Issue 11

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

 

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• AREA #11 distributions sites and AREA #12
• With photographs and visual contributions by Dominique Holmes / Thomas Comerford, Sarah Jane Rhee, Brett Jelinek