C-U Immigration Forum

Los Condenados Huastecos (The Condemed Huastecos) is coming to the University YMCA   this Friday to perform in celebration of Immigrant Justice Month, an initiative of our inter-faith friends, the Allies of Faith! Show starts at 7pm, and Cynthia a local blogger at The Sandwich Life has recently put up a great post about the acclaimed Chicago-based trio. Posting a video of a past performance, Cynthia writes, "Try listening to this and tell me it doesn't feel like a Friday night!" Wouldn't you agree? Watching the clip, the music that Los Condenados Huastecos play is a HUGE sound when you take into account that there's typically only three musicians playing son huasteco.  The huasteco style of the Mexican central gulf coast region is distinguished by its virtuosic fiddle playing, canorous falsetto singing, and poetic improvisation.  Known for improvising and making up lyrics on the spot at performances, Los Condenados Huastecos dialogue with the l...

PDF: " CU-Immigration Forum Holds Immigration Justice Month " by Francisco Baires, member of CU-IF and Community Programs Director at the University YMCA Several local religious congregations will be holding various faith-based and immigration-themed events throughout the month of October in what is sure to be an inspiring series of local community gatherings. The Allies of Faith is an interfaith coalition of local congregations within the CU-Immigration Forum that is working on making our community a welcoming and loving space for all our neighbors, regardless of their country of origin, or immigration status. In June, the Allies of Faith decided that they would declare October as “Immigrant Justice Month” and they began planning events that will take place throughout the month. But how did these congregations come to work on this together? Why now? I work at the University YMCA at the University of Illinois, where I am the Community Programs Director, which is a fa...

CU-Immigration Forum Holds Immigration Justice Month by Francisco Baires, member of CU-IF and Community Programs Director at the University YMCA Several local religious congregations will be holding various faith-based and immigration-themed events throughout the month of October in what is sure to be an inspiring series of local community gatherings. The Allies of Faith is an interfaith coalition of local congregations within the CU-Immigration Forum that is working on making our community a welcoming and loving space for all our neighbors, regardless of their country of origin, or immigration status. In June, the Allies of Faith decided that they would declare October as “Immigrant Justice Month” and they began planning events that will take place throughout the month. But how did these congregations come to work on this together? Why now? I work at the University YMCA at the University of Illinois, where I am the Community Programs Director, which is a fancy name for a Co...