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Selected Print Articles:

 

Atlanta Magazine. “Freedom University wasn’t meant to last this long.” September 30, 2021.

Atlanta Magazine. “60 Voices: Charles Black and Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis on the fight for civil rights.” April 27, 2021

Atlanta Journal Constitution. “Georgia Denies Migrants Equal Access to Higher Education. December 26, 2018

Huffington Post. “When Undocumented Youth Are Banned From College, The Entire Nation Fails.” August 22, 2018

Diversity and Democracy. “Freedom University: Where You Walk In Undocumented and Leave Unafraid.” Summer 2018

The Hechinger Report. "DACA Students Persevere." June 3, 2018

PBS News Hour. "'Dreamers' Celebrate Graduation Despite DACA Uncertainty." May 31, 2018

Forbes. "Freedom University: Educating Undocumented Young People in Georgia." November 16, 2017

Center for American Progress. "Beyond Sanctuary: How Colleges and Universities Can Support Their DACAmented and Undocumented Students." October 19, 2017

Atlanta Journal Constitution. "Georgia Activists Issue 'New Appeal for Human Rights." May 17, 2017

Generation Progress. "Atlanta Student Coalition Releases 'New Appeal for Human Rights.'" May 16, 2017

The New Yorker. "An Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants." May 15, 2017

Courthouse News Service. "Anti-Sanctuary Campus Bill Spikes Opponents' Wrath." March 9, 2017

Al Jazeera. "US Lawmakers Target Undocumented Student 'Sanctuaries.'" February 21, 2017

Mundo Hispánico. "Interrumpen audiencia para protester for la justice educativa." February 14, 2017

The Emory Wheel. "Emory Vows to Abide by Law in Protecting Undocumented Students." December 4, 2016

Atlanta Journal Constitution. "UGA Could Have Had My Brain." November 25, 2016

The Daily Bruin. "A Fighting Chance." November 12, 2015

The Emory Wheel. "Emory Students Join in Protest at Board of Regents Meeting." November 11, 2015

Univision. "Estudiantes indocumentados y sus aliados protestan contra prohibición." November 11, 2015

The Daily Bruin. "A Paper Trail: Student Stories." November 10, 2015

Atlanta Journal Constitution. "Immigrant students protest Georgia’s college enrollment policies." November 10, 2015

WALB News. "Student Protest at Board of Regents Meeting." November 10, 2015

Red and Black. "Undocumented Students Bring Case for In-State Tuition to Top Georgia Court." October 15, 2015

La Visión. "Freedom University: Cinco Años de Educación en Libertad." August 20, 2015

El Diario. "'Graduación simbólica' para indocumentados en Universidad de la Libertad." May 25, 2015

La Visión. "Laura Emiko Soltis: Saca de las sombras y 'libera' a sus estudiantes." May 22, 2015

Atlanta Journal Constitution. "Emory to Help Immigrant Students." April 18, 2015

The Emory Wheel. "Emory to Offer Financial Aid to Undocumented Students." April 2, 2015

The Huffington Post. "The Spirit of Selma: Nine Students Arrested Protesting in Georgia." January 13, 2015

The Emory Wheel. "Panel Discusses Undocumented Youth." November 14, 2014

Red and Black. "Students Protest Policy Banning Undocumented Immigrants from Applying to UGA." April 28, 2014

Hyphen Magazine. "Fixin' to Go Mainstream: Asian Americans Are on the Rise in Southern Politics." February 26, 2013

Chronicle of Higher Education. "From Freedom U to Syracuse: One Student's Story." December 10, 2012

Chronicle of Higher Education. "They Took Me In for Who I Was." December 10, 2012

The Flagpole. "Whose Schools? Our Schools!" November 23, 2011

Ms. Magazine. "Old Tactics, New South." Fall 2011

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