Rose Guccione’s ongoing resource list #DreamzoneAllyCourse re immigration, DACA, DAP, etc. Largely Chicago-based references.
What first became a sketch called "The Dream Act: The Musical," turned into better understanding current conflicts through performing in "Living Large in a Mini Kind of Way" written by Diane Rodriguez and directed by Ann Filmer, and "Lydia" by Octavio Solis and directed by Cecilie Keenan; to attending a seminar at Dominican University to better understand the struggle of undocumented students and U.S. citizen born students of undocumented parents, and learn about resources for citizenship, scholarship, etc. I have been asked about what I know more than once, and have started a draft of the resources here. I will refine the list I started while getting my hair done, and offer a link to it below. Feel free to follow hash tag #DreamzoneAllyCourse on Twitter as well. Why do I care about this issue? Because immigrants helped lift me up as a child through my young adult years, and I feel I honor their legacy. Feel free to send me your resources as well.
#DreamzoneAllyCourse
- Office of New Americans: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/supp_info/chicago_new_americansplan.html
- Association for College Admission Counseling: https://www.iacac.org/
- Indo-American Center’s Citizenship and Immigration Services Services: http://indoamerican.org/programs-services/citizenship-immigration/
- Resurrection Project Immigration Services: https://www.iardc.org/howtorequest.html
- College Advising Guide for Undocumented Students: https://www.iacac.org/undocumented/
- The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators: Google search “undocumented site:http://www.nasfaa.org”
- The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators: https://chooseyourfuture.cps.edu/high-school-college-career/undocumented-students/
- National Immigrant Justice Center: https://www.immigrantjustice.org/programs/immigrant-legal-defense-project
- Immigrant Youth Justice League: http://www.iyjl.org/
- Educators for Fair Consideration: http://e4fc.org/
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee: http://icirr.org
- Illinois Dream Fund Scholarship: http://www.illinoisdreamfund.org/
- Fundacíon Carlos Slim: http://www.fundacioncarlosslim.org/en/
- Centro Romero: http://centroromero.org
- National Immigration Law Center: https://www.nilc.org
- National Immigrant Justice Center: https://www.immigrantjustice.org/
- To investigate a potentially fraudulent attorney: https://www.iardc.org/howtorequest.html
