CHISPAS, an on-campus organization that promotes immigrant rights, will be hosting a silent art auction and raffle on Friday at 6 p.m. at the District on 62nd Clubhouse in Gainesville, Fla. The proceeds will go towards a private scholarship designed to give financial relief to undocumented high school seniors who will be enrolling in a Florida community college or university. For more information, please visit www.chispasuf.org. 

(Source: yaissyreports)

univisionnews:

USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas said a proposed change that could benefit tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants will likely go into effect by the end of the year. (Univision)

By JUAN GASTELUM
Channel: Immigration

A rule change designed to decrease the time some undocumented immigrants spend away from their families could be implemented by the end of this calendar year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday.

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queerdesi:

Out of the shadows and into the streets!

On March 14 2012, Tania Chairez and Jessica Hyejin Lee, openly undocumented and unafraid mujeres, blocked traffic in an act of civil disobedience in front of ICE headquarters in Philadelphia. They risked deportation to free Miguel, another undocumented youth who has been in ICE detention for more than 8 months, separated from his wife and U.S. citizen son. 

Tania’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prqQMROMzFU

Jessica’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJg5LfmDcnU

CHISPAS members wrote on the 34th Street Wall to promote their campaign, Undocumented Not Uneducated, which asks the Board of Trustees to create a new policy change that would allow undocumented students an equal opportunity to attend UF. For more information about the campaign or to sign the online petition go to www.facebook.com/undocumentednotuneducated

feministsociologist:

Farmworkers and members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers are fasting in front of the Publix Supermarkets headquarters this week. They are asking Publix to sign the Fair Food Agreement (which companies like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s have already signed) and to agree to pay tomato pickers in Florida an extra penny per pound of tomatoes they pick.

I’ve worked for Publix for a little over five years, and I’ve been a big supporter of the CIW for two years. This Saturday, on the last day of the fast, I’m wearing my CIW “Fight for Fair Food” button to work. Let’s see how long it takes for my manager to fire me.

(Source: feministsociology)

labyrintho:

Coalition of Immokalee Workers (#CIW) march! Many members have been fasting for 6 days in hopes to get 1cent more per pound of tomatoes. #publix #Fuckpublix Publix profits from farmworker poverty #occupyorlando (Taken with instagram)

Some CHISPAS members with Jose Antonio Vargas, award-winning journalist and immigrant activist, at an event in Pugh Hall. 

dreamactivistfl:

Please show Yanelli she is loved. Sign the petition and make the call!

(Source: messylittleposts)

univisionnews:

The cost of tuition subsidies would be around $6.2 billion a year, but experts believe that Dreamers would pay for this and more over the long-term (Photo: flickr.com)

By TATIANA SANCHEZ
Channel: Economics, Immigration  

With California’s recent approval of the state DREAM Act and the presidential campaign in full-swing, controversy over immigration reform, and particularly the DREAM Act, continues. The legislation, which would grant temporary legal status to some young adults that grew up in the U.S. and make it easier for them to pursue higher education nationwide, has been at the center of political debates for over a decade now, but its immense potential to revive the U.S. economy often goes overlooked.  

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