-300x229.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reject racism\u00a0 (photo:\u00a0 Marty Ethington)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bring them home!\u201d was heard on both sides of the border. The crowds were growing and feelings were passionate as the DREAMers marched through the Nogales streets of Mexico. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1176\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/If-you-wont-let-us-DREAM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1176\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1176\" alt=\"If you won't let us DREAM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/If-you-wont-let-us-DREAM.jpeg\" width=\"491\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/If-you-wont-let-us-DREAM.jpeg 491w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/If-you-wont-let-us-DREAM-294x300.jpeg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you don&#8217;t let us DREAM<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Santa Cruz Community Foundation (SCCF), the Kino Border Initiative, and the Samaritans joined this DREAM 9 demonstration on the U.S. side, along with our two SCCF summer interns, Marty and Catie. The mayor of Nogales, Arizona, and his wife were among the crowd of demonstrators, as several hundred others carried signs and shouted slogans.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1194\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bob-Mayor-Guarino-and-his-wife-at-demonstration.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1194\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1194\" alt=\"Bob Phillips (SCCF Director), Mayor Guarino of Nogales, AZ., and his wife\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bob-Mayor-Guarino-and-his-wife-at-demonstration.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bob-Mayor-Guarino-and-his-wife-at-demonstration.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bob-Mayor-Guarino-and-his-wife-at-demonstration-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Phillips (SCCF Director), Mayor Garino of Nogales, AZ., and his wife<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> We arrived at the border wall at the same time as the DREAM demonstrators in Mexico.\u00a0 With energy and emotions running high, the Mexicans put their hands on the mesh metal wall trying to touch the Americans on the other side. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1177\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Catie-Ruby-and-Bob-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1177\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1177\" alt=\"Catie Born, Ruby Firecat Dean, Bob Phillips of SCCF\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Catie-Ruby-and-Bob-2.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Catie-Ruby-and-Bob-2.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Catie-Ruby-and-Bob-2-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catie Born, Ruby Firecat Dean, Bob Phillips of SCCF<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For several minutes there was heightened intensity as Mexicans and Americans reached out to each other. Both sides began pounding on the wall, and the streets rang with the din of the metal fence reverberating and vibrating. Slogans and shouts of \u201cUnafraid and Unashamed!\u201d filled the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> One of the organizers, Muhammad, a young man from Iran who has lived in the U.S. since he was a small child, wore a t-shirt displayed with \u201cI Am Undocumented.\u201d This was a demonstration organized and fueled by young people in their 20s, mostly college graduates, and many were undocumented themselves. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1178\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-DREAM-demonstration-at-the-wall.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1178\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1178\" alt=\"DREAM demonstration at the wall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-DREAM-demonstration-at-the-wall.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-DREAM-demonstration-at-the-wall.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-DREAM-demonstration-at-the-wall-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DREAM demonstration at the wall\u00a0 (photo:\u00a0 Marty Ethington)<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We were surrounded by Federal agents and U.S. Marshals, all of them armed. I thought of the 1970 Kent State confrontation with police and realized that we were sitting ducks. To be honest, I was frightened, exhilarated and running on adrenalin, wondering what I was doing here in this mass of people. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1180\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/meeting-Mexico-at-the-wall.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1180\" alt=\"Meeting Mexico at the wall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/meeting-Mexico-at-the-wall.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/meeting-Mexico-at-the-wall.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/meeting-Mexico-at-the-wall-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meeting Mexico at the wall<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There was a line of U.S. Federal officers and agents standing at attention in front of the wall, and a line of clergy facing them. Behind the clergy were the demonstrators. After several frenzied moments of shouts and slogans, things miraculously seemed to calm down. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The presence of Fr. Sean Carroll, director of Kino Border Initiative, and John Fife, retired minister and social activist, added order and gravitas to the potential chaos.\u00a0 Other members of the clergy were there as well, all dressed in their clerical clothes&#8212;a line of peace which quieted the stirring emotions on both sides of the fence. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The power of non-violent activism felt courageous and powerful. And tenuous. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1181\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Father-Sean-Carroll-prays-with-DREAMers.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1181\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1181\" alt=\"Father Sean Carroll prays with DREAMers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Father-Sean-Carroll-prays-with-DREAMers.jpeg\" width=\"550\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Father-Sean-Carroll-prays-with-DREAMers.jpeg 550w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Father-Sean-Carroll-prays-with-DREAMers-300x237.