Dream Graduations from Coast to Coast
On Tuesday June 23, 2009 United We Dream coalition members will be holding graduation ceremonies from coast to coast. The main event will be in Washington D.C., with solidarity events taking place all across the country.
REGISTER HERE
We expect over 500 students to attend the national graduation.
National DREAM Graduation
Below please find a listing of all of those events and how you can partake in them:
Arizona
A local event will be hosted by CADENA (http://dreamactaz.org) and students at Arizona State University.
Meet at St. Mathews Church, 1 mile away from Capitol at 5pm.
Come dressed in cap and gown, bring extras if you have them!!
Contact: Carmen carmen0402@aol.com
California
Northern California
San Jose
Time: 2:30PM – 4:00
Location: San Jose City Hall Plaza
N 4th St, San Jose, CA (Map)
Schedule
230pm-3:00 – Graduation Ceremony
3:00-3:40 – participant stories/speeches
3:40-4:00+ – Press conference
Join the facebook event for updated details and to become part of the coalition.
Organized by Gabe (gabe@dreamactivist.org) and the Bay Area DREAM Act Coalition.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=93916758389&ref=ts
Southern California
Los Angeles
Organized by DREAM Team Los Angeles
http://www.dreamactivist.org/losangeles/
11:30 am- 2 pm
In front of the Los Angeles City Hall 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles 90012 (Map)
Program includes a short rally, followed by a symbolic graduation ceremony and a call-in action.
For more information, please e-mail dreamteamlosangeles@dreamactivist.org or dreamteamlosangeles@gmail.com
Facebook event group for updated details. Also join the Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=102226533125
If you are from Riverside and need a ride to the LA graduation, contact Jserr004@ucr.edu
The UCR DreamActivists – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62898773566
Orange County
Event time: 6-8pm
Location: Teamsters Hall Local 952
140 Marks Way, Orange, CA. 92868 (Map)
For more information, please contact: Yenni at ydiaz@istillhaveadream.org or Carlos at caamadorcsuf@yahoo.com
Organized by the Orange County DREAM Team (http://istillhaveadream.org)
Colorado
Press conference on stairs at the West Steps of the Capitol, at 11 o’clock (Denver Colorado). Everyone is to wear their caps and gowns.
Event hosted by Metro Organizing of People and Jovenes Unidos.
For more information and to get involved, email
Florida
SWER (Students Working for Equal Rights) will host a solidarity action with the national effort on Tuesday by setting up a full classroom outside in the courtyard of Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus that is enclosed in “DO NOT ENTER” tape while SWER leaders, DREAMers, and Student Government Presidents from various campuses speak to the press about the obstacles DREAMers face in achieving higher education degrees and why there is a crucial need to PASS THE DREAM ACT NOW!
This action will be taking place at 2PM in front of the Student Life Department.
To get involved and for more information, contact studentsworkingforequalrights@gmail.com
Facebook group – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=15868280253&ref=ts
Illinois
Organized by: Latinos Progresando, the Korean American Resource and Cultural Center (KRCC).
Location is still unknown, event will be from 4 to 6pm
Questions? Please contact Gracie at DREAM@latinospro.org
Facebook event page – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=91752989825&ref=mf
Indiana
The Indiana Youth Collective will be hosting a vigil and graduation event at the St. Mary’s Church, 317 N. New Jersey Street, Indianapolis, IN. Program begins at 5:30pm
Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109648162596&ref=mf
Questions: latinoyouthcollective@gmail.com or 317.717.7764
Kentucky
A local action will be held, details still unavailable. Please contact the organizer, Erin Howard, for information and to get involved in Kentucky. Erin Howard puravida.erin@gmail.com
Massachusetts
No local event scheduled, however students from the Student Immigrant Movement (SIM) will be riding a bus to the D.C. event, and so rides are available. If you are in Massachusetts and would like to attend please register HERE or contact Cris at SIM directly, clagunas@simforus.com or 617.830.1813 to get more involved.
Montana
Patricia, our regional representative in Montana, will be hosting a teach-in at a youth camp. The students will learn about the DREAM Act and what they can do to help their peers. For details and to get involved in Montana, please contact Tricia@dreamactivist.org
New Jersey
On the 23rd between 4:00 and 5:00 pm we will hold a solidarity event in Hackensack, New Jersey at Johnson Memorial Park at the corner of River Street and Cedar Lane/E. Anderson Street (490 River Street, Hackensack, NJ).
(Map)
For more info call 201 475-1854 or email kimi@thewei.com.
New York
Students will be traveling to D.C., buses full at this time. For more information on how you can get involved visit www.nysylc.org or email info@nysylc.org
North Carolina
The Coalition for College Access (C4CA) and Adelante Education Coalition will be hosting a mock graduation outside of Sen. Kay Hagan’s office at 5PM in Greensboro (701 Green Valley Rd; Suite 201, Greensboro, NC 27408) on June 23rd.
To attend please register HERE and you will be contacted with details.
Join the group on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12078978937
Texas
The University Leadership Initiative (ULI) will be bringing students to the National D.C. Graduation, if you would like to participate please contact them or register HERE and you will be contacted.
DREAM Act Awareness Day Rally — Houston Dream Coalition:
When: Tuesday June 23rd 3:30p.m.
Where: Mason Park Houston, TX (75th and Tipps)
Why: Support the National Day of Action for the DREAM Act
Visuals: If you can please wear your cap and gown to symbolize all the undocumented students graduating from high school and college
Facebook group -
For more info please e-mail us at fiel_houston@hotmail.com or call (281)225-4037 (FIEL Office)
Wisconsin
No local event scheduled, however students from Voces de la Frontera will be riding a bus down to D.C. event. If you are in Wisconsin and would like to attend please register HERE and info will be sent to you.
To get more involved with the DREAM Act and immigration rights in Wisconsin, contact Melanie melanie.benesh@gmail.com
Get the Word Out
Help us get the word out about the graduation, dedicate a blog post to it, forward this E-Mail to your friends and family, update your facebook status, let your myspace friends know, twitter us and all that other fun jazz!!
Videos and Pictures
If you attend the events, please take as many pictures and videos as possible
Upload videos and pictures on Flickr, Vimeo and/or Youtube accounts and make sure to tag them with the label ‘dreamact’ (one word, without the apostrophe) so we can find and integrate these later.
If you need help with this, send an email to admin@dreamactivist.org
You can also directly email your pictures and upload your videos to http://yousendit.com and email the link to us – admin@dreamactivist.org
Twitter hashtag is #dreamact
Our Accounts for reference and materials on the events
Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamactivistorg/
Vimeo – http://vimeo.com/dreamactivist
Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/user/DreamActivistdotOrg
Twitter – http://twitter.com/dreamact
Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/dream_act_now
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Legislative Visits
For help scheduling visits please contact Olga Medina from NCLR at omedina@nclr.org.
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What solidarity action will you be holding?
If there is still time to plan and hold a solidarity action, please check out the tool-kit page for resources.
http://www.dreamactivist.org/dream-toolkit/
Can’t hold an event but want to still help out?
Then either donate some funds here or find and donate caps and gowns to NILC – 1444 Eye St. NW, Suite 1110, Washington D.C. 20005.
We expect at least 500 students to show up for the D.C. graduation alone and so every little bit will help!
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