Categories: General Announcements, Services
Scholarships are essential for many undocumented students to pay for higher education, especially students who do not qualify for in-state tuition and state-based financial aid. Undocumented students pursuing higher education need to know that scholarships are available to them—regardless of their immigration status.…
Categories: Newsletters
Watch this inspirational video by Shaila, our former Higher Education fellow. “Undocumented young people, stand up for your right to education!”
CA Students: Don’t miss out. Submit your UC Application by today and CSU Application by December 15th!…
Categories: General Announcements
On November 19, Judge Jon S. Tigar of the United States District Court in San Francisco issued a nationwide temporary restraining order that blocks the government from carrying out Trump’s presidential order banning those crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without papers from seeking asylum unless they wait at ports of entry.…
Categories: General Announcements
Lorenza is a single mom who believes no dream is too big to accomplish. Like many migrants arriving today, Lorenza came to the United States escaping violence and in search for a better life. After 11 years of working twelve-hour shifts, she was finally able to go back to school.…
Categories: General Announcements
This year, we asked Immigrants Rising family members to share what they’re grateful for this year. Click on each person’s image to read their message.
We give thanks for the enormous contributions of immigrants.
“Little is more extraordinary than the decision to immigrate,” wrote John F.…
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: General Announcements
Join Immigrants Rising, the San Francisco Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA), the Dreamer Fund, and iNation Media to celebrate the launch of WAKING DREAM, a six-episode web series that follows the journey of six undocumented youths as they sit in limbo between deportation and a roadmap to citizenship.…
Categories: Newsletters
Inclusion & Change Group
"What happens when you can't pursue your dreams in the U.S.? Meet David Cruz Hernandez who moved to England in 2016 to pursue his scientific career."