[liberationtech] Sad news

[Yosem Companys]

Maybe you knew already, but I just heard from the widow of our long-time
subscriber and "dreamer" Celso Mireles. It was the 1st time I had heard that
Celso had passed away... in 2017. May Celso rest in peace. We will remember him.
-- YC
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Celso Mireles, co-founder of Arizona Dream Act Coalition, dies at 30

by Laura Gómez, The Republic | azcentral.com
Published 8:28 p.m. MT Aug. 2, 2017 | Updated 12:12 p.m. MT Aug. 4, 2017

The death of Celso Mireles, a "dreamer" known as an innovator and artist, shook
many in the Phoenix Latino community and those impressed by his kindness,
insight and passion.
Mireles, 30, died on his way to work Tuesday morning after a pickup hit his
motorcycle near 12th Street and Missouri Avenue in Phoenix, police said.
The truck driver was cited with running a red light and driving without a
license, police said.
Mireles was born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and grew up in Phoenix. He had a work
permit and deferred deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals program, or DACA.
He was a self-taught Web developer and was the "guy behind the scenes" of local
and national online campaigns to stop deportations, said his wife, Ileana
Salinas.
"He believed in justice," Salinas said. "He always greeted me with a smile. We
fell in love through music."
Innovating to stop deportations
Mireles co-founded the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, which advocates for
immigration reform and for access to higher education for immigrant youths. He
played the guitar, wrote songs and poems, and loved riding his motorcycle,
Salinas said.
In 2011, Mireles started a tech-support company, Dude Services LLC. On his
website, he described himself as a lifelong learner and said he was "Ni de aquí,
Ni de allá" ― in Spanish, "Neither from here, nor from there."
His latest project involved developing a Web application to alert migrants
nationwide of confirmed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
Developing a tool to prevent deportations was his dream, Salinas said.
"He knew that through his work he would only plant a seed, ... but we would need
to keep on fighting," Salinas said.
Celso Mireles, co-founder of Arizona Dream Act Coalition, dies at 30 Phoenix
community mourned the death of Celso Mireles, a Web developer who was working
on
an app to alert the public of ICE raids. azcentral.com
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