“We needed you when they labeled us rapist, criminals, drug traffickers.
We needed you when they threatened to separate our families after years of working diligently in this country.
We needed you on November 8, 2106, when we cried in agony of what was to come.
We needed you to grieve with us on January 20 as we watched dreams fall away.
We needed you when travel bans began, when the hope of safety from our countries began to die.
We needed you when racists, Alt-right and white supremacists were being assigned to our country’s leadership.
We needed you before September 5, when lies of our DREAMERS ran rampant and you followed along in the blaming of their parents.
We needed you when TPS was being slashed, and we were demanded to leave this country where our children were born.
We needed you when the labeling was the justification of tearing our families apart, in our own homes.
We needed you when they kept saying that we were animals and criminals.
We needed you to listen, to hear our pain, to see our sorrow.
We need you to know we are thankful, but skeptical, it took you this long to arrive? And how long will you stay?
When the media goes away, and a new crisis arises, please don’t go away.
We hope you’ll stay with us to pray, labor, cry and raise voices each time our fears become alive.”
-Anyra
-Anyra
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Galatians 6:9
Galatians 6:9
