Stories of Belonging: Central American TPS Workers and their Defiant Struggle to Stay Home in the US

There are approximately 325,000 Central American workers with Temporary Protective Status (TPS) fully employed in the U.S. today who have resided and worked in the U.S. for more than 25 years. Many of these are mixed immigration status homes where their children may be U.S. citizens, DACA recipients, or undocumented. Workers with TPS have built their lives in the U.S.; they own homes and businesses and are hard-working. They contribute to their communities by paying taxes and engaging in civic organizations, advocating for their children’s future, and fighting for their right to a path to permanent residency and citizenship. They feel at home in the United States; they are at home.

“Stories of Belonging” explores the history of their struggle for rights and justice as migrant workers, for union organizing, and for American citizenship rights.

Exhibit: October 7 -11

Reception (Registration Required): October 8

This is a public event, which will be photographed and filmed and/or otherwise recorded. Your registration for this event constitutes your consent to such photography, live streaming, filming and/or recording, and any use, in any and all media.

Please contact Maheya Afnan if you have any questions. 

This event is co-sponsored by NJCU's Department of Gender, Africana and Latin American Studies