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By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics

Erick Huerta On Being Undocumented

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1. KONY 2012
3. "FA$T CA$H: Easy Credit & the Economic Crash" - (Music Video by Dorian Electra)
5. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
9. Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction
10. I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video)
14. #BYP100 Responds to George Zimmerman Verdict
15. Iraq Veterans Against the War
16. To All My DREAMheads
19. UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives
20. Why I Can't Go to LeakyCon
21. North Korea: Explained
22. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
23. Coming out of the Shadows - Dream Activist Philadelphia
24. Why Does Congress Suck?
25. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
26. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
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30. InterOccupy, Occupy Sandy Meeting 11-18-12 (raw footage)
31. Why We Rise
37. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
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41. Cathy Cohen, Ph.D., Challenges Voter ID Laws
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44. The Can Kicks Back
45. West Wing Weak: Your Guide to Obama's Scandal-Filled Week
51. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
53. Orphans vs. Empires: Andrew Slack at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
54. A Quick Guide to Understanding Immigration Reform
55. The Case Against Gun Background Checks
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Erick Huerta/El Random Hero
About
Erick Huerta is an undocumented immigrant (now on Deferred Action) and Dream Team activist. His family came to Los Angeles some twenty years ago when he was seven years old, and while they were constantly moving around East L.A., Huerta has been drawn most to Boyle Heights and its vibrant artists and community. [1]

From the "Finding Your Story" Webinar, Erick shares the following insights:

"[In 2004] I just took it upon myself to google and search for undocumented folks online, but I couldn't find anything... so it lit this lightbulb in me to put my own experiences out there, like a message in a bottle. I'll write it, I'll put it on the Internet, and hopefully it will come back."

"If folks want to focus on facts or data, that's cool, but it's not going to move anybody... More than anything, storytelling is a human way to communicate."

"I've learned to taylor my story to where I'm at... [for example] I'll start sharing my story and relate it to something everyone can relate to like comic book heroes since people already have an understanding of those pop culture characters."

Check out his blog post "coming out" as undocumented using the narrative of Spider-Man: "Origins."

Erick is also a community reporter for Boyle Heights and a contributor to HuffPost LatinoVoices DREAMers Blog Series. Check out his pieces: "No Two Dreamers Are Alike" and "Love, Without Papers." He chronicles his personal experiences living "undocumented" in America in his blog, Just a Random Hero. Follow him on twitter @ElRandomHero.

Erick is also featured in LIMBO, a film exposing the lives of three undocumented students living in the U.S. by having them film their experience every day for three months. LIMBO was directed by Eliot Rausch and produced in collaboration with Dreamers.

Contributed by Raffi Sarkissian on 5/10/14
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Erick Huerta on Being Undocumented

Sources
[1] KCET: Arrival Stories