Dream Act Arizona

We are CADENA, an Arizona based group of professionals, educators, students and concerned citizens who advocate for the passage of the Dream Act in the US Congress.

We network with other humanitarian groups in Arizona as well as nationwide and our main effort is in lobbying our Arizona Congressional delegation to garner their support for this important piece of legislation.

Our focus is solely the passage of the Dream Act. We educate the public from all ethnic backgrounds, social status and creeds on the importance of the Dream Act. We work with students educating them on their rights as well as helping them in organizing to advocate for the passage of this legislation.

CADENA

Comite de Apoyo para el Desarrollo Estudiantil de la Nacion Americana

Committee for the Support and Development of the American Nation’s Students

CADENA MISSION:

• Presenting the need for the DREAM Act legislation to Arizona’s Congressional Delegation.
• Networking with students to provide information about private scholarships and the procedures required to apply for entrance to post-secondary education’s institutions in Arizona.
• Providing students and teachers with the pamphlet KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, STOP THE SILENCE and diverse DREAM act literature.
• Assisting any student who may be arrested and placed in jail or immigration detention (a land based phone that accepts collect calls is necessary.)
• Helping students who are scheduled to be deported with deportation plans.
• Support for the families of students being deported or are in trouble due their immigration status (VIRGINIA, JOE )
• Being present in court in support of students who are in immigration court and subject to deportation.
• Support the activities of groups where students excel and are examples of the talents the DREAM act students provide to our communities (FALCON ROBOTICS, GATEWAY Early College High School, etc.)
• Support of projects that educate the community of the situation of the students and the need for the passage of the DREAM ACT (Documented DREAMs, James Garcia’s DREAM Act Play, Virginia’s DREAM etc).
• Gain presence on the media with positive stories about the students and the DREAM locally, nationally, internationally.
• Encouraging the creation of foundations and other scholarship resources for undocumented students          08/04/08

Join us

If you want to join our quest for justice, send us an email to dreamactaz@gmail.com or fill out the information form in the contact us section.

How Can You Help? Make your voice heard!

Call 1-866-340-9281 to connect to the Capitol switchboard.  Ask for your senators or your representative office, and express your support.

Call 1-800-833-6354. Follow the instructions.Enter your zip code and it will connect you with your senator or representative's office.

You will be most likely routed to a congressional staffer or a voice mail.

Tell them you are calling to ask them to support the Dream Act, that we need their leadership more than ever and that our nation needs the talent of the young immigrants.