Student Spotlight: Titan Dreamers

Student Spotlight: Titan Dreamers

Screenshot of Titan Dreamers from a Zoom call. Titan Dreamers is a community of five Detroit Mercy students who have been impacted by DACA or are part of mixed-status families.

The Ignatian Solidarity Network social justice blog recently featured a story by Associate University Minister Salena Ibrahim on University Ministry, its Undocu-Student Week programming and the students who facilitated it.

An excerpt:

Titan Dreamers is a community of five Detroit Mercy students who have been impacted by DACA or are part of mixed-status families. They include co-presidents Marina Mahmud and Adriana Guillen, Eber Romo, Ana Lopez, and Jorge Acevado. These students began envisioning the creation of more on-campus immigration-related education and advocacy opportunities in Sept. 2020. Each of them felt an undeniable urge to advocate for just immigration policies, and their inner spark only burned brighter throughout the 2020 election season….These students have demonstrated a spirit of hospitality by welcoming the stranger, and they continue to embody a “faith that does justice” in their everyday lives.

Read the full story online.