The Story of Central American Refugees in California
In the book,"Flight Freedom" edited by Rosanna Perez with Henry A.J. Ramos it talks about the story of Central American refugees who settled in California. There were about eight (8) people interviewed out of about more than one million Central American refugees fleeing the atrocities of war. Carlos who was one of the centers of the stories in the book made a difficult journey to the US and later establish the Central American organizations, and the Salvadorian American Leadership and Educational Fund. I chose this topic for discussion as the "Flight to Freedom" serves as a living testament on how people power created, seek and made change. In developing countries like the Philippines for example the familiar EDSA people power revolution in 1986 which paved way to demise of the Marcos dynasty and eventual rise to power of Corazon Aquino as President. During these hard economic times, community organizations like labor unions are very economically impo...