DREAMer Story-Sharing Marathon: December 4
On Monday, December 4, the Center for American Progress Action Fund and FWD.us are partnering to host a story-sharing marathon from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET behind the House Triangle on Capitol Hill. Leaders from the faith, business and advocacy communities will come together for a six-hour readout of Dreamer testimonials to highlight how the DACA program has been transformative for 800,000 young people who came to the United States as children.
The story-sharing marathon comes just days before Congress is slated to vote on a spending bill that could be used to fund the deportations of Dreamers whose protections will begin to expire starting on March 6. Without a permanent legislative solution in place, more than 1,700 Dreamers will lose work authorization every single work day between March and November 2018, making them a priority for deportation. Over the course of two years, roughly 800,000 hardworking young people could lose protections, be ripped away from their families and deported to countries they may not even remember, costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars.
Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund and FWD.us this Monday, December 4th at 10:00 AM ET behind the House Triangle on Capitol Hill to hear these leaders speak out and share the stories of why Dreamers need the Dream Act now. Members of the press can RSVP to Rafael Medina at rjmedina@americanprogress.org or Leezia Dhalla at press@fwd.us.
WHO
10:00 am: Program begins, CAP Action Fund, FWD.us
10:10 am: Winnie Stachelberg, executive vice president for external affairs, Center for American Progress Action Fund
10:25 am: Speaker TBD, National Migrant Seasonal Head Start Association
10:40 am: Lorella Pareli, Director of Immigration Policy and Campaigns, ACLU
10:55 am: Isabel J. Sanchez, Policy Advocate, CHIRLA
11:10 am: Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director, NETWORK Lobby
11:25 pm: Claudia Morera, Organizing Manger, Voto Latino
11:40 am: Speaker TBD, National Immigration Law Center
11:55 am: Speaker TBD, Leadership Conference on Human and Civil Rights
12:10 pm: Speaker TBD, MomsRising
12:25 pm: Lily Eskelsen García, President, National Education Association
12:40 pm: Beatriz Lopez, Immigration Hub
12:55 pm: Gabby Pacheco, DACA recipient, Program Director, TheDream.us
1:10 pm: Juan Escalate, Digital Campaign Manager, America’s Voice
1:25 pm: Speaker TBD, Friends Committee on National Legislation
1:40 pm: Speaker TBD, Georgetown Students and Faculty
2:00 pm: Janet Murguía, President, UnidosUS
2:15 pm: Speaker TBD, MALDEF
2:30 pm: DACA recipients, United We Dream
2:45 pm: DACAmented educators, Teach for America Alumni
3:00 pm: Speaker TBD, LULAC
3:15 pm: Anna Duncan, Campaign Organizer, We Belong Together, NDWA
3:30 pm: Speaker TBD, Southern Borders Coalition
3:45 pm: Final stories and closing remarks, CAP Action Fund, FWD.us
4:00 pm: Program concludes
WHEN
Monday, December 6, 2017
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
WHERE
Area 10, behind the House Triangle, U.S. Capitol Hill
For more information, please contact Rafael Medina at rjmedina@americanprogress.org or Leezia Dhalla at press@fwd.us.
KJ