We are now expanding this work with El CENTRO to develop programming that more intentionally addresses the deep grief held within immigrant communities. It honors the sorrow that comes with migration—the quiet, often unspoken mourning of what has been left behind: language, land, family, purpose, home. It also acknowledges the ongoing trauma of the present, where immigrant communities are systematically targeted, criminalized, and forced to carry their grief in silence.

Yet within this weight, the project makes space to imagine something more. To dream, even in the midst of loss and fear, is to resist. It is to reclaim the right to envision a future rooted in dignity, safety, and belonging. This act of dreaming is not only deeply healing—it is political. It is a necessary and powerful part of community organizing and collective survival.

This is work rooted in acknowledgment: the toll that grief takes on our bodies, our hearts, and our collective spirit. But it is also rooted in resistance. We aim to map the emotional terrain we’re navigating—not only the places of pain, but also the places where hope still lives. This work does not offer solutions to grief. Instead, it offers space. Witnessing.

We are mapping emotional territory. Naming what we carry. And reminding ourselves—and one another—that even as we grieve, we can still reach toward what is beautiful, necessary, and worth fighting for.

Of Grief & Dreams reminds us that dreaming is a radical act of resistance. It offers a space—both physical and emotional—where grief can be honored and dreams can be nurtured. A space where individuals and communities can gather to explore how we survive, heal, and thrive in the face of infinite loss and enduring heartache.