December 2009
4 posts
Humanizing the Immigrant Experience
Humanizing the Immigrant Experience: A Student Panel Sat, Dec 5th, 2:00 PM Wilder 101
To wrap up D.R.E.A.M Act week, La Alianza Latina and Asian American Alliance are sponsoring an undocumented students panel. The following undocumented American students will share their stories, struggles, thoughts, and ideas:
Rigoberto Padilla:
Rigo is a third year at the University of Illinois at...
Brown Bag Faculty Panel
Brown Bag Lunch Faculty Panel Fri, Dec 4, 12:15 PM Wilder 101
As part of D.R.E.A.M. Act week, La Alianza Latina and the Asian American Alliance are facilitating a lunchtime faculty panel, featuring the following professors representing their respective departments:
Steve Volk - History, Latin American Studies
Shelley Lee - CAST, History
Rick Baldoz - Sociology
The panel will analyze the...
D.R.E.A.M. Act 101/Know Your Rights Workshop
Know Your Rights Workshop Thurs Dec 3, 4:30 PM Wilder 115
Do you know about the D.R.E.A.M. Act and what it means for students in America? Do you know your rights? Attend this student-run workshop and learn not only about the D.R.E.A.M. Act, but also the complications and implications of being an immigrant student in the US.
Workshop led by Viviana Gentry ‘11, Cindy Camacho ‘11, and...
November 2009
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Film Screening: "Papers: The Movie"
Papers: The Movie Wed Dec 2, 7:00 PM Craig Auditorium, Oberlin Science Center ‘Papers’ is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. There are approximately 2 million undocumented children living in the U.S. who were born outside the U.S. and raised in this country. These are young people who were educated in American...
“The time is always right to do what’s right.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
[Oberlin College, 1964] When MLK came to Oberlin