Calling DREAM Student Leaders!

DREAM SUMMER 2012 Internship Opportunity

This past year undocumented students and allies have shown the nation their great leadership and organizing potential. With limited resources our dream movement was able to build a grassroots campaign that promoted a human face for the immigration story. Our organizing this past year led to countless direct actions and civil disobedience, publicly coming out as undocumented and unafraid, challenged President Obamas harsh and inhumane deportation policies, while successfully passing pro immigrant policies in various states. As our movement grew, we also developed the leadership of immigrant youth all over the nation. In order to strengthen and continue developing our movements leadership, the UCLA Labor Center and the United We Dream Network are proud to continue Dream Summer; a national internship program for Dream Act student leaders .We encourage you to apply! What is Dream Summer? Dream Summer is a 10-week full-time internship program that will place DREAM Act student leaders with social justice, labor and Queer/LGBTQ organizations. Each participant will receive a $5,000 scholarship to support her or his educational goals. Scholarships will be distributed at the END of the Internship. Internships for Dream Act student leaders will be offered in the following cities and states: California (Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Valley), Phoenix Arizona, New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Texas, Boston, Denver Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Georgia, Alabama, and Connecticut. You must live in the current state you are applying to. If you are a student who is interested in this program but live outside the states mentioned above please apply. We will follow up with you if internship opportunities are made available in your state. The goals of Dream Summer are to: ! Provide leadership development and training for Dream Act student leaders through internships with social justice organizations; ! Provide social justice organizations with talented and capable immigrant student activists; ! Strengthen the commitment within social justice organizations to advance the rights of immigrant youth; ! Strengthen multi-generational social justice movements; ! Provide scholarships for immigrant students to pursue their educational goals and advance social justice activism on campus

Key Dates:

Beginning retreat from June 15th- 16th in Los Angeles* The internship placements will begin on June 18th August 24th (August 24th will be used as a travel day for interns living outside of Southern California) Closing retreat will be from August 25th 26th in Los Angeles*

*The UCLA Labor Center and the United We Dream Network will organize both retreats and coordinate all
logistics including flights and hotel accommodations.

The online application can be found at the following sites ; http://www.dreamresourcecenter.org/2012.html http://unitedwedream.org/

The deadline to apply is March 30th, at 5pm (Pacific Time). *No Late Applications Will Be Accepted. Dream Summer applicants will be notified by April 30th 2012. For Questions please contact us at dreamsummer2012@gmail.com We look forward to your applications! Sincerely, The UCLA Labor Center and the United We Dream Network