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Central College, Pella, Iowa, October 21, 2009.pdf
The text of a presentation given by Sister Mary McCauley.

Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2010, Washington, DC, March 19-22, 2010.pdf
The text of a presentation given by Sister Mary McCauley.

Archdiocesan pastoral staff, Advent Day of Reflection, January 16, 2009.pdf
The text of a presentation given by Sister Mary McCauley.

Postville  the effects of an immigration raid.pdf
Many unauthorized immigrants regularly enter the United States in search of employment. A substantial number of these individuals come from impoverished countries and look to the United States as a path toward prosperity. Unfortunately, many…

Dr. Camayd-Freixas served as a federal interpreter at the Waterloo, Iowa, hearings following the May 12, 2008 immigration raid at Agriprocessors, Inc., in Postville, Iowa. In this presentation, filmed at St. Stephen the Witness Catholic Student…

A work-in-progress performance detailing personal accounts of immigration, imprisonment, and the Postville raid. The original play is performed by Teatro Indocumentado, an ensemble of seven Guatemalan and Mexican workers arrested in the…

Jennifer Cooley, Sandra Rybachek, and actresses Elena Dobrila, Magda Caicedo, Yulia Vorobyeva, Ellen Nuss, and Alma de Pérez present excerpts from a play, a work-in-progress, based on testimonials from Guatemalan women in Postville and their…
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