Jane Slater- sequoia High School, Redwood City

Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood City

• Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood City

• Itzel Díaz- Sequoia High School, Redwood City

• María Fernández- John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities, Stanford University

• Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman- International Institute of the Bay Area

Connecting with your undocumented population

• Connecting with your undocumented population

• Differentiating students’ views of their documentation status

• Recognizing your school’s culture with respect to undocumented students

• Creating a supportive school culture

• Starting a club

• Fundraising

• Partnering with community groups

Range of time in country

• Range of time in country

• Family members with different status

• Estimated numbers of undocumented people by county:

• Assume that there is at least one undocumented student in each of your classes

• Students’ understanding varies:

• Those who know status and advocate for selves
• Those who don’t know…find out filling out FAFSA or other applications
• Those whose parents want them to hide it
• Those who see no hope & have given up
• Those who just think things will work out

Positive

• Positive

• Staff publicly addresses issue
• DREAM club
• Available resources
• Staff attempting to speak students’ native language

• Negative

• The issue is avoided
• Negative comments
• Staff lacks knowledge

Get the students there

• Get the students there

• Enlist staff allies

• Have specific projects to work on (short term goal momentum)

• Develop long-term goals

• Develop students’ leadership abilities within the club

• Publicize

• Connect to community resources

Invite students personally

• Invite students personally

• Include documented students

• Encourage members to bring friend(s)

• Present to classes

• Announce in daily bulletin

• Collaborate with counselors

Gain administration support

• Gain administration support

• Present yourself as a resource to staff on these issues

• Use your personal connections on staff

• Connect with staff who can share their knowledge, time & resources

Annual Event

• Annual Event

• Presentations at Middle Schools

• Presentations to parents

• Participation at community events

• San Mateo County Youth Conference, Teens In Action Community Showcase

• Fundraising for Scholarships

• Political Activism

• Rally in support of Dream Act, postcard campaign on Back To School Night

Posters

• Posters

• Yearbook page

• T-shirts

• School newspaper

• San Mateo Daily Journal

• Staff presentations

• Facebook

Host events

• Host events

• Sell products

• Wedding/birthday gifts

• Church Groups

• Work with other school groups

• Ask for donations from staff and personal network

Immigrant Youth Action Team

• Immigrant Youth Action Team

• Sequoia High School

• Redwood City 2020

• Redwood City Public Library

• Fair Oaks Community Center

• Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula

Benefits of Building Community Partnerships:

• Benefits of Building Community Partnerships:

• Partners and supporters who share your mission, work with same population, and can spread your message

• More resources (financial and in-kind) to help grow and expand your current efforts

• A greater network of individual allies, mentors and partners who build meaningful relationships and experiences with undocumented youth

Who in your community shares your mission or serves undocumented youth in some way?

• Who in your community shares your mission or serves undocumented youth in some way?

• What are they already doing that can contribute to your efforts?

• When can you get together and learn about each others’ work and learn how you can both benefit?

• Where can these partners experience what you’re doing and see the impact their potential contribution can make?

• How will you make concrete commitments for working together?

What can you do as part of your every day behaviors to make all students feel safe?

• What can you do as part of your every day behaviors to make all students feel safe?

• Think of one undocumented student with whom you work. What is one concrete thing you can do as his or her ally to show your support?

Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood City

• Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
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• Itzel Díaz- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
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• María Fernández- John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities, Stanford University
• [e-mail]
• Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman- International Institute of the Bay Area
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• Websites:

• http://www.rwc2020.org/
• http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu/
• http://www.iibayarea.org/