Surviving COVID Without Papers: Care and Solidarity with Undocumented Communities

Poster created for the CT UndocuFund Virtual Town Hall, held on May 21, 2020.

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Undocumented folks in CT are on the front lines of this pandemic. They are at greater risk of getting sick due to working “essential jobs,”are more likely to have been laid off, and are less likely to be tested / seek treatment due to fear of deportation or hospital bills. For those in detention, the risk of infection is even greater. And on top of all that, undocumented folks do not have many of the protections or safety nets the rest of us do such as health insurance, unemployment, and government stimulus funds.

This virtual town hall featured:

• Pauline Batista. Program Specialist, UConn’s African American Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
• Laura Veira-Ramirez. Student, Harvard University, Class of 2020, Cambridge, MA
• Ainslya “Ace” Charlton-Lessie. Teacher and activist, Brooklyn, NY
• Wildaliz Bermudez. Hartford City Councilwoman, Working Families Party, Hartford, CT
• Debanuj Dasgupta. Professor, Geography and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UConn Storrs
• Maribel Sanchez. Opportunity Programs Specialist, Eastern Connecticut State University, Hartford, CT
• Alex Aldana. Researcher, HIV/STI Treatment and Prevention, Los Angeles, CA
• Joseline Tlacomulco. Student, UConn, Latin American Studies and Human Rights, New Haven, CT
• Danilo Machado. Poet, Curator, and Founding Board Member, CT Students for a Dream, Brooklyn, NY
• Mark Overmyer-Velazquez. Campus Director, UConn Hartford; Professor, History, Latinx and Latin American Studies, West Hartford, CT
• Anthony Barroso, Community Organizer, CT Students for a Dream.

Artwork by Constanza Segovia, VEO VEO, Design and Visual Notetaking