The DreamSF Fellowship is an opportunity for immigrant young adults to serve immigrant communities in San Francisco, California. Fellows work 20 hours/week with an immigrant-serving nonprofit or public organization in San Francisco. Fellows receive a stipend of $8,400 over the… Read More ›
Immigration
Coming Out of the Shadows: A Call to all Formerly Undocumented Immigrants
By ROBERT Over the past few weeks, like many others in the immigrant community, my emotions have been fluctuating between two different states: depression and outrage. As someone who lived undocumented in this country for 20 years, watching coverage of the… Read More ›
2017 Chicana Latina Foundation Scholarship: Open to Undocumented Students in California
The Chicana Latina Foundation (CLF) is a non-profit organization which promotes professional and leadership development of Latinas. Each year, the Foundation awards merit-based scholarships of $1,500 each to Latina college students. Here are the eligibility requirements: Be a woman… Read More ›
College Spotlight: California State University, San Marcos
For today’s “College Spotlight”, I am happy to share with you all the work that educators, staff members, and students at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) are doing to support the undocumented community. Website: When I was an undergrad student… Read More ›
College Spotlight: De Paul University
By BRENDA DePaul University is a Catholic university located in Chicago, Illinois. They are committed to supporting undocumented students in a number of ways: Website: Here you will find information and resources that are specific to undocumented students who are interested… Read More ›
2017 Dream Summer Fellowship: Open to undocumented immigrant youth
The UCLA Labor Center recently announced this year’s Dream Summer Fellowship. Participants are placed in social justice organizations for 10 weeks to incorporate and strengthen the inclusion of undocumented immigrant issues onto the organization’s social justice work. Dream Summer participants receive… Read More ›
2017 MANA de San Diego Scholarship: Open to Undocumented Students
MANA de San Diego awards scholarships to Latinas in community college, 4-year university, and graduate school. About $15,000-$30,000 in scholarships are awarded yearly. This scholarship opportunity is open to undocumented students. Recipients are selected based on academic and non-academic criteria of the applicant… Read More ›
Financial and Legal Assistance for DACA Applications Instagram Contest
The Immigration Law Offices of Hadley Bajramovic in California is a professional corporation of staff and attorneys who specialize in providing a wide range of immigration services (e.g. legal assistance applying to DACA). Currently, they are hosting a contest on Instagram. There will… Read More ›
Know Your Rights and Anti-Deportation Resources for Undocumented Immigrants
By BRENDA, LILIBETH, and MARIA At My Undocumented Life, we have identified a number of resources about knowing one’s rights and helping stop deportations. “Everyone has certain basic rights, no matter who is President” by the National Immigration Law Center. This is a three… Read More ›
Job opportunity: Undocumented Student Coordinator at the University of Utah
The University of Utah is hiring a coordinator to work with undocumented and DACAmented students, providing them with in-depth, customized information to assist in the navigation of their educational careers. Responsibilities of the coordinator include the following: Advise new, transfer,… Read More ›
Ascend Educational Fund Scholarship: Open to undocumented high school seniors in New York
The Ascend Educational Fund is a nonprofit built to enable and encourage immigrant students to pursue their higher education and professional goals. They are offering scholarship awards between $2,500 and $20,000. This scholarship opportunity is open to all immigrant students, regardless of… Read More ›
Support this year’s Ignacio Ellacuria S.J. Dreamer’s Scholarship Gala in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
By BRENDA Modeled after the Magis Scholarship at Loyola University Chicago, the Ellacuria Scholarship seeks to address the needs of undocumented students who demonstrate merit and financial need in pursuing a Marquette University education. As we enter a time of great… Read More ›