‘Expanding Sanctuary’ is a success story. And a record of how immigrants changed policy in Philadelphia

Kristal Sotomayor had no idea what she was walking into when she was invited to one of Juntos‘ town hall meetings. For a while, she had wanted to do a film about the South Philadelphia Latinx nonprofit.

Sotomayor, a recent graduate of Bryn Mawr College admired the work that Juntos has been doing. She had just received a scholarship from Scribe Video Center’s Film Scholar Program, which allowed her to take the necessary courses to plan and produce a documentary.

“I just started contacting Juntos and kept coming back being very honest with them about wanting to make a film and document the work that they do until they finally let me in,” Sotomayor said. “It was several months of me communicating with them, meeting with them, talking, gaining their trust and creating this partnership.”

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Dominique “Peak” Johnson is a North Philadelphia journalist. He is one of the founding editors of the North Philly Metropolis. Currently Peak practices kickboxing, freelances for Generocity.org and occasionally tweets about “The Walking Dead.” Click here to learn more about Peak.