Friday, December 3, 2010

Allies for Minnesota's Undocumented Students: Access to Higher Education

Upcoming Event at Augsburg College:

December 9, 2010
Doors: 3:30 p.m. | Program: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.| Reception: 6:00 p.m.

Join NAVIGATE to discuss the challenges Minnesota's undocumented students face to getting a college education. In this summit, speakers will share their legal, professional, and personal experience to give allies the tools to become more effective supporters and advocates for undocumented students.

Featuring:

· John Keller,
Executive Director and Supervising Attorney of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
· Amanda Ziebell-Finley,
Program Director of the Minnesota College Access Network
· Juventino Meza,
Executive Director, NAVIGATE
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A panel of students who can share their personal experience

Join us after the summit for a brief reception. Refreshments will be provided.


About NAVIGATE: NAVIGATE is a leadership development program for immigrant young adults who face financial, social, and legal barriers to higher education, to achieve their dreams through changing unjust systems.

For more information: http://navigatemn.org/summit.html

2 comments:

  1. I went to this and it was really interesting. The panel of students was great and I learned a lot about the DREAM Act, which is cool because it's such a current issue in Congress.

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  2. Thanks for sharing, Lucy! I wish I had gone because this is a field I am REALLY interested in! Please keep sharing opportunities like this with us :)

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