"From Our Roots (Desde Nuestras Raices)" documentary From Our Roots (Desde Nuestras Raices) is a short documentary produced by the Pan Valley Institute of the American Friends Service Committee and the PAR team. This documentary helps us see inside the process of immigrants' integration into the new society and the cultural conflicts

Sharing Our Silence Seven Central Valley youth share their powerful stories of culture, oppression, self-identity and hope in digital stories they wrote and directed. Using photographs, musical pieces, and artwork, along with other forms of media, these stories illustrate the major issues facing this new generation today. Representing a culturally diverse blend of

En Busca de un Futuro (In Search of a Future) On April 13, 2007, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began a series of raids in Madera, California. It is estimated that ICE detained over 25 undocumented indigenous immigrants from Oaxaca, Mexico, in their homes that morning, leaving their families and the community of

From Our Roots (Desde Nuestras Raices) From Our Roots, or Desde Nuestras Raices in Spanish, is a short documentary produced by the Pan Valley Institute of the American Friends Service Committee and the PAR Team. This documentary helps us see inside the process of immigrants' integration into the new society and the cultural