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How To Be An Effective AllyCREATING A CULTURE OF SUPPORT FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY
+Presenters
Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
Itzel Díaz- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
María Fernández- John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities, Stanford University
Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman- International Institute of the Bay Area
+Agenda
Connecting with your undocumented population
Differentiating students’ views of their documentation status
Recognizing your school’s culture with respect to undocumented students
Creating a supportive school culture
Starting a club
Fundraising
Partnering with community groups
+Connecting with Your Undocumented Population
Range of time in country
Family members with different status
Estimated numbers of undocumented people by county:
Assume that there is at least one undocumented student in each of your classes
47,298 in San Mateo County
39,045 in San Francisco
146,208 in Santa Clara County
11,769 in Marin County
102,268 in Alameda County
58,663 in Contra Costa County
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Differentiating students’ views of their documentation status
Students’ understanding varies: Those who know status and advocate for
selves Those who don’t know…find out filling out
FAFSA or other applications Those whose parents want them to hide it Those who see no hope & have given up Those who just think things will work out
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Recognizing your school’s culture with respect to undocumented students Positive
Staff publicly addresses issue
DREAM club Available resources Staff attempting to speak
students’ native language
Negative The issue is avoided Negative comments Staff lacks knowledge
Topics related to undocumented students on staff meeting agendas
Student presentations to staff Legal expert visits/ guest
speakers Visible info for AB540 students Posted scholarships not requiring
SSN (Naviance) Go-to people on staff. Public
allies you can send students to. Public conversations (with
students & staff) about different immigration status
Respect for confidentiality
What Students See and Hear What Staff Should See and Hear
+Starting a Club
1. Get the students there
2. Enlist staff allies
3. Have specific projects to work on (short term goal momentum)
4. Develop long-term goals
5. Develop students’ leadership abilities within the club
6. Publicize
7. Connect to community resources
+Sequoia High School Dream Club: Get Students There
Invite students personally
Include documented students
Encourage members to bring friend(s)
Present to classes
Announce in daily bulletin
Collaborate with counselors
+Sequoia High School Dream Club: Enlist Staff Allies
Gain administration support
Present yourself as a resource to staff on these issues
Use your personal connections on staff
Connect with staff who can share their knowledge, time & resources
+Sequoia High School Dream Club: Make long- and short-term goals Annual Event
Presentations at Middle Schools
Presentations to parents
Participation at community events San Mateo County Youth Conference, Teens In Action
Community Showcase
Fundraising for Scholarships
Political Activism Rally in support of Dream Act, postcard campaign on
Back To School Night
+Sequoia High School Dream Club: Make the Club Visible
Posters
Yearbook page
T-shirts
School newspaper
San Mateo Daily Journal
Staff presentations
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+Sequoia High School Dream Club: Fundraising Ideas
Host events
Sell products
Wedding/birthday gifts
Church Groups
Work with other school groups
Ask for donations from staff and personal network
+Sequoia High School Dream Club: Connect to Community Resources
Immigrant Youth Action Team
Sequoia High School
Redwood City 2020
Redwood City Public Library
Fair Oaks Community Center
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
International Institute of the Bay Area
Cañada College student group and Upward Bound
Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
Sequoia District Migrant Youth Program
Alumni
+Partnering with Community Groups
Benefits of Building Community Partnerships:
Partners and supporters who share your mission, work with same population, and can spread your message
More resources (financial and in-kind) to help grow and expand your current efforts
A greater network of individual allies, mentors and partners who build meaningful relationships and experiences with undocumented youth
+Broadening your Community Partnerships Who in your community shares your mission or
serves undocumented youth in some way?
What are they already doing that can contribute to your efforts?
When can you get together and learn about each others’ work and learn how you can both benefit?
Where can these partners experience what you’re doing and see the impact their potential contribution can make?
How will you make concrete commitments for working together?
Making Dreams Come True:The Time is Now!
Logrando hacer sueños realidad:
Hoy es el momento!
The Community Youth Development Initiative’s
Immigrant Youth Action TeamPresents/Presenta:
11.18.11Sequoia High School
Redwood City, CA
Program/Programa6:00 – 6:30 pm Arrival, Activities, Dinner and Raffle Ticket
Sale Llegada, Actividades, Cena y Compra de
Boletos de Rifa
6:30 – 7:00 pm Welcome and Purpose Bienvenida y Propósito
Itzel Díaz & Lilly Campos
Special Message/Mensaje Especial Alicia Aguirre, Vice Mayor/Vice Alcalde, Redwood
City
Recognition/Reconocimiento Gabriel Arteaga, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s
Office
About/Acerca del: Sequoia Dream Club Roberto Pablo Pimienta
7:00 – 8:00 pm Dramatic Re-enactments /Obras Dramaticas
Names of youth actors here?
Personal Stories / Historias Personales Yaritza, Yessica, and Jesús
Digital Stories / Historias Digitales Valeria, Alexis, Rossmeri, Itzel, Javier8:00 – 8:10 pm How You Can Support/Como Puede
Apoyarnos Jane Slater, Dream Club Scholarship Founder, Fundadora de la Beca Dream Club
Magali Molina, Becario Anterior
8:10 – 8:20 pm Acknowledgements and Raffle! Reconocimientos y Rifa!
8:20 – 8:30 pm Closing/CierreWe invite you to take information from the resource table home with you.Los invitamos a que lleven la información de la mesa de recursos a casa.
Who We AreFormed in the summer of 2010, the Immigrant Youth Action Team is comprised of youth and adults working to increase the visibility, actions of, and resources for our immigrant youth.
This team is part of Redwood City 2020’s Community Youth Development Initiative, a collaboration of nearly 40 organizations that work to support the children, youth and families of the Redwood City and North Fair Oaks community. We invite you to join us!
Quienes SomosFormado en el verano del 2010, el Equipo de Acción de la Juventud Inmigrante está compuesto de jóvenes y adultos que trabajan para aumentar la visibilidad, las acciones, y los recursos para nuestros jóvenes inmigrantes.
Este equipo forma parte de la Iniciativa para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Juvenil de Redwood City 2020, una colaboración de casi 40 organizaciones que trabajan para apoyar a los niños, jóvenes y familias en la comunidad de Redwood City y North Fair Oaks. Los invitamos a que nos
acompañen.
•Dream Wall / Pared de Sueños
•Resource Table / Mesa de Recursos
•Sequoia Dream Club Table/Mesa de Sequoia Dream ClubStudent Photo Silent Auction / Subasta de fotografías
•elaboradas por los estudiantes
•Buy your raffle tickets/ Compre boletos de rifa
•Dinner! / Cena!
Join is in these activities as you arrive!Acompáñenos en estas actividades al llegar
+Creating a Supportive School Culture
What can you do as part of your every day behaviors to make all students feel safe?
Think of one undocumented student with whom you work. What is one concrete thing you can do as his or her ally to show your support?
+CONTACT US Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood [email protected] Itzel Díaz- Sequoia High School, Redwood City [email protected] María Fernández- John W. Gardner Center for
Youth and their Communities, Stanford University
[email protected] Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman- International Institute
of the Bay [email protected]
Websites:http://www.rwc2020.org/
http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu/
http://www.iibayarea.org/