• DREAM Weekly Updates
   - Thursday, September 17, 2009
   - Wednesday, September 2, 2009
   - Wednesday, August 12 & Tuesday, August 18, 2009

• Immigrant Student Adjustment / DREAM Act Index

DREAM Weekly Update

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

SPECIAL EVENT
National Back-to-School DREAM Act Day of Action

The United We DREAM Network is hosting coordinated campaign events in cities across our nation in support of the DREAM Act.  

Student groups, local, state and national organizations will participate in over 140 events in 28 states.  Actions include rallies, movie events, panels/forums, call-in day, day of silence and candlelight vigils.

You too can STAND with DREAMers on this day! Please participate in one of the many events already scheduled or organize an event within your community.

•  For the National-Back-to-School DREAM Day of Action toolkit click here.

•  To view list of events already organized, click here.

•  To register your event click here.

If you have questions, please contact Mo.

Contact Us

We will report on any feedback we receive from advocates on meetings, events targeting members of Congress, as well as press clippings, so please forward all these items to Tolu Olubunmi.

To subscribe to "DREAM Weekly Updates," email Mai Huynh, writing "Subscribe to DREAM listserv" in the message's subject line and providing your contact information in the message's body.

DREAM Weekly Update

Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

SPECIAL EVENT
National Back-to-School DREAM Act Day of Action

United We DREAM will be hosting coordinated campaign events all over the country on September 23 to highlight undocumented students and the DREAM Act.  DREAMers all over the country will stand up for their right to an education.  Events have already been registered in Arkansas, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, California, Florida, Montana, and other states.

You can stand up with DREAMers on this date!  Student groups, and local and national organizations are encouraged to hold various actions in support of the DREAM Act.  Possible actions include holding rallies, movie screenings, panels/forums, call-in day, or candlelight vigils.  For more detail and to register your event, click here.

Please send queries/suggestions/comments to mo@dreamactivist.org.

DREAMer of the Week

This week's DREAMer of the week is William Perez, author of We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream.  His book "gives voice to the estimated 2.4 million undocumented students in the United States, and draws attention to their plight."

You can listen to Professor Perez's interview on National Public Radio here.  For more details on his book click here.

National Sign-On Letter

Please forward broadly this national sign-on letter in support of the DREAM Act (H.R. 1751/S.729).  To sign on, or if you have any questions, please contact Matias.

Contact Us

We will report on any feedback we receive from advocates on meetings, events targeting members of Congress, as well as press clippings, so please forward all these items to Tolu Olubunmi.

To subscribe to "DREAM Weekly Updates," email Mai Huynh, writing "Subscribe to DREAM listserv" in the message's subject line and providing your contact information in the message's body.

DREAM Weekly Update

Wednesday, AUGUST 12,  &  Tuesday, AUGUST 18, 2009

August Action

Congress members are home for August recess; there is no better time to make your voice heard!  Below are suggestions of ways to keep your representatives engaged while they are back in your state.

• VISIT the members of Congress who represent you.  Call your legislator's district office and make an appointment for a meeting today.  This is one of the best ways to tell your legislators why we need to pass the DREAM Act this year.  Your legislators' contact information is available here.

• CALL your representative and senators.  If you don't have time to visit your legislators in their offices, take a few minutes and call them.  They take phone calls very seriously.

• WRITE to your representative and senators.  Even busy people can take time to write a letter or fax.  A personalized letter about your story and why you want the DREAM Act enacted this year will help influence your congressional representives.

• ATTEND and PARTICIPATE in in-person or telephone town-hall meetings.  A list is available of town-hall meetings that members of Congress are holding or attending in August.  These will mostly be on health care reform, but they are worth attending to support immigrant inclusion in health care reform, and also the DREAM Act.  Bring your friends and family and be vocal at these town hall meetings so members of Congress can see who their constituents really are and what they want. 

Your representative and senators need to hear from you!

Gains (as of August 12)

New Cosponsors

• Rep. Melvin Watts (D-NC) will sign on as a cosponsor of the DREAM Act, according to the Latin American Coalition.

• Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) has also committed to cosponsoring the DREAM Act.

New Video

• The Center for American Progress has released a video that includes clips from the June DREAM graduation ceremony in Washington, DC, and interviews with several DREAM Act advocates.  The video is available from our DREAM Act homepage.

Upcoming Events

National Sign-On Letter

Please forward broadly this national sign-on letter in support of the DREAM Act (H.R. 1751/S.729).  To sign on, or if you have any questions, please contact Matias.

Contact Us

We will report on any feedback we receive from advocates on meetings, events targeting members of Congress, as well as press clippings, so please forward all these items to Tolu Olubunmi.

To subscribe to "DREAM Weekly Updates," email Mai Huynh, writing "Subscribe to DREAM listserv" in the message's subject line and providing your contact information in the message's body.