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Sean Carroll prays with DREAMers\u00a0 (photo:\u00a0 Marty Ethington)<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When the DREAMers attempted to cross back into the United States at the port of entry, they carried letters petitioning the U.S. government for humanitarian parole. They were immediately arrested and taken to a private detention center in Eloy, Arizona. After 17 days of incarceration, which included a hunger strike and the mobilizing of many of their fellow migrant inmates, the DREAM 9 were released on parole.\u00a0 A few had been placed in solitary confinement.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Their legal struggles are just beginning. They must argue their case for asylum in an immigration court, and this process could take years. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1182\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Unafraid-and-unashamed.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1182\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1182\" alt=\"Unafraid and unashamed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Unafraid-and-unashamed.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Unafraid-and-unashamed.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Unafraid-and-unashamed-300x291.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unafraid and unashamed<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What these brave young men and women did was challenge an inhumane policy that prevents them from living and working in this country&#8212;a result of circumstances they did not create. Their parents brought them here because they wanted to feed them and provide a better life. This is not a crime. It is never a crime to feed your children and create a safe home for them. Never. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is instead an act of heroism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The demonstration was well organized, and most importantly, non-violent. The media coverage was impressive. The <i>New York Times<\/i>, the <i>Chicago Tribune<\/i>, the <i>LA Times,<\/i> and <i>Al Jazeera <\/i>were all there with microphones and cameras. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1183\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bring-Them-Home.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1183\" alt=\"Bring Them Home\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bring-Them-Home.jpeg\" width=\"473\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bring-Them-Home.jpeg 473w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bring-Them-Home-283x300.jpeg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bring Them Home<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The DREAMers showed us that human needs must take precedence over borders and archaic laws. When laws are not relevant, they must change. We cannot make criminals of people who simply want to eat, and are willing to work hard for their sustenance. We cannot criminalize their children either. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1184\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/More-frijoles.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1184\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1184\" alt=\"More frijoles?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/More-frijoles.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/More-frijoles.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/More-frijoles-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lorena offering more<em> frijoles<\/em> at the<em> comedor\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 (photo:\u00a0 John Toso)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I applaud the courage of the DREAM 9 and I still smile when I think of the day we reached out toward Mexico touching the hands of those on the other side of the wall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These young people pushed the envelope.<\/span><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The voices of the people were heard on July 22, 2013. Let us not forget their message.<\/span><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n-->The voices of the people of the borderlands were heard on July 22, 2013. Let us not forget their message.\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The DREAM 9 are: Lulu Martinez-Valdez, Marco Saavedra, Lizbeth Mateo Jimenez, Claudia Amaro, Adriana Gil Diaz, Mario Felix Garcia, Luis Leon-Lopez, Maria Peniche-Vargas and Ceferino Santiago.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1186\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/moment-of-joy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1186\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1186\" alt=\"a moment of joy at the comedor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/moment-of-joy.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/moment-of-joy.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/moment-of-joy-300x250.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a moment of joy at the <em>comedor<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The<strong> Green Valley Samaritans<\/strong> is a non-profit organization whose mission is to save lives in the southern Arizona desert.\u00a0 Their website is:\u00a0 www,gvsamaritans.org<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Santa Cruz Community Foundation<\/strong> is a non-profit organization focusing on the economic, cultural and philanthropic needs of southern Arizona and the borderlands.\u00a0 Bob Phillips, Director, can be reached at:\u00a0 rtp9@earthlink.net<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kino Border Initiative<\/strong> directs the activities of the <em>comedor<\/em> in Nogales, Mexico.\u00a0 The mission is to help create a humane, just system of immigration between the United States and Mexico. \u00a0 Their website is:\u00a0 www.kinoborderinitiative.org<\/p>\n<p>I endorse the activities of all of these organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peg Bowden<\/strong> can be reached at pegbowden@yahoo.com\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Please direct comments to my email.\u00a0\u00a0 I will post your comments on the blog as they come in.\u00a0 I love your input, so don&#8217;t hesitate to respond.\u00a0 &#8211;Peg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve spent a good deal of my life pondering the bomb and devastation by war. 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