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06-02-2017, 11:56 PM
Watch these celebrities kick off Immigrant Heritage Month in a powerful new video
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June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and celebrities are kicking off the occasion by speaking out about immigrant rights in a powerful new video.*
Released as part of the #IAmAnImmigrant (https://www.iamanimmigrant.com/) campaign from **nprofit Welcome.us, the star-studded video includes America Ferrera, George Takei, Uzo Aduba, Jason Sudeikis, and Ilana Glazer. Together, the celebs recite the poem "I stand, Because I am...," written by Tony Award-winning actor and poet Lemon Andersen (http://brooklynpoets.org/poet/lemon-andersen/).*
SEE ALSO: These filmmakers will bring immigrant stories to those who need to see them most (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/resistance-through-storytelling-immigrant-films/)
"My mother, a survivor of both polio and the Igbo ge**cide in Nigeria, came to the United States a half-century ago in search of greater opportunity and a brighter future," said Uzo Aduba, Emmy Award-winning actress of Orange Is the New Black fame, in a statement (https://www.iamanimmigrant.com/fourth-annual-immigrant-heritage-month-kicks-off-new-celebrity-video/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/02/immigrant-heritage-month-celebrities/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and celebrities are kicking off the occasion by speaking out about immigrant rights in a powerful new video.*
Released as part of the #IAmAnImmigrant (https://www.iamanimmigrant.com/) campaign from **nprofit Welcome.us, the star-studded video includes America Ferrera, George Takei, Uzo Aduba, Jason Sudeikis, and Ilana Glazer. Together, the celebs recite the poem "I stand, Because I am...," written by Tony Award-winning actor and poet Lemon Andersen (http://brooklynpoets.org/poet/lemon-andersen/).*
SEE ALSO: These filmmakers will bring immigrant stories to those who need to see them most (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/resistance-through-storytelling-immigrant-films/)
"My mother, a survivor of both polio and the Igbo ge**cide in Nigeria, came to the United States a half-century ago in search of greater opportunity and a brighter future," said Uzo Aduba, Emmy Award-winning actress of Orange Is the New Black fame, in a statement (https://www.iamanimmigrant.com/fourth-annual-immigrant-heritage-month-kicks-off-new-celebrity-video/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/02/immigrant-heritage-month-celebrities/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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