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DREAM Act Graduations - Coast to Coast on June 23

by DREAM Activist

Published June 11, 2009 @ 03:50PM PT

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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.  Below please find a listing of all of those events and how you can partake in them:

California:

  • Dream Team Los Angeles:

June 23, 2009
11:30 am- 2 pm.
In front of the Los Angeles City Hall

Program includes a short rally, followed by a symbolic graduation ceremony and a call-in action.
  • Orange County Dream Team:
Orange County DREAM Graduation!
Event time:  6-8pm
Location:  Teamsters Hall Local 952
140 Marks Way
Orange, CA.  92868
For more information, please contact: Yenni at ydiaz@istillhaveadream.org or Carlos at caamadorcsuf@yahoo.com

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.

New Jersey:

  • Waiting for confirmation, information will be posted as soon as it is available.

New York:

  • No local event scheduled yet, however about 250 students will be bussed to D.C. event.  If you would like to ride down from NY register with the Youth Leadership Counsel HERE.

Wisconsin:

  • No local event scheduled yet, 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.

Florida:

  • No local event scheduled yet, however students from SWER (Students Working for Equal Rights).  Space is limited right now so if you would like to attend from FL please register HERE and you will be contacted with additional information.

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.

  • The Houston DREAM Act Coalition is also holding a solidarity event. Stay tuned for details.

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Prerna Lal Prerna Lal
San Francisco, CA

Dream ACTivist is a law-school bound queer undocumented student and blogger. Her family came to the United States legally but due to the massive USCIS backlog, she aged out on their visa petition at the age of 21. Despite not being able to drive, work, get financial aid or even instate-tuition for college, she graduated with a Masters degree at the age of 22 and since then, has been volunteering with organizations in the community and working on pro-migrant reforms such as the DREAM Act

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