Categories: In the Media
In this episode, Saba (PhD candidate, jazz pianist, entrepreneur, Dreamer activist, TedX speaker, and Entrepreneurship Fellow) talks about her contribution to the Grammy-nominated jazz ensemble album, “American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom,” featuring the John Daversa Big Band and 53 DACA artists, which recently received three Grammy nominations.…
Categories: Educational Partnerships, In the Media
Published November 1, 2018.
Cal State San Bernardino is expanding and creating programs as part of a $125,000 annual grant renewable for up to three years to support undocumented students and their families realize their full potential.
Read the full story: Cal State receives grant to help undocumented students (Fontana Herald News)…
Categories: Educational Partnerships, In the Media
The California Campus Catalyst Fund is addressing a unique need that has gone otherwise unnoticed in the recent debates about immigration. The fund recently committed to supporting 32 campuses all across the state of California starting this fall, with money for resource centers, legal services, mental health services, and other types of support for undocumented students.…
Categories: Educational Partnerships, In the Media
Published October 15, 2018.
The California Campus Catalyst Fund awards grants of about $125,000 each to 32 public colleges and universities across the state, to expand legal aid, mental health services and career guidance to undocumented students. The funders of CA Catalyst Fund are also taking the unusual move of assisting students’ undocumented family members with services that range from legal consultations and mental health therapy to workshops on how to become an entrepreneur and civics classes teaching them how to participate in a city council meeting.…
Categories: Educational Partnerships, In the Media
Published October 18, 2018.
UC Merced has long served as an educational opportunity for undocumented students and their families. A new grant will ensure the university can help more scholars realize their academic, career and personal goals.
Read the full story: Catalyst Grant to Provide Hope, Opportunity for Undocumented Students and Families (UC Merced Newsroom)…
Categories: Financial Support, In the Media
Published October 9, 2018.
Two young Latinos are using technology and their immigration experiences to connect families who are separated by countries and continents.
Read the full story: Young Latinos use virtual reality to reunite immigrant families separated by borders (nbcnews.com)…
Categories: Educational Partnerships, In the Media
Published October 15, 2018.
The San Diego Community College District has received a $336,000 grant to create and expand programs at its three colleges to support undocumented students and their families so that more people will be able to realize their full potential.…
Categories: In the Media, Leadership Opportunities, Services
Immigrants Rising was launched “to encourage all immigrants, regardless of legal status, to create their own opportunities, earn a living, and thrive through entrepreneurship.” Read more about Immigrants Rising in Forbes: Undocumented Entrepreneurs Rise Above Policy Making.…
Categories: In the Media, Leadership Opportunities
Though seemingly counterintuitive, undocumented immigrants assert that it’s practical to start a business — because they’re betting on themselves. While DACA has afforded an estimated 700,000 undocumented immigrants the security of staying in the U.S. and being employable, their futures remain highly uncertain and unpredictable.…
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