2023 UPCOMING EVENTS
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Undocumented Student Program x CCC Career Center presents: How to use Handshake
In-Person Event - Contra Costa College
Monday, October 16 | 1:00p.m. - 2:00p.m.
Location: SAB 227Join us at the Career Center to learn more about the online platform Handshake. With Handshake you can:
~Receive job and internship recommendations based on your interests
~Connect with employers in every industry
~Check into campus events and career fairs from your phone
Don’t miss out on your next job/career/internship opportunity!
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Why There Are So Many Filipin(X) Nurses: The Story Of Philippine Immigration to the U.S.
Virtual Event - Contra Costa College
Monday, October 16 | 2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.Celebrating Undocumented Student Action Week at the California Community Colleges and Filipin(x) American History Month, Dr. Ceniza Choy will tell the story of Filipin(x) immigration in the United States. She will help clarify why Filipin(x)s are the second largest Asian American group nationwide, recent immigration trends, and answer why there are so many health care workers from the Philippines in the U.S. and around the world.
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Become an Ally
Hybrid Event - Diablo Valley College
Monday, October 16 | 2:00p.m - 3:00p.m.
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Immigrant Visas and How to Access In-State Tuition
Virtual Event - California Community Colleges
Tuesday, October 17 | 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.A guided conversation on nonresident students that have special immigrant visas may be exempted from paying out of state tuition.
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Undocu-Wisdom Series - Know Your Rights!
Hybrid Event - Los Medanos College
Tuesday, October 17 | 11:00a.m - 12:00p.m.
Location: Student Union 2nd Floor – Room 231
The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area will be presenting on the rights that all immigrants have in the United States, regardless of legal status. This presentation is open to all California Community College students, staff and faculty. Registration required for virtual attendees. -
Information Fair
Hybrid Event - Diablo Valley College
Tuesday, October 17 | 11:00a.m - 2:00p.m.
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Undocumented Student Program X CCC Trasnfer Center Presents: CSU Application Workshop
In-Person Event - Contra Costa College
Tuesday, October 17 | 3:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.
Location: SAB 227Stop by the Transfer Center to receive help navigating the CSU Application as an undocumented student. Transfer Counselor Andrea Phillips will be walking you through the CSU Application from start to finish and will be available to answer questions you may have. Whether your goal is to transfer in the near future OR you’re not quite sure about transferring, this is a great time and place to ask questions and familiarize yourself with the process.
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Championing Equity through AB 540: Increasing Access for Undocumented Students
Virtual Event - California Community Colleges
Wednesday, October 18 | 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Learn about the new groundbreaking, systemwide AB 540 FAQ. This first-of-its-kind tool will allow more effective implementation of this important tuition equity policy across all public higher education systems in California.
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Undocumented Student Program X CCC Student Life Presents: Resource Fair
In-Person Event - Contra Costa College
Wednesday, October 18 | 10:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Location: Student QuadCome out to meet some great resources that currently available to our Undocumented Students and members of the community. Some resources you can expect to be present:
~Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA)
~Our Findyourally.com service provider, Immigration Legal Defense (ILD)
~ Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
~CCC Campus Resources
Vendors
~XX by Adriana
~ Amoritte
and more to come!
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Puenta Platica
Hybrid Event - Diablo Valley College
Wednesday, October 18 | 11:10a.m - 12:35p.m.
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Our Stories Are One: We Support Undocumented Students
Virtual Event - California Community Colleges
Wednesday, October 18 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.Introduction to The COALITION and why we have come together. Each of us will share our story of connection to Undocumented Students and Communities to show why we support these communities and the political struggle for legislation that provides a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented and those mixed-status families that continue to be harmed.
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From the Shadows to Advocacy in Action: A Case Study on Creating Student-Informed Policy with Undocumented Students
Virtual Event - California Community Colleges
Wednesday, October 18 | 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.This conversation explores how the California Undocumented Higher Education Coalition engages student advocates in the creation of student-informed policy. We will be sharing our learnings from our Student Policy Initiative and the roots of AB 1393 (Calderon, 2023), a policy which addresses food insecurity among undocumented students. Ultimately, belonging and inclusion can also mean that we work with students to co-create the policies that impact them on a daily basis.
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Undocumented Student Program X CCC Black Student Union Presents: MOVIE NIGHT - Beyond The Dream
Description goes hereIn-Person Event - Contra Costa College
Thursday, October 18 | 5:00p.m. - 7:30p.m.
Location: Dining HallThe Undocumented Student Program and Black Student Union would like to present the PBS documentary "Beyond the Dream".
Documentary synopsis:
In noise surrounding the immigration debate, one important perspective has been left out: that of immigrants themselves. Beyond the Dream gives voice to three young immigrants as they navigate the uncertainty of their twenties and legal status. Follow them on a journey across the country as they learn that it’s not where you're born—but where you go in life—that defines you.
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Cultivating Belonging for Undocumented Students in Teaching & Learning Spaces
Virtual Event - California Community Colleges
Thursday, October 19 | 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) faculty panelists will discuss elevating pedagogical, counseling, and mentoring practices, as well as institutional structures/programs which welcome undocumented students and help them feel a sense of belonging.
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Advocacy in Action: Strategies for Local, State and Federal Advocacy
Virtual Event - California Community Colleges
Thursday, October 19 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.This webinar will provide an overview of the various forms of on-campus and off-campus advocacy to advance undocumented student success. Presenters will also offer a framework for how campus leaders can engage in undocumented student advocacy at their local campus, and the importance of state and federal policies that eliminate barriers, prioritize affordability, and access, and create the conditions for unconditional belonging and ultimately – student success.
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Flor Sario
Hybrid Event - Diablo Valley College
Thursday, October 19 | 1:00p.m - 2:30p.m.
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Renewing the Dream – Making Financial Aid Accessible through Policy and Practice
Virtual Event - California Community Colleges
Friday, October 20 | 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Uplifting the recommendations and practices featured in the Renewing the Dream report & how CSAC will be implement through the CA Dream Act Application.
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Student Panel
Hybrid Event - Diablo Valley College
Friday, October 20 | 12:00p.m - 1:00p.m.
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Equity Speaker Series presents Yosimar Reyes
In-Person Event - Los Medanos College
Wednesday, October 25 | 10a.m. - 11:30a.m.
Location: Studnet Union Conference Center (Pittsburg Campus)Yosimar Reyes is a nationally-acclaimed Poet and Public Speaker. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Eastside San Jose, Reyes explores the themes of migration and sexuality in his work. He is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow as well as the recipient of the Undocupoets Fellowship.
Learn more at http://yosimarreyes.com/