Solo Éramos Niños

Be The Change

On December 12, 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a raid in Swift & Co. facilities across the nation. This podcast has sought to tell that story and now it’s time to do something about it. Hosts Shelby and Angel Lopez, along with their guest Professor Yvette Romero Coronado, breakdown four major ways to get involved in your community. Including avenues to build community capacity for action, and to start conversations for healing and change. Follow Solo Éramos Niños to keep up with future stories about the Latine community, immigration, and first generation experiences. Sources/Resources: Asset Mapping [https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/programs/health-data/trainings/documents/tw_cba20.pdf]by UCLA Center For Health Policy ResearchRole of Sheriffs and the arrest-to-deportation pipeline [https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/2021.02_ilrc_sherrifs-final.pdf]by Immigrant Legal Resouces CenterImmigration in Utah [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aKpehNleA]by PBS NewsHour Extra Classroom Video Collection [https://www.youtube.com/@newshourextra]What is Mutual Aid? (Classroom Version) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYPgTZeF5Z0&t=44s]by Dean Spade

The Community

In a small, rural town, from one day to the next, 145 people were taken away. How does a town come together in the wake of such sudden upheaval to support broken families and knit together communities, all while under continued threat? Through interviews with community members and leaders, including a professor of social work from Utah State University, this episode seeks to meet this question. Explore community solidarity, community tension, and the grassroots efforts and resources that have since been created to support those in the Valley. Article by Matthew LaPlante: Swift Justice | Cover Story | Salt Lake City Weekly [https://m.cityweekly.net/utah/swift-justice/Content?oid=2159187&showFullText=true&fbclid=IwAR1XFUO8EhumxzaTh-OYNZTkbmhTDI7UKeCZjZsgAS_Rctl3a16Ox0P59uk]

The Impact pt. 2

Imagine: A father saying goodbye to his child, making a quick detour to drop his child off at school before going to turn himself into immigration agents. After that, this child is now expected to go and learn and ensure that his father's sacrifice was worth it. In part 2 of the impact of the Swift and Co. raids, we walk alongside Gloria, Francisco, and Jonathan as they retell their story of how the 2006 immigration enforcement shook their lives. Trauma within the Latine community often goes silenced due to fear and outright mistrust of those around them. Walk with us as we bring life to the challenges and hardships highlighted in part 1 through their difficult and heart wrenching stories.

The Impact pt. 1

How do you measure the impact of immigration enforcement and family separation? First, we must understand what it means to be impacted. In part one, hosts Shelby and Angel Lopez explore trauma, what it is and how it can shape the way people see themselves and the world around them. Trauma within the Latine and immigrant community carries even more nuance. To further understand these layers, the hosts discuss issues of trauma specific to migration, intergenerational and historical trauma, and culturally relevant healing principles for Latine people. Listen to stories of migration and subscribe to continue to explore the impact.

The Valley

In episode two of Solo Éramos Niños, we center our story on the sleepy Cache Valley community, as it was shaken to its core on December 12th, 2006 when Immigration Customs Enforcement Agents arrested and deported 145 immigrants who had been working at the Swift & Co. Meat packaging facility in Hyrum, Utah. Step into the shoes of the Children, Employees, Teachers, After School Program Directors who recall the events of that day and the impact it had on them, their friends, families, and the community. Cover Art by Alexis Rausch Music by Chillig (Chris Illig) Logan, ¡Somos tus Vecinos! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCwo3hqzZdE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCwo3hqzZdE] Welcome to Cache Valley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoI8HWAUAPM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoI8HWAUAPM]