Lucina Martinez
Moved to America at the age of 6, was raised in Dallas Texas. I have lived in the U.S for more than 14 years of my life. I need the Dream Act to pass because my community is under attack. Our communities continue to be targeted by the extremist tea party agenda. This is my home and as an undocumented student I will continue to fight for my right to be free. I can’t continue to live in the shadows and I refuse to remain silent. My mother brought me to this country to ensure me and my siblings had the opportunity for a better life. I am educated, I have worked hard, and I deserve to feel safe in my own skin. I am undocumented and I am not afraid. All I have to my name is my education and I will fight to have the opportunity to be who I want to become. I am tired of laws based on the criminalization of my people, I am tired of being treated like I don’t exist, and I am tired of waiting for someone to decide when I will be allowed to be free and live a normal life.
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Senator Lugar’s regional offices
Senator Lugar’s Southern Office
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Evansville, Indiana 47708
(812) 465-6313 phone
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Senator Lugar’s Northeast Indiana Community Service Center
6384 A West Jefferson Boulevard
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Fort Wayne, Indiana 46804
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Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
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Support Now
- Join the Hunger Strike. (This is strictly a liquids-only diet:teas)
- Fast in solidarity. This is open to interpretation
- Fast from sun up to sun down
- Give up something you love(an item of value)
- No meats or sweets
- Participate in the Virtual Sit-in.
- Call/Message/Email/Fax/Facebook/Tweet Offices of Senators and urge them to support the dream act 24/7 during the lame duck
Virtual Sit-in Days: Tuesday – Friday Nov-30th – Dec 3rd 24/7
- Call/Message/Email/Fax/Facebook/Tweet Offices of Senators and urge them to support the dream act 24/7 during the lame duck
- Join a group of students active on the Dream Act to do presentations in your school, church or community. To find a group close to your area please send an email to isaiasgu@gmail.com.
Indiana DREAM Act Hunger Strikers
What is it?
The DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation that would enable young immigrants who were brought to the United States as children without documents, to normalize their immigration status by finishing high school and enrolling in college or enlisting in the military. The measure, first introduced nearly 10 years ago, has the support of 70 percent of American voters, leaders of every major religious denomination in America as well as leaders from the education, business, military sectors. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has pledged to bring the DREAM Act up for a vote this year.
The Latino Youth Collective, with you, our friends and allies are coming together to push since from today, the Dream Act is going to be introduced as a stand alone bill in both chamber of the congress. We are closer than ever for it to be a reality. For thousands of dreamers to be able to keep contributing to this great country and come out from the shadows. That is why we are starting a hunger strike until the Dream Act is passed or until the Lame Duck session ends. We have decided to make the sacrifice of not eating so that our senators know that we are deeply thankful for their support and their commitment to a more educated country and so that they remember that we need their support more than ever.
- - Despite the support of 12 Republicans, including 7 currently in the Senate, a standalone version of the DREAM Act fell just 8 votes shy from the 60-votes needed to be debated
- Secretary of Education Arne also supports the DREAM Act. He believes it will play an important part in the nation’s efforts to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020, making America more competitive in the global economy.
- Secretary Napolitano believes this targeted legislation provide a firm but fair way to deal with innocent children brought to the U.S. at a young age so that they can dedicate their enforcement resources to detaining and deporting criminals and those who pose a threat to our country.
- In IN, we have the support of Senator Bayh, Senator Lugar who wrote the bill and has introduced it in the senate and across the State it has support from the following institutions: Purdue, IU, Notre Dame, Valparaiso University, Indianapolis Wesleyan University, Saint Mary’s College and IUPUI.
- We are joining with 26 states who are conducting hunger strikes and are organizing food drives for thanks giving.
- We are gathered in solidarity with actions at the state level, Manchester College is conducting a hunger strike with 13 students, West Lafayette is doing a vigil, Indiana University’s DREAM IU is doing an event in Bloomington.
