Something to think about through the weekend:

Hi.

My name is Adriana.

I’m writing to you from the Fast for Our Future encampment at Placita Olvera in Los Angeles. I’ve been fasting on water for 14 days. I want to tell you a little bit about myself and urge you to do everything you can to make sure that everyone you know signs the Pledge to vote for immigrant rights at www.fastforourfuture.com.

I’m a 19-year-old photojournalism major at Santa Monica College. I have 2 jobs, as a waitress and as a photo assistant. One of my favorite things to do in the whole world is eat homemade nachos while watching the original Planet of the Apes. One of the greatest movies ever made…

I decided to join the Fast as soon as I heard about it because of people like my parents. They came here from Mexico in the 70s without papers and started over from scratch. I never had a birthday party because they were always working to give my brother and I a better life. Somehow, after another long, hard day at work, my dad usually still had the energy to read me a bedtime story. I’m fasting because no child should have to grow up without their parents, and the enforcement of our unjust immigration laws is tearing mothers and fathers away from so many children. This can’t go on… please help us by signing the Pledge and sending it to everyone you know right now.

I’ll be fasting until 1 million people like you sign the Pledge and commit to uphold the promise we made in 2006: Today we march, tomorrow we vote. Today is just 7 days away.

Thanks for everything you do – it means so much to every one of us.

Adriana

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Every person counts. Please forward this email to all your friends, asking them to sign the pledge.

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