Sunday, January 24, 2016

DREAMers' Conference


The DREAMers Resource Conference will be held on Saturday, January 30th from 10 am-2 pm. Primarily for undocumented students and families, the event will include the following workshops that are led by various community leaders:
  • The College Application Process for high school undocumented students
  • Strategies to Fund College for DREAMers
  • Healthcare Options for Immigrant Families
  • DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Information Session
The Conference will also include a College and Resource Fair with several different community-based organizations present to describe their services and resources as well as various college representatives for students and families to learn more about. A College and Resource Fair will be set up from at least 9:30 am-10:30 am. Workshops will begin promptly at 10 am. If needed, bilingual staff/volunteers will be available in the following languages: Spanish, Urdu, Hindi, Korean, Chinese, and Arabic.

If interested, please register at http://goo.gl/forms/dZvuSM5FPV


Transportation/Parking

 Everyone can park on NEIU's parking lot at $5 when purchasing a virtual parking permit via the PassPort Parking app., or they can purchase a parking pass in the Parking Office.  Here is more information on parking: http://www.neiu.edu/university-life/parking/visitors-and-vendors.