It was a moment long ago, but Norman Fong still remembers the look in his mother’s eyes as she read a letter evicting the family from their home. He knew he had to do something. For Sarah Rios, it was the day immigration officers came to her house to deport her husband, who had lived […]
For Sheila Tyson of Birmingham, Ala., community activism and speaking up for what’s right runs in the family. “When I was growing up, my mother was a community activist; she stood up for people who couldn’t stand up for themselves. I do it, too. It feels funny if I don’t,” she said. “If there is a need […]
Sarah Rios was at work when the phone rang: Immigration officers calling from her house told her to come home and take care of her three small children – they were taking her husband. As an American citizen and a college-educated mom living in the Midwest, Rios says she never imagined she would have to […]
Growing up, Norman Fong always saw his mother as a tough, no-nonsense woman, born and raised in San Francisco’s Chinatown. So, he has never forgotten the fear in her eyes the day she handed him the letter from the sheriff’s office and asked him to tell her what it meant. “It was an eviction notice. […]
Romanetha Looper, a Chicago mom, has always known that if parents want a better education for their children, they have to be involved in their children’s schools. She’s also a strong believer in the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Looper was president of the PTA at her son’s school, and vice […]
