UCLA Phone Banking Event

The Federal DREAM Act, which will provide a pathway to legalization for undocumented youth, will be introduced in the Senate as an attachment to the Defense Authorization Bill next week (along with the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell)! Undocumented youth and allies are mobilizing, making calls, taking action, and putting in their all to ensure the passage of the bill! Thousands and thousands of li...ves will change... and we believe that you should be a part of a new beginning!

Starting this Thursday (except for sunday), IDEAS at UCLA will be hosting Phone Banking parties to pressure our representatives to vote YES on the DREAM Act. Please e-mail Diego Sepulveda, the IDEAS at UCLA Advocacy Chair, at [email protected] or call him at 323.385.5530 to volunteer for any part of the sessions. We have a large database of supporters that need to be contacted and we need to make sure that they contact their Senators. We also have a list of key representatives we need to target to make sure the DREAM Act obtains the votes it needs to pass. THE TIME IS NOW!

Please bring your own phone! Please Bring your own laptop! Please bring FRIENDS!

**Please spread this to other organizations, listserves

The Phone Banking location: UCLA Student Activities Center (SAC), 100C.

The shifts at UCLA will be as follows:

Thursday Sep. 16 - 12pm - 5pm Friday Sep. 17- 12pm - 5pm Saturday Sept. 18 - 12 PM - 5 PM Monday Sep. 20- 12pm - 5pm Tuesday Sep. 21- 12pm - 5pm Wednesday Sep. 22- 12pm - 5pm Thursday Sep. 23- 12pm - 5pm Friday Sep. 24- 12pm - 5pm

Calls are extremely important. If you can commit to do one or two hours of calls every day it will make a great difference in our efforts to pass the DREAM Act. Please come and join us in our work to pass the DREAM Act. Every call counts. The final push is NOW! Let’s make it happen!

In the mean time, here is the call number and script.

Dial: 1-888-254-5087 and ask to be connected to the senator you're targeting! :)

“Hi I am calling to ask that Senator _______ to vote in favor of the DREAM Act. This bill will allow for thousands of undocumented youth to fix their status by getting a two year college degree or joining the military. This is an investment in our country’s future. Support the DREAM Act.”

Republicans (w/ their contact info):

Sen. Hatch of Utah http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Home Sen. Bunning of Kentucky http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OfficeLocations Sen. Bennet of Utah http://bennett.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact Sen. Gregg of New Hampshire http://gregg.senate.gov/contact/ Sen. Bailey-Hutchison of Texas http://hutchison.senate.gov/contact.cfm Sen. McCain of Arizona http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OfficeLocations Sen. Voinovich of Ohio http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OfficeLocations Sen. Snowe of Maine http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.DistrictOffices Sen. Collins of Maine http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ConstituentServices.MaineCountyMap&CFID=59203059&CFTOKEN=46657723 Sen. LeMeiux of Florida http://lemieux.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=OfficeLocations Sen. Brownback of Kansas http://brownback.senate.gov/public/contact/contactoffices.cfm Sen. Brown of Massachusetts http://scottbrown.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactscott?p=EmailScottBrown

Democrats:

Sen. Hagan of North Carolina Sen. Pryor of Arkansas Sen. Landrieu of Louisiana Sen. Conrad of North Dakota Sen. Dorgan of North Dakota Sen. Nelson of Florida Sen. Baucus of Montana Sen. Tester of Montana