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MAGraduate 06-02-2009 09:26 PM

Events - June 3 - Undocumented Youth Keynote Address at CFP 2009
 
Quaker (banned from DAP) will be sharing the platform with Join the Impact tomorrow in Washington D.C. at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Network to talk about the rise of the undocumented student movement and much more. It is touted by organizers as a historic moment.

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10:15 - 10:45 Keynote: Join the Impact and the DREAM Activists: perspectives from the next generation

After the defeat of the DREAM Act in 2007, several undocumented students from around the country decided to come together and launch a real grassroots efforts for the DREAM Act that included both online and offline networking. In December 2008, DREAMActivist.org was appointed as the national communication center for the United We DREAM coalition of over 40 different organizations (both beltway, educators, and student groups) dedicated to the passage of the DREAM Act.

Join the Impact began in early November 2008 with two friends emailing back and forth about the California passage of Proposition 8. What grew out of this was a spirit of netroots activism that led to the 300 city international protests of Proposition 8 on November 15th, 2008. Since then, JTI has evolved into an organization that has called for specific actions every month from city leaders and organizers around the globe.

Both of these movements are founded by younger activists who have grown up with blogs, MySpace, Facebook, wikis, Twitter, and other social media technologies. What can the CFP community learn from their pespectives and experiences?

Willow Witte, co-founder, Join the Impact
Mohammed Abdol, administrator, DREAMActivist.org
To find out more about the work, challenges and successes, you can tune in LIVE at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cfp09 on Wednesday.

This will also in relation to the FIRM and RIFA summit this week where Quaker, UndergroundMatias and several others will also be playing a critical role in finalizing how United We DREAM--the main coalition working on the DREAM Act--will move forward on the issue.

angeleno 06-03-2009 12:29 AM

Re: Events - June 3 - Undocumented Youth Keynote Address at CFP 2009
 
This is so cool, thanks for all the hard work. You guys are awesome!

Remind them that most dreamies are quite progressive when it comes to social issues and how both our causes overlap in the struggle for civil rights.

Make us proud :grin:

DreamBaybeh 06-03-2009 11:12 AM

Re: Events - June 3 - Undocumented Youth Keynote Address at CFP 2009
 
Thank you Quaker! (If you're reading this)


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