Spring Celebration! - [You are Invited] Tuesday April 17th @Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU)
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José G. Herrera
Apr 16, 2012, 12:19:03 PM4/16/12
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Dear Friends,
You are coordinately invited to Undocumented Resilient & Organized (URO)'s (a Northeastern Illinois University Club) Spring Celebration and Speak Out Event. This is a four hour informal outdoors event where [un]documented students and the NEIU community will come together to share stories, testimonies, poetry, and more. As a newly formed group URO has overcome some of the many barriers in the organizing process at NEIU. Now as the semester ends, we want to share with others at a personal level who we are and where we come from.
You are coordinately invited to Undocumented Resilient & Organized (URO)'s (a Northeastern Illinois University Club) Spring Celebration and Speak Out Event. This is a four hour informal outdoors event where [un]documented students and the NEIU community will come together to share stories, testimonies, poetry, and more. As a newly formed group URO has overcome some of the many barriers in the organizing process at NEIU. Now as the semester ends, we want to share with others at a personal level who we are and where we come from.
WHAT: An outdoor gathering entitled; "With or
Without Papers Come and Celebrate Our Stories"
WHEN: Tuesday, April 17th starting at 12pm
(12-4pm)
WHERE: University Commons Area, Outside and in
between the FA,SU,LIB Buildings.
5498 N. St. Louis Ave,
Chicago IL 60625
WHO: URO, NEIU students and Clubs, Community Activists, and Friends!
Free Food and Music will be provided.
In addition of being a celebration and a sharing
event, our event seeks to stress the significance of students’ voices and
critiques. “Speaking Out” is a form of empowerment, awareness, and the
beginning of a unified collective voice.
We have been told that
NEIU is a diverse institution, thus we embark in the struggle for equity and
representation at NEIU. We believe access to education and resources should be
of equity to all students, not necessarily based on citizenship or
legal residency status.
We value education and
seek for a more productive society. Through educational means we as students
begin a critical analysis and the conversation of becoming a true
representative and equity institution that begins to respond to students’ voices
and begins the work for change, (with or without papers).
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In Solidarity,
URO Team
Undocumented Resilient & Organized (URO)
Weekly meetings are held every Thursday 3pm BBH 211
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Undocumented Resilient & Organized is an organization of undocumented and fellow students who can relate, commit and contribute to the following purposes:
In Solidarity,
URO Team
Undocumented Resilient & Organized (URO)
Weekly meetings are held every Thursday 3pm BBH 211
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Undocumented Resilient & Organized is an organization of undocumented and fellow students who can relate, commit and contribute to the following purposes:
- Building a community of support among undocumented students at NEIU.
- Creating awareness about issues affecting undocumented students and students of mixed-status families. This includes educating administration, faculty, staff and students but also ourselves.
- Mentoring undocumented high school students as they transition to higher education.
- Building bridges among other student organizations on and off campus.
- Expanding financial
resources available to undocumented students through: fundraisers, new
scholarships, and other incentives.
José G. Herrera
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