SAVE Act

Washington, DC — “The reality is that our opposition has a lot of money, a lot of power, a lot of momentum. And so it’s our job to ensure that all of us are clear about the assignment,” Gresia Martinez told delegates gathered in D.C. this past weekend for the United States Student Association’s 48th national grassroots legislative conference. Martinez is executive director of United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth-led network in the country. She said student activists have to “be relentless, not seek out easy or short victories…and look at the long arc.” The good thing, she said, is they don’t have to do it alone.