Marquette University’s Solidarity In Action student organization hosted the third annual Dreamers Gala: Love Has No Borders, on Wednesday, March 21, in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms. The sold-out event raised more than $50,000. Photos taken by Michael Carpenter, intern in the Office of Marketing and Communication.
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- This year’s emcees, Victoria Gokee-Rindal, ‘18 (left), and Luis Jimenez, ‘19 (right), welcome attendees to the third annual Dreamers Gala
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- Rebeca Lopez, J.D., ’12, call for donations speaker (left), enjoys the evening with Valeria Navarro Villegas, ’17 (right), who delivered the evening’s keynote address
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- Provost Daniel J. Myers smiles after winning one of the raffle items – a painting by the keynote speaker.
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- Valeria Navarro Villegas, ’17, shares her powerful story as a Dreamer to a captivated audience.
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- Approximately 300 community members, students and other campus stakeholders attended this student-led effort to raise funds for the Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J. Scholarship for undocumented students.
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- The monarch butterfly has been adopted as a symbol of the immigrants’ rights movement due to their vast migration routes and their ability to freely travel across borders.