They present "Anthology of Dreams of an Impossible Journey" and the first rapprochement between the California-Mexico Studies Center and the FES Acatlán.
Story and photo by NotiFES` Digital | AUG. 25, 2022
In order to learn more about what happens to young migrants in the United States, better known as dreamers and their families, in a context that goes beyond the theoretical explanation of migration studies, the book Anthology of Dreams an Impossible Journey was presented in the Conference Room of the Multidisciplinary Research Unit II (UIM).
The event was attended by maestro Armando Vázquez Ramos, director of the Center for California-Mexico Studies, publisher of the book, Jennifer Chávez Ramírez and Yolanda Granados Nicasio, two of the authors of the 38 essays that the edition will have.
Before Dr. Ericka Judith Arias Guzmán, coordinator of the Postgraduate Course of the FES Acatlán, teacher Kenya García Cruz, coordinator of Masters and Doctorates of the same Faculty, and Dr. Rocío Arroyo Belmonte, a teacher in this multidisciplinary unit, Vázquez Ramos stressed that the publication had its first circulation with only eight of the 38 stories that the book will have, protect from deportation people who had arrived in the United States when they were children, and who in 2017 wanted to remove Donald Trump, but who were blocked by the Supreme Court of the American Union in June 2020.
Vázquez Ramos pointed out that "they are very human stories, some heartbreaking, but that's what it's all about, that these stories know in the words of the protagonists, some cases are examples of overcoming and success. We have many stories that will reflect all those who have sought the American dream, but also those who always long to return to their roots and that is also the goal of the readings."
For their part, Yolanda Granados and Jennifer Chávez thanked FES Acatlán to open the doors for students so that students get to know a piece of the experiences of the people who emigrate to have a better quality of life that they did not have in their country of origin, and who like them seek to obtain a career to train as professionals and, in this way, support young people
In front of the university students, Granados Nicasio said: "I love going back to my roots and getting to know them, I seek to support through the California-Mexico Center for Studies, that they give me the opportunity to take advantage of my knowledge and channel it into those students who believe they will have obstacles and support them to see that there are no impossible, that if they propose
At the time, Chávez Ramírez narrated that his biggest dream is that his parents can return to Mexico to visit their place of origin; he currently works in a foundation that serves victims of prostitution, human trafficking and pornography, both in the United States, Rwanda, Ecuador and Mexico.
In turn, Dr. Arroyo Belmonte stressed that this book "challenges academic categories, everyone talks about migration, a normalized phenomenon, for us, about this difficult decision to leave everything and start from scratch. Here we see migration as an issuer-receiver country, that's how it all ends, it's not so simple, here they present us with life stories, very complex decisions. What about all the citizens who are born and live there? But if part of their heart is here, they are not residents and do not have recognition. The academy is short to analyze how these phenomena are present in the very complex process that migration involves," he said.
Collaboration
It should be noted that the book presentation was also the first rapprochement between the California-Mexico Studies Center and the Acatlán School of Higher Studies to achieve an exchange of collaboration between the two institutions and thus help these young people seek improvement through the academy, with courses, diplomas and master's degrees.
"We are very grateful to the FES Acatlán and the UNAM in general for opening the door to us, we are looking for this type of approach in order to make a bridge for these young people, who can fulfill the dream of belonging to the University of the Nation. Thanks to the pandemic, distance education was given, which would be of great support for all these dreamers, who due to their situation cannot make the trip, but would undoubtedly be happy to receive such courses online," said Vázquez Ramos.
