AREA Chicago #11 was released July 22nd, 2010
Table of Contents
im/migrations
- Masthead & Contributors Bios
- Editorial: Inheriting the Grid #11 by Robin Hewlett
- A subjective introduction: im/migrations by Rozalinda Borcila
Where is the border?
- Disability’s Reverse Diaspora: The Fight to Live at Home by Amber Smock
- Militarized Borders and Broken Hearts by Jake Olzen
- We too came as immigrants… by Timuel Black and Susan Klonsky
- “You don’t have to go to Mississippi”: Housing discrimination and perpetual displacement by Micah Uetricht
- Borders and Boundaries by Hollen Reischer, Yolanda Nieves, and Manny Sosa
Encounters with “America”
- Garlic and Greens: Accessible soul food stories by Fereshteh Toosi
- Introducing: Remesas by Allan Gomez
- Creating a Critical Im/Migration Curriculum by Myrna Garcia and Lindsay Smith
- Immigrant Women / Mujeres inmigrantes: compartiendo sus dichos y sus mundos by Janise Hurtig, Abel Angeles, Karina Cardenas, and Rebeca Nieto
- Saliendo de las Sombras / Coming Out of the Shadows by N. Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco, Alaa Mukahhal, Lulu Martinez
- The Only Reason by Fereshteh Toosi
Searching for New Frameworks
- An image of our future: On the making of migrant “illegality” by Nicholas de Genova and Rozalinda Borcila
- Cussing Practice: Grassroots community development in Harvey in the wake of white flight by Eraina Dunn, Bonnie Rataree with Rebecca Zorach
- The Great Forced Migration: Chicago Resident Displacement since 1999 by Zipporah Green
- Aqui y Alla / Here and There by Victoria Welch Cervantes
- Muhammad Ali, Mohammed Atta, and Me by Mohamed Mehdi
Questions of Community
- Chicago’s Polonia: The Changing Spaces of an Immigrant Community by Jason Shcneider and Kasia Tarczynska
- Duranguenese Steps Out by Monica Diaz Terrazas
- How Shall we Sing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land? by Robert M. Marovich
- At Crossroads: Collecting the Chinese Experience by Carol Ng-he
- Art, Culture, Memory, and History: Introducing the Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts Foundation by Oyekunle Olegbami
Reflections and Action
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform Would Improve All of Our Lives by Young Sun Song
- Ya Basta de Explotacion! Trabajadoras Immigrantes, Accion Colectiva, y la Industria de Trabajo de Limpieza / No More Exploitation! by Gloria Ortiz
- The Little Village Project 2010 by Jose Omar Ortiz
- People’s Trial of Boeing / Juicio del Pueblo de Boeing by Moratorium on Deportations Campaign
- Questions for Immigrants Who Organize by Jose Herrera, Reema Ahmad, Alie Kabba
- 2006, Divided We March by Jorge Murica
- “Drive By” A Conversation on the CHA, Displacement, and Community by Iccha Devi Ra, Samantha Hill, Sherry Williams with Rebecca Zorach
- Migrating Artbumps and Visionary Corkscrews: Growing a Community Garden in South Chicago by Karen Roothaan
- No More Band Aid Immigration Reform Proposals: Diaspora Donations Could Grow to Alleviate Poverty and Reduce Migration by Dale Asis
- Brewing Justice at Cafe Chicago by Kari Lydersen
- adlistings
- AREA #11 distributions sites and AREA #12
- With photographs and visual contributions by Dominique Holmes / Thomas Comerford, Sarah Jane Rhee, Brett Jelinek