Immigration Reality: A Newsletter helps Latino immigrants in Northern Virginia tell their stories

Another voice of immigrants, telling their real stories

Newsletter helps Latino immigrants in Northern Virginia tell their stories: "Until recently, these women - all from Central America and Mexico, some who entered the United States legally, some who did not - have been most comfortable being viewed as part of the Washington area's anonymous masses. That's where they've felt the least vulnerable.

But now, ... they say they are done hiding, done blending in, done pretending they don't have stories to tell.

The result: Amanecer, or Sunrise. In hopes of winning understanding among women who share their origins and neighbors who do not, they have created a monthly newsletter. It is being printed in Spanish and English at the headquarters of Tenants and Workers United, a group that represents low-income residents in Northern Virginia.

The women behind the newsletter describe the effort as a collective voice for a previously silent group." Jan. 17, 2011, Washington Post