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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Arise

Students found new club to assist displaced people through longlasting efforts

Eden Mor October 17, 2022
ARISE (Assisting Refugees through Initiative, Service, and Education) aims to help people affected by forced displacement on a local level.
Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Boston University’s School of Theology and recipient of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals or “DACA” program, spoke at a virtual panel on Tuesday hosted by the Latin American Studies Department on immigration reform. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors host ‘DACA’ panel, call for immigration reform

Yiran Yu November 2, 2020
Millions of Americans will have decided the next president by Tuesday night, and in an election as heavily contested as this year’s, a number of socio-political issues prevail on voters’ minds, including that of DACA.
The currently empty “Hostile Terrain 94” exhibit on the second-floor landing of the George Sherman Union where students will be able to place a tag commemorating lives lost at the U.S.-Mexico border. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Hostile Terrain 94′ commemorates lives lost at U.S.-Mexico border, illuminates humanitarian crisis

Isabel Plower September 11, 2020
For now, “Hostile Terrain 94” is as barren as the Sonoran Desert it depicts. Soon, it will be lush with more than 3,200 toe tags representing the remains of those who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
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