Register Now!: Building Inclusive Educational Pathways for Undocumented Students

[Tobias Fox]

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From: Giancarlo Tello <gia...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:10 AM
Subject: Register Now!: Building Inclusive Educational Pathways for Undocumented Students
To: Giancarlo Tello <gia...@gmail.com>, Jennifer Rodriguez <jrodrig...@gmail.com>

Greetings,

First, I am proud to announce a new organization called undocuJersey. This organization is co-founded by Giancarlo Tello and Jennifer Rodriguez with the aim of improving access to education and resources to undocumented students and documented students with undocumented parents. More information will be forthcoming in upcoming e-mails as we continue to organize and send out resources.

Second, we are proud to announce an upcoming conference for educators! This is only for practitioners in the K-16 education system (admissions officers, financial aid, teachers, counselors, principals, etc). If you're unsure if this applies to you please e-mail Giancarlo.Tello@rutgers.edu

This inaugural conference, Building Inclusive Educational Pathways for Undocumented Students, will be held from 8am-4pm on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the Cook Student Center on the Rutgers University - New Brunswick campus. Click here for directions.

The goal of the conference is to build coalitions among K-12 educators, higher education professionals, and advocates who serve undocumented students, so that they may be able to support students on their pathways to higher education and offer support to those students on college and university campuses. The conference focuses on how to support students throughout their educational trajectories––before they enroll in and after they graduate from institutions of higher education in New Jersey. As a state educational institution, we call on our partners across the state to leverage support and advocate for undocumented students.

The program will include a dynamic keynote speaker, expert sessions for K-12 and higher education practitioners, and networking opportunities. Session topics will include federal and state policies, barriers to educational access and success, and best practices for K-12 and higher education.

Featured keynote by Dr. Kent Wong, professor at the University of California-Los Angeles and Director of the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education. Dr. Wong is editor of the three part series Underground and Undergrad: UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students Speak Out (2008), Undocumented and Unafraid: Tam Tran, Cinthya Felix, and the Immigrant Youth Movement, (2012) and Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation (2015).

Organized by the Rutgers University Center for Latino Arts and Culture, the Graduate School of Education and UndocuRutgers, and sponsored by the Rutgers Division of Student Affairs and the Vice President for Enrollment Management.

Registration link: https://webapps.rutgers.edu/vcsa/clac/ 

Regards,

Giancarlo Tello