Contact: Rebecca Acuña (512) 478-9800, (956) 206-5853
***Advisory for Rally and Forum Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM***
TDP’s Promesa Project: Rally and Forum in Support of the DREAM Act
Houston – As part of its Latino engagement program known as the Promesa Project, the Texas Democratic Party is holding events across the state on National DREAM Act day of action in support of the DREAM Act. The TDP’s Promesa Project Fellow will participate in a DREAM Act rally and urge voters to support the referendum in favor of the DREAM Act on the Democratic Primary ballot. In the evening, Promesa Project Fellows will host a forum in support of the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act would allow immigrant students who were brought here as children and have stayed out of trouble earn a path to legalization through a higher education or military service.
WHAT: Rally in support of the DREAM Act on the Democratic Primary ballot AND Forum in support of the DREAM Act
WHO: -Maria Virginia Ivañez, Promesa Project Fellow from the University of Houston
-DREAM Act Students
WHERE: Rally: University of Houston Downtown Campus, South Deck
FORUM: Harris County Democratic Party Headquarters, 1445 North Loop W # 110 Houston, TX 77008
WHEN: Rally: Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 11:00 A.M.
Forum: Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.
The referendum (#1) reads as follows:
Any graduate of a Texas high school, who has lived in the state for at least three years and lived here continuously for the last year, should be eligible for in-state tuition at state supported colleges and universities and given the opportunity to earn legal status through a higher education or military service.
The DREAM Act would help an estimated 2.1 million young people in the country earn a path to legalization through a higher education or military service. An estimated 258,000 – or 12 percent – of total DREAM Act beneficiaries live in Texas.
The Texas Democratic Party’s Promesa Project will hold events today in Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Houston, Brownsville and El Paso in support of the DREAM Act and in support of the referendum in favor of the DREAM Act on the Democratic Primary ballot.
Austin has a press conference, too.
WHAT: Press Conference urging voters to support the referendum in support of the DREAM Act on the Democratic Primary ballot
WHO: -Representative Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas)
-Julieta Garibay, a DREAM Act beneficiary who holds a Masters in Science of Nursing with a focus on Public Health from the University of Texas at Austin
-Justin Perez, Promesa Project Fellow from the University of Texas at Austin
WHERE: TDP Headquarters, 505 W. 12th St. Ste 200
WHEN: Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
And Laredo, too, along with a phone bank!
WHAT: Press Conference and Phone Bank urging voters to support the referendum in support of the DREAM Act on the Democratic Primary ballot
WHO: -Arnoldo Alonso, Promesa Project Fellow at TAMIU
-Several Democratic Party candidates
WHERE: Press Conference: Outside the Webb County Courthouse, 1000 Houston St., Laredo, TX 79902
Phone Bank: 1019 San Bernardo, Laredo, Texas 78401
WHEN: Press Conference: Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 9:00 A.M.
Phone Bank: Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 1:00PM-4:00PM.
