I want to make AB540 students club. Is it good idea? or Bad? - Page 2

I think it'll be hard to get people into your student group, like some said, because of revealing a legal status.

In my opinion, you should start a student group related to the DREAM Act. It would not only attract those who need it, but also those who support it. Get out there, spread the word at school, organize events, raise money for flyers, newspapers, or anything else that could help you inform people about this Act that a lot of us need.

I was about to start a student group but then lost everything and had to take a break from school. I cant wait to go back and start the student group.

I have experience organizing events and have many ideas for a student group. PM me if you'd like to talk more about it.

Hope to hear from you.

We started a similar group at UT-Austin my last year there. We called it Jovenes Immigrates por Un Futuro Mejor. There were other 'chapters' of the group formed at UH and Texas A&M later on. The group at UT got as big as ~ 15-20 students I blieve at one point (mostly HB 1403 students, the equivalent of the AB540 in Texas).

We made presentations outlining the issue at hand, our stories and asking for support at different events like organizational fairs/conferences. Met with different interst groups to gain their support and spread the word. Offered our stories for interviews for different publications amongst them Science Mag and WSJ. The group got the Student Govt. to openly support for the DREAM act on behalf of UT and the SG. The group also held call-a-thons, letter writing campaigns and workshops to educate HS students on HB 1403.

Although the group was started my last semester (spring 2005) at UT I continued to hear good things abou it the year afterwards. From last I heard they held a Summit on the issue, but I really dont know how it went as I only got the Facebook invite : / and wasnt able to attend.

All in all it was a good experience, it helped spread the word to the kids still in HS, inform and gain support from different organizations and personally helped me be more open about my situation to close friends who I had not told about it for years. It felt good to openly spread the word...so I think its a good idea but you just have to be cognizant of the consequences and be up to do it.

-Carlos