They no longer wait behind. Now, they are arriving like never before. Some come with husbands, but increasingly they come without. They arrive fleeing poverty and wars and religious and racial prejudice. They race here hoping new doors will open. But the doors still remain shut or difficult to open for many. They are the ones more likely to push for citizenship. They are the ones who hold their families together when the men can’t. They find work when the men can’t. They accept the grinding downward slide in jobs because they need to keep their families united.They more than ever are partners in decisions about their future and their families’ futures. Some fall into silence, their hearts broken by the new isolation. Some are too old, too unsure of themselves, too unprepared to make the new life they want. But many do. And this is what our press conference this Thursday, July 16th, is about. It is a look at the first national survey of immigrant women. With funding from the Ford Foundation, New America Media has relied on one of the most experienced pollsters familiar with immigrant communities to create a telling snapshot of the numbers, the issues, the problems and concerns of immigrant women in the U.S. today. The meeting is from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, 55 E. Jackson Blvd, Suite 2075. Tell me if this is not the time to tell these women’s stories. I can think of few other stories that that are so important, so critical and so basic to the lives of millions of immigrants and their communities. I’m glad to share ideas. Call me. Write me. This is what makes ethnic media a treasure not to be ignored.
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