Webinar: Uplifting Campus Resources: Effective Practices to Support Undocumented Students in Higher Education

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the Presidents’ Alliance and co-sponsors, TheDream.US, FWD.us, Immigrants Rising, and Informed Immigrants hosted a webinar, Uplifting Campus Resources: Effective Practices to Support Undocumented Students in Higher Education.

This webinar focused on the initiatives and effective practices that campus leaders and practitioners have implemented to support undocumented students with and without work authorization. Presenters shared about the top needs of undocumented students, the research on Undocumented Student Resource Centers (USRC) and how to start a center in a tuition restrictive state, the process of developing non-employment based fellowships, how to fund graduate school, the importance of building communities of practices, and updates on new higher education portal tools and resources.

This webinar shared important resources and guides to help undocumented students:

• Find the Google Drive folder that contains the slide deck, speaker bios, and our Partner resources here.
• The presentation for the Uplifting Campus Resources can be found here.
• Partner Resources and Links can found here.
• Check out our Directory of Resources to Support DACA recipients, undocumented students, Dream legislation and institutions of higher education here.

 

Speakers Included:

• • Heyin Lee, Director of Programs and Evaluations, The Dream.US
  • Delia Rodriguez, Student, Grand Canyon University
  • Trisha Mazumder, UndocuScholars Project
  • Rachel Freeman-Wong, My Undocumented Life
  • Erika Rosales, Director of Center for DREAMers, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, WIDA at WCER, University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Denise Vivar, Specialist at Immigrant Student Success Center, John Jay College
  • Ariana Aparicio Aguilar, PhD Student, University of California Riverside, Graduate Fellow at Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration 
  • Tanya Cabrera, Executive Director, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration 
  • Luz Bertadillo Rodriguez, Project Manager, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration 
  • Maria Lopez Zamudio, Project Associate, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

Thank you to all of our co-sponsors.