E4FC IN THE NEWS
Please contact Katharine Gin, E4FC's Executive Director, if you are interested in doing a story about E4FC.
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These students are similar in profile to the “Dreamers” who qualified for DACA — who number more than 200,000 in California — but face dwindling options on graduation day, even though they arrived as juveniles and were provided strong educations, often with taxpayer-funded aid…
Katharine Gin, executive director of Educators for Fair Consideration, a San Francisco group that helps undocumented students pursue college degrees and careers, said up to 20 percent of undocumented students in four-year California colleges and universities — and a higher percentage in community colleges — are not eligible for DACA.
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Aside from the doubt their employers have expressed over their identification, some DACA millennials have found it hard to explain gaps in their employment history. For undocumented millennnials who are not covered by DACA, transitioning from school to work is even tougher.
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The election of Donald J. Trump as president has so rattled some immigrant families that they are skipping, or perhaps just delaying as long as possible, the chance for state-funded California Dream Act grants that pay a large chunk of costs to attend a community college, a California State University, a University of California or an independent college. Katharine Gin explains further explains the resons of such decrease in applications this year.
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program has allowed undocumented immigrants like Jirayut Latthivongskorn (former E4FC scholar and Pre-Health Dreamers co-founder) to attend medical school for the first time. Now his future is in question, as president-elect Donald Trump has pledged to “immediately terminate” the program.
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JORGE RAMOS PARTNERS ON FUND FOR UNDOCUMENTED ENTREPRENEURS (Fusion.net, July 15, 2016)
A new project to help encourage social endeavors led by undocumented men and women was announced this week by a consortium of partners including Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos. The project is designed to support the entrepreneurial pursuits of the nearly 4.5 million young people without legal status in the United States…the project is an extension of Educators for Fair Consideration, a San Francisco-based nonprofit group dedicated to empowering "young people to pursue their dreams of college, career, and citizenship in the United States." Ramos was a supporter of the program and decided to extend further support to expand the reach of the group’s mission.
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NEWS ARCHIVE
- February 24, 2016 Why are Undocumented Students Leaving In-State Tuition and Financial Aid Unclaimed? (GoodCall)
- February 12, 2016 Educators discuss undocumented youths' challenges, resilience (Palo Alto Weekly)
- November 18, 2015 Colleges in Missouri Navigate an Uncertain Landscape for Undocumented Students (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- November 10, 2015 SF State to Hire a Dream Coordinator (Golden Gate Xpress)
- October 31, 2015 New federal guidlines aid unauthorized students (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- October 28, 2015 Film screening inspires undocumented youth to aim for college (Richmond Confidential)
- October 27, 2015 Reading project helps undocumented immigrant students with education costs (Reading Eagle)
- September 29, 2015 U-Lead Athens receives $20000 for undocumented student scholarships (The Red & Black)
- September 23, 2015 Athens immigrant rights group awarded $20,000 to provide more college scholarships to undocumented students (Online Athens)
- September 22, 2015 The Important Immigration Policy Behind This Woman's Decision to Go to Medical School (Think Progress)
- September 15, 2015 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Students Are Receiving Support (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- May 21, 2015 Undocumented students fight for their education on the Central Coast (KION Right Now)
- May 15, 2015 Dreams become reality for undoucmented Med Students (Latino USA)
- February 26, 2015 5 facts you need to know about the DREAM Act (USA Today)
- February 25, 2015 Students receive hope to meet college goals (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- December 4, 2014 Meet the First Undocumented Med-School Student at UC San Francisco (National Journal)
- November 20, 2014 Obama Unveils Immigration Plan, Lifts Deportation Threat for Millions (Education Week)
- November 18, 2014 How California is Making Life Easier for Undocumented Immigrants (National Journal)
- September 8, 2014 UCSF's First Undocumented Medical Student Begins Training (KQED State of Health)
- September 5, 2014 Immigrants Benefit from White House Initiative (Wall Street Journal)
- December 8, 2013 Undocumented immigrant students can qualify for college scholarships and loans (New York Daily News)
- October 16, 2013 New immigration law in California gives aspiring attorneys hope (Los Angeles Times)
- September 22, 2013 Sueño de inmigrantes, profesionales de la salud (Univision National)
- September 17, 2013 Story about E4FC's DACA Mini Grants Program (Telemundo)
- April 4, 2013 At Contra Costa DREAM Conference, young people come out about undocumented status (Richmond Confidential)
- January 17, 2013 Advocate provides support for college-bound students without citizenship (Bay Citizen)
- January 14, 2013 Undocumented Students Focus of Educator Conference (Education Week)
- November 1, 2012 Young DREAMers at LTCC apply for financial aid (Tahoe Daily Tribute)
- September 21, 2012 Immigrants' Need for Documentation Stresses Schools (The California Report)
- August 22, 2012 How will Deferred Action affect the lives of undocumented youth in the United States? (KALW 91.7)
- August 17, 2012 Young Undocumented Immigrants May Find College Elusive (Huffington Post)
- August 15, 2012 Relief for Youg Undocumented Immigrants Starts Today (Education Week)
- June 18, 2012 Obama's Immigration Shift: Hope for Dreamers? (KQED's Forum)
- June 17, 2012 Special Father's Day for Undocumented Immigrants (NBC Bay Area)
- June 15, 2012 Renewed Hope for One Undocumented Student (KQED's California Report)
- June 9, 2012 Undocumented students face a dead end at graduation (Merced Sun-Star)
- June 6, 2012 Undocumented Grad Chases Medical Dreams (KQED News)
- May 30, 2012 Undocumented college students get support from tech titan, state lawmakers (Peninsula Press)
- May 26, 2012 Illegal immigrants find paths to college, careers (USA Today)
- March 20, 2012 Problema de jóvenes indocumentados traídos a EU de niños ha sensibilizado a muchos (Univision National News)
- May 17, 2012 Dreams Deferred (Hyphen Magazine)
- March 15, 2012 Los líderes del Silicon Valley que apoyan a estudiantes indocumentados (BBC Mundo)
- March 12, 2012 With heart and money, Silicon Valley aids undocumented students (Computerworld)
- March 12, 2012 Americans find ways to support undocumented immigrants (Public Radio International)
- March 7, 2012 Silicon Valley leaders take up the Dream on behalf of young migrants (Los Angeles Times)
- March 6, 2012 Tech Titans Fund Undocumented Students (Wall Street Journal)
- On October 8th, Katharine Gin, E4FC's Executive Director, shared her excitement about passage of AB 131, the second half of the CA Dream Act. Read Dreams No Longer Deferred, Students Say in Mission Loc@l.
