The Office for Diversity and Inclusion in collaboration with the Dodd Center, Human Rights Institute, Graduate School, and the Women’s Center will be hosting several webinars offered by the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE).
Keeping the Dream Alive: A College-wide Approach to Embracing DREAMers
Date: October 30th
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Location: HBL Class of 1947
Presenters:
Eric Lara, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Student Success and Equity at Mt. San Antonio College
Laura Muniz, Counselor, DREAM Program and faculty member at Mt. San Antonio College
Darío Fernandez, Director, DREAM Program at Mt. San Antonio College. He is a first-generation, formerly undocumented, college graduate.
Undocumented students bear an unusually heavy burden to attend and maintain their enrollment in college. With the rescission of DACA, Dream students need institutional safety nets to assist with, and assure, their continued enrollment and overall support. An overview of undocumented students' issues, the DACA dilemma, and specific actions that colleges can take to institute policies and practices that support DREAM students will be presented. Specific services, strategies, student stories, and approaches in working with Dream students and how the Dream Center was established on campus will also be shared. This session should particularly benefit those institutions, faculty, staff, and administrators who are searching for alternative ways to support and guide their DACAmented students, as well as staff who provide, or would like to provide, direct services to undocumented students but may not know the appropriate approach.
To see more webinars, visit https://diversity.uconn.edu/ncore-webinar-series/
RSVP at https://forms.gle/65F3xVwLchP3d8BA8
For more information, contact: Jonelle Reynolds at jonelle.reynolds@uconn.edu