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Ana Maria Fores TamayoAna Maria Fores Tamayo is ABD in Comparative Literature from New York University, though she presently lives in Texas. She never completed her Ph.D. because motherhood got in the way: tenure and parenting do not mix. Thus she switched fields and worked in academic publishing for many years. She missed academia, however, and decided to return, only to find the Ivory Tower inhospitable to most educators. It did not take her long to take up their cause, beginning a petition for adjunct faculty, now with over 10,000 signatures. This grew into a Facebook forum for like-minded individuals to connect and organize. The past few years, Fores Tamayo expanded her work to reach out to those rendered invisible. She is trying to raise awareness of these marginalized peoples in order to erase borders. Her labor naturally grew from her work with students: DREAMers, undocumented students, and eventually asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America. Although this is heart-wrenching work, it is at the same time quite satisfying, being able to help others one to one. Working with diverse populations too, she is trying to make sure the disenfranchised become strong and have their voices heard. Her work can be seen in the Dallas/Fort Worth Refugee Support Network.

Let Us Celebrate Anew a Happy July 4th: Edifice of Gold / Edificio en Oro

July 5, 2019 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Edifice of Gold / Edificio en Oro

These poems I would like to share with you here show that though our freedoms are presently threatened in this “land of the free & the brave,” people still seek this land, even with all its threats to our liberties.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Political Artwork

Poets Facing The Wall: New Anthology of Sonnets Take on Trump’s Wall

November 13, 2018 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Poets Facing The Wall

I am honored to be included in this new publication and art exhibit featuring poets from across America and the world coming together to address the meaning and the effects of building THE WALL.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Central America, Democracy Protests, Mexico, Political Artwork

New Poetry: Elegy to a Refugee Girl

June 17, 2018 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Refugee Girl

For Father’s Day, for World Refugee Day, which this year falls on Wednesday, June 20th, all fathers should be with their children; all children should enjoy, with their families, the freedoms afforded to those of us in the free world.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights, Latino Voting Rights, Political Artwork, Women and Democracy

UC Davis Just Made a Video of My Poetry: Refugee/Refugiado

May 4, 2018 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

My Poetry: Refugee/Refugiado

After a long time coming, Humanizing Deportation at UC Davis has just published a digital version of my poems in both spanish and english, with my own photography, to show the world what asylum seekers go through.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Mexico, Political Artwork, Worldwide

A New Poem For World Refugee Day

June 20, 2017 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo 7 Comments

Poem For World Refugee Day

Two years ago on World Refugee Day, I published a very personal essay about my status as a refugee child, back then, yet what it is like now for refugees and asylum seekers. Today, I publish my own poem.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Charity, Political Artwork, Worldwide

POEM: Brilliant Shadows in a World of Darkness

May 27, 2017 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Brilliant Shadows In A World Of Darkness

This poem — from a Masters student in Clinical Mental Counseling who is concerned about her prospects as a scholar in civil society — speaks the truth of many students of all races, all ethnicities, all creeds.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech, Latino Voting Rights, Political Artwork, Racism and Prejudice, South America

May Day: Helping with the Migration Crisis Across Borders

May 1, 2017 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Migration Crisis Across Borders

Many immigrant rights organizations hold Know Your Rights presentations, and if you call them, they will gladly come out to an event you will hold, to make immigrants aware of their rights.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights, Democracy Charity, Latino Voting Rights

Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes

January 17, 2017 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes

On Martin Luther King’s Day, I’d like to share this poem, which I have shared before but which I find so striking not only for its beauty but also for its essence of simplicity. If things could only be this way!

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights Era, Election History, Political Artwork

Confronting Fidel Castro’s Death Through Poetry

December 31, 2016 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Confronting Fidel Castro's Death

As the end of the year approaches, I am finally beginning to confront the death of Fidel Castro, who changed the course of my life forever. My relationship with him — even as an absence — has always been complex.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Caribbean, Castro Brothers, Cuba, Dictatorships, Election History, Political Artwork, South America

A Teacher and DREAMer Tries to Explain the Inexplicable to Children

December 15, 2016 by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Leave a Comment

Inexplicable to Children

I can not imagine the pain of being a teacher today, especially in a multilingual school. Talking to young angels who do not understand the madness of the past few weeks seems to me impossible

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Central America, Education, Mexico, Minority Voting Rights, Racism and Prejudice, Women and Democracy

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