Every year, dedicated high-school students are denied the chance to attend college, based solely on their undocumented status. These young patriots are doctors who will never get the chance to heal us, teachers who won’t be able to educate our children, police and firefighters who will never be able to protect us-all because their dreams have been deferred.

Watch the video:
http://bravenewfilms.org/watch/20586117/33899?utm_source=rgemail

All three presidential hopefuls co-sponsored the federal DREAM Act, yet it has never been made law. The DREAM Act would enable states to grant in-state tuition to these hardworking immigrant students, making higher education (and eventually citizenship) a real possibility.

We need to put pressure on all three presidential candidates to commit to securing America’s future by enacting the federal DREAM Act in their first 100 days of office.

Sign the petition so that we can show our elected officials that the dreams of students must not be sacrificed to the anti-immigrant, anti-American status quo.

Sign the petition:
http://bravenewfilms.org/watch/20586117/33899?utm_source=rgemail

In addition to the video, with help from our friends at the MIRA coalition, we started a blog at http://ADREAMDeferred.org to provide a platform to these young student DREAMers to tell their own stories. Let me introduce you to Dream Activist, The Dream Advocate, FASH, IAmAShadow, Newsie, and Sayuri Jane, who have underscored the urgency of this issue. This has become a major collaborative effort with dozens of organizations to call attention to this breakdown in our educational system, and now is your chance to join us.

As the anniversary of Cesar Chavez’s birthday approaches, we feel that A DREAM Deferred pays tribute to this great man and his truly extraordinary efforts. Chavez once said, “Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?” We must honor Cesar Chavez by taking action, not just talking.

Sincerely,
Robert Greenwaldand the crew at Brave New Foundation

P.S. The name “A Dream Deferred” was inspired by the Langston Hughes poem of the same name. It’s worth a read. And you can learn more about the DREAM Act here.

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