Categories: General Announcements
Categories: General Announcements
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After more than 10 years of helping to transform lives, we’re making a few changes of our own.
Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC) is now known as Immigrants Rising, a name that better reflects who we are and what we do.…
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.…
Categories: In the Media, Leadership Opportunities, Services
“All of us — with or without DACA — and our family members can get deported at any time. My parents and I have thought about what we’d do if we are forced to leave, like consolidating bank accounts and starting a business in our home country,” said liana Perez, a DACA recipient and the head of Immigrants Rising, E4FC’s initiative that helps undocumented youth pursue entrepreneurship.…
Categories: In the Media
Published September 5, 2017.
Read Worried and Frustrated, ‘Dreamers’ Say They Won’t Give Up (The New York Times.com)…
Categories: Financial Support, In the Media, Leadership Opportunities
Published September 1, 2017.
At the upcoming Festival of UndocuInnovation, Dreamers from around the country will share their projects and look for funding and support.
Read the full story: Whatever Trump decides to do with DACA, these young immigrants will find a way to keep innovating (Fast Company.com)…
High School Engagement, Legal Services Team, Program Participant
"I wish someone had told me to fill out the intake out when I was 18. I’m 22 now. If I hadn’t been afraid of telling people about my experiences, if I had been completely honest, I would already have U.S. citizenship now."