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Finalist
Marco Saavedra
Creating a sanctuary for immigrants out of his family’s restaurant in the South Bronx
- Year
- 2020
- Sector
- Human Rights
- Borough
- Bronx
Marco is a member of the Dream 9. Now he's organizing in the South Bronx to benefit other immigrants, using his family’s restaurant La Morada as base camp for a community response team and gatherings to share knowledge and tools to fight ICE raids. The restaurant has become a true sanctuary space where undocumented people, families and allies can share, learn and eat.