Educators put the “social” in justice as they celebrate union and immigrant families
Even if you start with only five people at first, five becomes 10, 10 becomes 15, and after 15, you’re building a movement.
Category Immigration
With the fate of Dreamers hanging in the balance, it’s time we know the facts
What exactly are the facts when it comes to the hot-button issue of Dreamer students and young immigrants whose protection from deportation is set to expire.
Students, educators, activists raise the stakes on Congress for Dreamer fix
34 Republican members of the House sent a letter today to House Speaker Paul Ryan in support of a bipartisan, permanent solution for Dreamers before Congress goes home for the holidays.
This Thanksgiving, consider giving Dreamers a place at your table
More than 15,000 “butterfly” postcards were delivered to Congress last week in support of the Dream Act, a bill that provides young immigrants brought here as children or infants a secure and permanent solution.
Our schools, students, educators need the Dream Act now!
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A teacher and his former student form a dynamic duo fighting for Dreamers
“Jose reminds me of myself at his age—we both love math, we are both sons of immigrant parents who labored in the fields, and back then I was undocumented just like Jose is today.”
Vermont dairy workers win historic workers’ rights agreement: educators cheer
“We teach the children of these farm workers, and it was important to us that we help their families.”
Ten reasons to support the Dream Act
Our Dreamers are students, educators, our neighbors and friends. Congress needs to act now!
End of DACA brings special challenges for undocumented college students
“I find so much inspiration in the way my students are handling this.” — DACA activist and UMass Boston professor Loan Dao
Undocumented, unafraid, and unapologetic – I’m fighting for the Dreamers
The day President Trump rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), it seemed like my dream of becoming a teacher was being yanked out from under me.