Authors: Amanda Bennett and Carlos Gutierrez Thanks to an executive action by President Barack Obama, Dreamers – the sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants who have been in the US since they were children – now have the ability to attend college. But too many aren’t pursuing higher education because they don’t have the means…
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Dreamers no longer face legal barriers to college, but cost burdens are just as bad
June 26, 2015
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I’M IN
June 24, 2015
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Zuckerberg Gift Allows Undocumented to Pursue Dreams
June 22, 2015
Author: Jamaal Abdul-Alim Even though Diana Duarte Duran was able to get in-state tuition as an undocumented student at Phoenix College, paying the tuition bill was still a difficult thing to do. “It was still kind of hard because my parents, they have to pay rent, all the bills,” Duran, 19, explained. “I wasn’t getting any…
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South Bay Student Receives THEDREAM.US Scholarship
June 22, 2015
Author: Chris Nguyen SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced they were making a $5 million donation to TheDream.US, a scholarship fund that helps undocumented young immigrants attend college. Evergreen Valley College is home to four of the scholarship recipients. One of them is Gerardo…
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Julia Leibowitz
June 18, 2015
Julia Leibowitz is a 2015 graduate of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. She joins TheDream.US team this summer on the Stories Project, gathering personal stories from our Dream Scholars across the nation. In the summer of 2014, she participated in Brown University’s Environmental Leadership Lab in Costa Rica, where she learned about biodiversity…
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Mark Zuckerberg Gives $5M to Undocumented Immigrant College Fund
June 17, 2015
Author: KEITH WAGSTAFF Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are donating $5 million to TheDream.US, a scholarship fund for young undocumented immigrants. “America was founded as a nation of immigrants,” he wrote Wednesday in aFacebook post. “We ought to welcome smart and hardworking young people from every nation, and to help everyone in our society…
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Grace Couch – Speech
June 16, 2015
On May 5, 2015, CUNY hosted a Chancellor’s Reception for TheDream.US scholarship recipients. Among the three DREAMer speakers of the evening was 29-year-old Grace Couch, currently in the Nursing program at Hunter College, who spoke about her journey as an undocumented student and what inspires her career goals. Below is the text of her powerful speech:…
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Why a Big Give for “DREAMers” Should Make You More Hopeful About Elite Philanthropy
June 12, 2015
Author: Sue-Lynn Moses There’s a fair amount of cynicism out there about the philanthropy of America’s wealthy elites, and nowhere is that more true than when it comes to giving for education. Long before John Paulson dumped $400 million on America’s richest university, the rap was that the rich either give to charter schools and…
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Nicole’s Story
June 12, 2015
“My name is Nicole. I am undocumented and I am unafraid.”
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Kevin Gaytan – San José State University
June 8, 2015
Alone on the stage, alternatively in light and shadow, Kevin Gaytan performs a modern dance piece that he choreographed while at San José City College in California. The music is haunting, his movements are precise – his message heavy with significance to his own life.