3/22/2018 0 Comments Thursday, March 22, 2018Thursday was a really chill day! We only met with one community organization: Shadow Rock, the church in which we were staying. Shadow Rock serves as sanctuary for two immigrants and our main task on Thursday was to have lunch with both of them and then have dinner with the pastor, his congregation, and another college also doing a service trip in Phoenix. The girls and Will decided to take initiative in cooking lunch! We made chicken fajitas, plátanos, Mexican rice, black beans and guacamole. Cooking with them was definitely a bonding experience because I was able to learn about my peers' backgrounds and cultural connections with foods. Throughout the process, we had so much fun joking around, as well as reflect on the trip thus far. After cooking, we finally had lunch with the two people in sanctuary and learn about their personal experiences staying in the sanctuary for so long and how they came to the decision in staying at Shadow Rock. At Princeton, it is very easy to talk about immigration policy and what "comprehensive" immigration reform without really looking at how such political decisions can affect and become oppressive systems towards the undocumented identity. Hearing their narratives allowed me to see the bigger picture of the US immigration system and connect the politician and activist perspectives we had learned about.
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