It’s been more than a year since I joined the DreamACTivist team and I have never even met one of the founders of the site in person, let alone celebrate our various success with the whole team.

I guess its been due to the fact that we are students volunteering our time to building a grassroots movement using new media and we often forget about such things. I am often calling out press, receiving messages, recruiting members, looking for new ways to reach out to others, that I even forget about doing my weekly post. Nothing bad with forgetting, but I just wish there could be so much more that I could do to better serve the readers and carry out a more effective communication strategy.

I hope all of you are pleased with the amount of effort and content we have to offer, as we are always looking for new and better ways to make information more accessible to everyone and network to increase awareness about the DREAM Act. So in the spirit of networking and to celebrate our various successes (and dwell on failures), some of our members are attending the unconference ‘RootsCamp‘ hosted by NOI in Washington DC.

This great opportunity will provide us with more resources support the DREAM Act movement. However, we need your help!

Please feel free to drop us a dollar or two as everything helps in order to continue our efforts to keep bringing you the best material and updated info.

GO DREAM ACT!

As January ends, the Trail of Dreams is well underway as they approach mid Florida with a line up of events to bring awareness to their cause.

The walkers will spend their Martin Luther King holiday in St. Augustine, Florida in which they will issue personal statements followed by a speaker from the University of Washington. The event will take place at the following location:

Stops like these are significant for this project, which as mentioned is being carried out by FLIC and SWER, since these are opportunities for these students to be able to speak to the communities about their stories, what they are doing, and how they are representing all of those out there who do not have a voice of their own. Truly, a testament to the legacy left by Dr. King as he hoped to bring down barriers and build bridges so that communities would not be separated, and yet understand the struggles and injustice suffered by many out there in this great nation.

Following the event in St. Augustine, the Trail of Dreams will be heading to Orlando land of Disney World and home of the Golden Knights. They will be stopping at the University of Central Florida in which they will be meeting with several students in order to support a resolution for the Federal DREAM Act which is to be introduced and debated on within the Student Government of said institution.

Please be sure to check out their snazzy new website which was redone by Presente.org

Additionally, it has been brought up to my attention that the project is in monetary donations. While I am not trying to distract you from also donating to relief efforts in Haiti, please be sure to throw some dollars here to support the walkers here.

If you’re an Orlando resident, a UCF student, or a supporter that is willing to support this project please drop me a comment. For any information, and news coverage I urge all of you to look into Twitter under this hashtag #todreams where updates are constantly posted.

Keep in mind that this is an ongoing project so updates will be posted regularly until they are able to make it to Washington DC on May 1^st.

National DREAM Act Graduation Chip-In

If you cannot donate, we are also in need of caps and gowns that can be sent to NILC, 1444 Eye St. NW, Suite 1110, Washington D.C. 20005

Event Details – Coast to Coast

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Email Contact: events@unitedwedream.org