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When I was a kid growing up in Colorado, I was told, ‘You can be anything you want to be if you work hard enough. Dream. Dream big!’ What they didn’t tell me was that there is an immigration checkpoint at the gate to fantasyland.

 

Checkpoint at FantasyLand: Victor Galvan’s story of perseverance behind the battle cry of an immigrant rights leader.

MONOLOGUIST’S BIO

Victor Galvan was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and has lived in Denver since he was 8 months old. Victor currently works as the Political Field Director at United for a New Economy, a grassroots organization that focuses on economic justice on the local and state level. His work as the former Civic Engagement Director at the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition led to many pivotal victories in Colorado including the passage of ASSET, which granted undocumented students who graduated from high school in Colorado instate tuition; and the passage of the Law Enforcement and Community Trust Act which did away with Colorado’s “Show me you papers” law, and expanded access to Colorado driver’s licenses for undocumented people.

Mural location: South Boulder Rec Center - 1360 Gillaspie Dr, Boulder, CO 80305

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 REY’s Story

  • Shoebox Stories UndocuAmerica Podcast Episode 4
    Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen Poo, reads Victor Galvan's story about the overwhelming human rights challenges facing the immigrant community and his insistence, despite his fear and the obstacles ahead, of manifesting his American Dream.