Dreams Across America

494 Dreamers on the Train

The American Dream is in Your Hands! Join us!

On June 13th, 100 immigrants will travel by train all across America to tell the stories of their American dream. You can follow them and their journeys. More important, you can tell the world your own immigrant story, or your parents’, or grandparents’, right here, in text, or by video.

Javier - June 27, 2007 - 2:35am

Wen-Tong Lin's Odyssey

My personal odyssey of Dreams Across America

On the morning of Saturday, June 16, 2007, Elizabeth dropped me at the entrance of Columbus Airport. We kissed and hugged each other. She wished me good luck when I walked into the hall with my luggage, a camera bag on my shoulder and a small handbag containing a few pieces of clothing. I was on a mission to fly to Chicago and then join up with other dreamers on a train that carried dreams from Los Angeles and other places along the way.