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Have you seen the pictures from our borders?... Do you see a war? Do you see at least a semblance to concentration camps? Can you feel your own heart telling you it is urgent? Please listen to your heart. Not just for me, or for the undocumented community, but for your own humanity. Please, it’s urgent.

 

MURAL LOCATION: ROOT ALLEY GALLERY ON THE HILL - 1121 BROADWAY.

Listen To Your Heart: Tania Chairez’s story of resilience in the fight against human rights abuses and the citizen apathy which allows them.

MONOLOGUIST’S BIO

Tania Chairez is an undocumented immigrant born in Chihuahua, Mexico and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She received a B.S. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and M.Ed. from Grand Canyon University. For the past decade, Tania has prioritized her passion for the intersection of immigration and education as a grassroots community organizer and educator in secondary and post-secondary spaces. She is the Founder and CEO of Convivir, an organization that aims to support immigrant and refugee students in Colorado.

Mural location: Virginia Village Library - 1500 S Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80222

About Motus Theater’s collaboration with muralist edica pacha

Muralist Edica Pacha is installing 12 murals (six in Denver and six in Boulder, Colorado) featuring Motus Theater UndocuAmerica project monologists. Each mural includes a QR code to the English and Spanish video of the monologist reading their own story. Regardless of your perspective on immigration, the UndocuAmerica project allows you to know more about the impact of current immigration policies on the lives of undocumented families in Colorado.

FOR Other Ways to Experience and Share TANia’s Story

  • Shoebox Stories UndocuAmerica Podcast Episode 6
    Maria Hinojosa is the lead anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, and the founder of Futuro Media. She reads the story of Tania Chairez - a social entrepreneur and Motus staff member who grew up undocumented in Arizona - sharing her struggle to protect good parents, just like her own, from the attacks against the immigrant community.