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The interview was conducted with Altha Cravey, an expert on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). She discusses its effects on labor relations and it how it can be damaging to communities within Latin America, specifically Mexico. The interview covers NAFTA’s original goals, from both the United States and Mexican perspectives, and…

In Hetali Lodaya's interview with Ivan Parra, Parra discusses his background in community organizing beginning in Colombia, and his subsequent move to the United States. He tells how he applied community organizing techniques learned in Colombia to an AmeriCorps position at El Centro Hispano. They also discuss the value of relational community…

Cristina Granados describes immigrating to the United States through the Visiting International Faculty Program. She obtained a bachelors degree in Colombia where she also taught in a university level psychology department. Cristina describes the price of immigrating, but says that the support from the church community and her students has made her…

David Rigby describes his experiences working with immigrants and day laborers in both Asheville, N.C. and in Carrboro, N.C. He emphasizes the importance of being present in the community. He also describes the “corner,” which is the location where day laborers wait for potential employers, as both a social and vulnerable place. The day laborers…

The interview discusses Cecilia Hernandez’s personal experience with migration, as well as her involvement with the Immaculate Conception community in Durham, N.C. The interview first covers her family and personal background. Later, the interview goes into greater depth of her migratory history and that of her family. After this initial focus on…

The interview focuses on migrant communities and religious life. Specifically, this interview focuses on the Hispanic community of Iglesia Bautista Misionera Roca Fuerte in Pittsboro, N.C. The interview covers the history of the Church and Pastor Benítez’s role in its creation and continued ministry. The interview discusses the services that the…

The interview discusses Hernán Amaya’s personal migratory history and his involvement with religious communities, including detailed information about his involvement with the Immaculate Conception community in Durham, N.C. but also information about other communities that he has been a part of in other U.S. cities. The interview first covers his…

Manuel Rafael Gallegos Lerma was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. He learned English as a high school exchange student in Germany. Lerma is currently working on a PhD in Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the Associate Director of the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The interview begins with a brief…

Chano is a native Mexican from the city of Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi. He migrated to the United States in 1997 after he was unable to find sufficient work in Mexico. Growing up in a large household, and being the oldest, Chano left school after la secundaria, or the equivalent of middle school, in order to work and provide additional economic…

Angelica moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina from Mexico City in 2006. She lives in Chapel Hill with her husband and son, but is also surrounded by a wider network of family that includes uncles, aunts and siblings. She is employed at two restaurants in Chapel Hill, but due to her limited knowledge of English she works mainly in the kitchen. In…