In Memory of Tam Tran & Cinthya: In honor of their life and spirit

[Dieu Huynh]

Dear Friends,

It is with great sadness that I regret to inform everyone of the passing of Tam Tran and Cinthya Felix. These women were nationally active in the undocumented students Civil Rights Movement through their fight for the DREAM Act. Both completed their undergraduate education at UCLA. Tam later became a Doctoral Student in American Civilization at Brown University, while Cinthya was studying Public Health at Columbia University. These women were amazing activists and put themselves at great risk to fight for this just cause. Cinthya was a working class student from East Los Angeles, California and attended Garfield High School and Tam's family had been displaced as a result of the Vietnam War and was from Garden Grove, CA. 

Two years ago when the U.S. and Vietnam signed the repatriation agreement threatening the lives of thousands of undocumented Vietnamese Americans to be deported, Tam Tran collaborated with the Vietnamese Student Union at UCLA to educate others and bring attention to this issue. She was a lively, brave, and amazing person. She testified in court for the DREAM Act and shortly afterwards, her family was detained. But she never let her passion for change stop her. 

"I remember when she told me about her graduate school interview at Brown University. She said that because she did not have a license or passport to fly, her and her mother drove across the country for her interview. Her resilience to pursue higher education and fight for justice is inspiring and is something we will remember her indefinitely for."--Van Duong, Chair of Black April Commemoration 2008

Please join me in remembering these two remarkable young women and pass this message on to respective list serves.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Moore 100,  UCLA

3:30 - 5:00PM

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104897826220694

Sincerely, 

Dieu Huynh

You can read more about their achievements and this tragic loss in the following article:

http://immigration.change.org/blog/view/celebrating_dream_act_sheroes_tam_and_cinthya

http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=113016&z=3

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Dieu Huynh
Political Science/Labor Workplace Minor
Vietnamese Student Union at UCLA, Political Advocacy Coordinator
Bruins for California Democracy Act Coalition
UCLA Labor Center | Senior Clerk
Cell: 408-569-2453| Email: dieuh...@gmail.com

"Leadership is only incidental to the movement. The movement is the most important thing. If the leader becomes the most important part of the movement, then you won't have a movement after the leader is gone"--Phillip Vera Cruz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNBy-ikRLr8

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