Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Pedro Arturo Lopez Vega

Pedro Lopez grew up in Postville and attended the Postville Schools. In this interview he shares his experience of learning from the various cultures that make up the Postville community, making friends and having fun in small town, completing elementary and high school in Postville, and being a mem...

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Main Author: Lopez Vega, Pedro Arturo
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: UNI ScholarWorks 2015
Subjects:
Lopez Vega
Pedro Arturo > Interviews; Postville Immigration Raid
Postville
Iowa
2008
Public Affairs
Public Policy and Public Administration
United States History
Lopez
Online Access:https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/11
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spelling ftunortherniowa:oai:scholarworks.uni.edu:postville_oralhistory-1010 2023-05-15T18:03:12+02:00 Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Pedro Arturo Lopez Vega Lopez Vega, Pedro Arturo 2015-03-15T07:00:00Z audio/mpeg https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/11 https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1010/type/native/viewcontent en eng UNI ScholarWorks https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/11 https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1010/type/native/viewcontent ©2014 The Postville Project http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND Postville Project Oral Histories: Community Voices Lopez Vega Pedro Arturo--Interviews; Postville Immigration Raid Postville Iowa 2008 Public Affairs Public Policy and Public Administration United States History text 2015 ftunortherniowa 2022-03-07T13:24:53Z Pedro Lopez grew up in Postville and attended the Postville Schools. In this interview he shares his experience of learning from the various cultures that make up the Postville community, making friends and having fun in small town, completing elementary and high school in Postville, and being a member of the Catholic Church. Pedro also explores what it was like to transition to college as a first generation student at Luther College in nearby Decorah, Iowa. Pedro recounts his experiences during the May 12th, 2008 ICE raid in which his mother was arrested, jailed, and deported to Mexico. At age 13, his life changed forever. Pedro has spoken about his experience in many different venues and participated in marches, protests, and rallies about the raid and national immigration reform. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/1010/thumbnail.jpg Text Postville University of Northern Iowa: UNI ScholarWorks Postville ENVELOPE(-59.773,-59.773,54.908,54.908) Lopez ENVELOPE(-63.567,-63.567,-64.850,-64.850)
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Pedro Arturo--Interviews; Postville Immigration Raid
Postville
Iowa
2008
Public Affairs
Public Policy and Public Administration
United States History
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Pedro Arturo--Interviews; Postville Immigration Raid
Postville
Iowa
2008
Public Affairs
Public Policy and Public Administration
United States History
Lopez Vega, Pedro Arturo
Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Pedro Arturo Lopez Vega
topic_facet Lopez Vega
Pedro Arturo--Interviews; Postville Immigration Raid
Postville
Iowa
2008
Public Affairs
Public Policy and Public Administration
United States History
description Pedro Lopez grew up in Postville and attended the Postville Schools. In this interview he shares his experience of learning from the various cultures that make up the Postville community, making friends and having fun in small town, completing elementary and high school in Postville, and being a member of the Catholic Church. Pedro also explores what it was like to transition to college as a first generation student at Luther College in nearby Decorah, Iowa. Pedro recounts his experiences during the May 12th, 2008 ICE raid in which his mother was arrested, jailed, and deported to Mexico. At age 13, his life changed forever. Pedro has spoken about his experience in many different venues and participated in marches, protests, and rallies about the raid and national immigration reform. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/1010/thumbnail.jpg
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