Many thanks again to Pilipino Academic Student Services (PASS), REACH! Asian/Pacific Islander Recruitment and retention Center, Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD), and the Multicultural Immigrant Student Program (MISP), Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC), the Asian Law Caucus, and Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education (ASPIRE) for helping us make the educational workshop event Blurred Between Borders a success!

Education should be a right, not simply a privilege.

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About the Immigrant Student Issues Coalition

ISIC consists of a group of students, staff, and faculty who advocate for immigrant students at Cal. The coalition raises awareness, builds alliances, and effects policy change through a variety of educational activities. We are committed to sustaining a dialogue that engages a diverse and representative population. ISIC welcomes individuals and departments to join the coalition, attend the meetings, and/or attend our guest lectures.

The Immigrant Student Issues Coalition (ISIC) is comprised of the.. career center • centers for transfer, reentry and student parents • college writing programs • multicultural immigrant student program • incentive awards pre-collegiate academy • multicultural student development • new student services • office of student life • student learning center • student life advising services/educational opportunity program • summer bridge program • university health services

“Immigration and the Immigrant Student in Higher Education”

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Note: Check www.decal.org for more info on course enrollment.
Ethnic Studies 97/197                Faculty Sponsor: Jere Takahashi
Spring 2010 107 Mulford
Office Hours: by appointment

Course Description:
This course is designed to orient freshmen and recent transfers who are immigrant students to the University of California at Berkeley in an intimate learning atmosphere.  Its goals include: identifying campus resources that will facilitate the transition of entering and continuing students, and forming a supportive immigrant community at Cal.  Through the exploration of resources on campus for immigrant students, student will develop an awareness of the academic support programs, career planning, and student life programs available at Cal.  In addition, students will be engaged in discussions on relevant issues that immigrants face at the university level.  This course will also further engage in discussion of the most current legislative campaign of the DreamAct with respect to AB540 students.  Students are expected to work in collaboration with a program or organization that serves the immigrant community for a class project.  At the end of the course, students should be able to orient themselves on campus, discover what areas need to be implemented in order to better serve the needs of the immigrant population, and to create a program that would be able to be carried out in the future.

Major thanks to hardboiled journalist and immigrant rights supporter Denise Wong for stepping up and writing this article to further educate the masses. *fist pump* We need more people speaking out on the struggles of AB540 students within the UC system!

Check out her interactive article here: http://issuu.com/hardboiledmagazine/docs/13.2

[Video created and produced by one of our allies, The Greenlining Institute]

This film follows the life of an undocumented student at UC Berkeley and examines the struggle he and many other undocumented individuals face in going to college and pursuing work.

For more information, please visit the links below.

Victor on ABC’s Good Morning America:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerInd…

To contact your Representatives:
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

To learn more about the DREAM Act:
http://www.dreamactivist.org

If you are an undocumented student in need of legal assistance, please visit:
http://www.nilc.org
http://www.maldef.org

And to learn more about the work that The Greenlining Institute does, please visit:
http://www.greenlining.org

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Firebaugh Guide

This section of our program website is devoted to providing resources for undocumented students.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I know if I qualify as an “AB540” undocumented student?
2. What is “the affidavit”? Who needs to fill it out? Where do I get it? How do I fill it out?
3. What are my rights as an undocumented student at the university? And what are my human rights?
4. Can the university share my information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement?
5. What financial assistance am I eligible for? Where can I apply for financial assistance?
6. How can I work and be paid? Where can I find paid work, regardless of my citizenship status?
7. Where can I go on campus just to talk with knowledgeable staff, faculty and other students about these issues?

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