- On July 8th, Jose Arreola, E4FC's Outreach Coordinator, was featured on KQED's Perspectives with his piece, Get to Know Me. "On a cross-country drive, Jose Arreola must tell a close friend his deepest secret -- he's undocumented." Listen to Jose's story.
- On April 17, 2011 E4FC's Student Outreach Team won a $7,000 grant from Mobilize.org to increase graduation rates of undocumented students in California community colleges. Read a story about the competition in the San Jose Mercury News: Inspirational and energetic community college students swap ideas for achieving success.
- On February 4, 2011 E4FC Intern Fermin Mendoza was profiled in The Stanford Daily. Read the article A Dream Deferred.
- On December 13, 2010, Jose Arreola, E4FC's Student Outreach Coordinator, was featured in a story about the DREAM Act on 91.7 KALW's Crosscurrents. You can listen to Undocumented student activist wants public to wake up to the DREAM Act. You can also read the story.
- On December 8, 2010, Jose Arreola, E4FC's Student Outreach Coordinator, participated in an hour-long radio show about the DREAM Act on 91.7 KALW's Your Call. Listen to the What will it take to pass the Dream Act?
- On December 8, 2010, Ju Hong, former E4FC Ambassador, was featured in a Costra Costa Times story about the Dream Act. Read House passes Dream Act; passes tougher fight in the Senate.
- On September 21, 2010, The Contra Costa Times ran a story featuring E4FC Intern & Ambassador Krsna Avila. E4FC's Executive Director, Katharine Gin, also appears in a photograph for the story. Read Federal maneuverings revive controversial immigration bill for youth.
- On July 26, 2010, Bruce Lesley talked about E4FC Application Coordinator Laura Lopez in his article Their DREAM Can Wait No Longer in The Huffington Post.
- On July 21, 2010, three E4FC students were featured in SF Weekly's cover story, The Education Trap. Read profiles of E4FC Scholar "Jaime Torres," E4FC Graduate Advisor Beleza Chan, and E4FC Graduate Advisor Prerna Lal.
- On March 17, 2010, The Huffington Post ran a story about E4FC Ambassador Ju Hong and other Korean undocumented students. Read Minsuk Kim's "Korean Americans March for America." Check out Ju's blog.
- The Winter 2010 issue of the Journal of College Admission featured six articles by E4FC about undocumented student issues (five by Katharine Gin, one by Beleza Chan). The Journal provides college admission counseling professionals with lively, challenging discourse on issues relevant to the admission counseling field. Download the articles here.
- On October 22, 2009, the Oakland Tribune ran a story about E4FC Ambassador Ju Hong. Read about all the amazing things that Ju is doing to work for passage of the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. You can also catch his regular blogs on our student website: S4FC.org.
- On October 21, 2009, The Skyline View interviewed E4FC Ambassador Yoshi Mendez about her efforts to reinvigorate the club Em-Powering Ourselves to Demand Educational Rights (PODER). Read about how PODER is supporting AB540 undocumented immigrant students at Skyline College.
- On August 17th, 2009, over 2,000 community leaders listened to E4FC Ambassador Ju Hong give testimony about the impact of federal immigration policies on him and his family. "It is difficult for me to attend college," said Ju. "I am unable to get a legal job, obtain a driver's license, or receive financial aid. I have no equal access to educational opportunities. Every night, I face fear of deportation. Sometimes I wake up in horror, with nightmares of immigration enforcement banging on my door to arrest my family and me." Read more about the immigration action. See photos.
- On June 21, 2009, Univision 14 ran a story about E4FC's new Student Ambassador Program. Find out more about the program here.
- On June 5-7, 2009, The California Report ran a story about two immigrant students struggling to get to college. Sindy, one of the students, is an E4FC scholarship recipient. Listen to "College Hard to Reach for Undocumented Students."
- On May 7, 2009, E4FC facilitated a panel discussion about undocumented students at Stanford University's School of Education. See event flyer for more details.
- On May 3, 2009, E4FC led a workshop for college counselors at the 2nd Annual "Achieve Your Dreams" AB540 Conference (presented by Rising Immigrant Scholars Through Education). Conference is in West Pauley Ballroom, MLK Student Union, UC Berkeley. Register here.
- On May 1, 2009, the Mountain View Voice ran a story about E4FC and one of our scholarship students. Read "Fighting for the American Dream."
- On April 12, 2009, E4FC scholarship students were featured in an ABC News Good Morning America story called "Students in the Shadows: Undocumented Students Struggle Toward College." Watch the feature and read the full article here.
- Beleza Chan, one of E4FC's Graduate Advisors, published an article about Asian undocumented immigrant students in Asian Week: Not 'A Mexican Thing': Undocumented Asian students face stigma and lack of financial aid, job experience.
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