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Tag Archives: DREAM Act
Support the Florida DREAM Act!
Thirteen YAYA’s attended the rally in support of the Florida DREAM Act on Wednesday January 18th, 2012 at Rollins College. If passed, the Florida DREAM Act would guarantee equal access to education, as undocumented students or children of undocumented parents … Continue reading
DREAM Act
About the DREAM Act: The DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act would provide a conditional path to citizenship to young people who came the U.S. as minors in exchange for a mandatory two years in higher education … Continue reading
Marching for the DREAM Act
On Wednesday, December 1st, YAYA sent a delegation to participate in a rally in support of the DREAM Act in front of Florida Senator George LeMieux’s Orlando office. The rally was organized by The Hope Community Center, the Sin Fronteras … Continue reading
Human Rights Forum at UCF
On Tuesday, September 21st, the Orlando YAYA Chapter participated in a “Human Rights Forum” hosted by the Hispanic American Student Association (HASA) at UCF. The event fostered a great discussion about human rights issues in the U.S., and especially relating … Continue reading
DREAM Act Action @ Senator LeMieux’s Office
On September 20th 2010, YAYA members Carolina, Dominique, Sindy and myself went to support SWER (Students Working for Equal Rights)’s DREAM Act action to bring the issue to Senator LeMieux’s doorstep. Groups from all over Florida joined in the event, it was … Continue reading
Day in Apopka with Senator LeMieux’s State Director John Newstreet
While Senator LeMieux still has not indicated that he will be co-sponsoring AgJOBS or the DREAM Act, his state director John Newstreet dedicated an entire day on Monday, August 16, to spend with undocumented families in Apopka. We appreciated this … Continue reading
Rally in support of undocumented farm workers and undocumented youth!
On Monday July 22nd, 2010, Orlando YAYA organized a rally in front of Senator LeMieux’s office in Down Town Orlando. We were joined by Deland YAYA and several other organizations including the Farm Workers Association of Florida, Democracia and others. … Continue reading
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AgJOBS and DREAM Act Rally
On May 19th the Deland and Orlando YAYA Chapters collaborated with Apopka Students Working for Equal Rights to hold a rally outside of Senator LeMieux’ office demanding his sponsorship of the DREAM Act and AgJOBS bills. We were joined by … Continue reading
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2010′s Farm Worker Awareness Week
2010′s Farm Worker Awareness Week was an exciting opportunity for YAYA members to bring awareness about the farm worker movement to their communities. It was also an opportunity to mobilize others in support of farm worker campaigns including: – PANNA’s … Continue reading
YAYA presentations on Immigration
On February 23, 2010, Orlando and Deland YAYA members organized presentations in their communities to talk about immigration reform and how lack of documentation affects the lives of immigrants in Florida. Deland YAYAs organized their presentation at Stetson University, where … Continue reading
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