Continue reading »]]> What is happening the week of July 11th?
Tuesday July 12 @ 7pm
Fundraising meeting. Please join us while we plan the next events and other creative ways to raise funds for scholarships and much more!
Emai: Kiran@nysylc.org
Where: 220 5th avenue, 5th floor, New York, NY 10010

Wednesday July 13 @6:30pm
Support group. Come to our support group meeting. This is a safe space for our youth to express themselves without being judged. Join us for  an amazing time full of understanding.
Email: Angy@nysylc.org for more info
Where: 220 5th avenue, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010

Thursday July 14 @ 6:30pm
There will be an Advocacy committee meeting. Here is where you can plug yourself into our New York Dream Act campaign. Come find out how to help get this passed!
Email: Tania@nysylc.org
Where: 220 5th avenue, 5th floor, New York, NY 10010

Saturday July 16 and Sunday July 17 @ 10am-5pm
Are you ready to get active on the NY State Dream Act campaign but don’t know how to plug in?
Do you want to gain practical organizing skills and start your own DREAM Team?
Come to the NY Youth Leading Change Training hosted by the New York State Youth Leadership Council!
The training are designed with you in mind! You will learn organizing skills including speaking in public and telling your story. You will also learn how to use social media tools for outreach and organizing.

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REGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/YLCgetactive
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When: Saturday, July 16th and Sunday, July 17th
Time: 10am-5pm
Where: 220 5th avenue, 5th floor, New York, NY 10010
Cost (will cover food and materials): $5 for members and supporters
Travel: Participants must make their own travel arrangements
Please contact info@nysylc.org if you have any questions

Youth Leading Change Training

Continue reading »]]> Despite an unprecedented year of action and escalation taken by undocumented youth, the United States Congress failed to pass the DREAM Act in 2010. Additionally, the Obama administration, despite professing strong support for Dreamers, has continued to execute deportations at record numbers and has refused to grant administrative relief to Dreamers. We, New York dreamers and affiliates, will continue to fight for both the federal DREAM Act and administrative relief, and will escalate our actions to levels never seen before.

Currently, we are taking the fight to New York, refusing to accept a purely defensive approach to state and national immigration policies. We will be advocating a NY Dream Act in the coming weeks and months. The NY Dream Act will afford Dreamers the following benefits:

• Access to state funded financial aid programs, including grants, loans and scholarships
• Access to NYS drivers’ licenses
• NYS work authorization
• Ability to enroll in NYS health insurance programs

Additionally, this bill aims to prevent the deportations of Dreamers by ensuring that the state criminal justice system does not cooperate with ICE and that the criminalization of Dreamers is ended.

Contact legislative@nysylc.org for questions.

Together we can make this happen! Get involved in the campaign NOW – come to our meeting Wednesday, February 9th at 6:30pm