The CMSC looks forward to a dynamic and proactive 2024 when presidential elections will take place in Mexico and the US, as we continue our efforts to provide study abroad opportunities for Dreamers, promote academic exchange between California and Mexico and advocate for immigration reform.
Please join us at our Dreamers Symposium on January 11, 2024 in Mexico City !!!
El Profe Armando Vazquez-Ramos
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We'll be streamimg live on all of our platforms!
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Estaremos transmiteindo en vivo en todas nuestras plataformas!
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Given the tenuous future of DACA, the CMSC has decided to create the Spring and Summer 2024 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) in order to offer a broader and a more flexible travel-study opportunity for Dreamers in Mexico and other countries of origin from April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 for the Spring Program and July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024 for the Summer Program.
This unique model will allow for both, Mexican-origin Dreamers and DACA-mented Dreamers from other countries to discover their birthplace, cultural roots, reaffirm their identity, reconnect with their families, and explore higher education opportunities in Mexico.
This program will operate under the CMSC’s Mexico City-based collaboration with a network of partner institutions, which include: Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM), Facultad de Estudios Superiores de Acatlán Campus and Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, the five-campus prestigious Mexico City Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), the public Mexico City Autonomous University (UACM), El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT) and the CILAC Freire Institute in Cuernavaca, Morelos.
The CMSC’s Spring and Summer 2024 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) has been designed specifically to offer travel-study options for individual Dreamers or in small groups, for colleges and universities to develop long-term and short-term projects for their Dreamers and to continue to require an ethnographic research paper based on their experience returning to their homeland and discovering Mexico.
The Spring and Summer 2024 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) is explicitly designed for colleges and universities, Labor Unions, Community-based Organizations, Churches and Religious Organizations, and Dreamers’ organizations, interested in contracting with the CMSC for travel-study abroad programs designed specifically for the sponsoring institution’s purpose and participants, including non-Latino and non-Spanish-speaking Dreamers...
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Do not wait until the last minute!!!
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Please take into consideration that the Advance Parole application approval process time can vary from 2 to 6 months; thus, we will give preference to those applicants who are quick to submit their completed online application and letter of recommendation.
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WATCH THE NEW CMSC DOCUMENTARY
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No Mas Sobras, No More Crumbs
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Courtesy of Esmeralda Arias - Alumni | DEC. 24, 2023 | Photo Courtesy of Esmeralda Arias
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Dear Profe Armando and the entire Cal-Mex Team,
First and foremost, I commend all of you for the community organizing and advocacy work you do for our immigrant community. It has not been an easy task, but you have been relentless in your work and have positively changed the lives of many people.
Today, on this Christmas Day, I am proud to say I am among those many people. Without your help, support, and care, I wouldn’t have been able to muster up the courage I needed to return to Mexico after 28 years! It was a life-changing opportunity that allowed me to reconnect with my biological grandparents. Through it, I gained a deeper understanding of who they are and our complex family history.
I was also able to experience Mexico’s beautiful collectivist culture and learn about its rich history, which felt so welcoming and like HOME!
Again, thank you so much! I am forever indebted to all of you! As you said, Profe, this experience has been my Christmas gift this year. But I want to add that this life has also gifted me with all of you, a set of angels, and a new family! If there is any way I can help in the future, please let me know! ¡Si se puede!
With endless love,
Esmeralda Arias
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THE POWER OF THE MEXICAN VOTE
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LA FUERZA DEL VOTO MEXICANO
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WHO IS CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM PARDO?
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CLAUDIA : EL DOCUMENTAL
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Don't miss out on the opportunity to experience stories that transcend boundaries and will leave an indelible mark on your soul!
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Our first book "Anthology of Dreams from an Impossible Journey” has arrived! This glossy, 380-page, bilingual tome is jam-packed with photos and stories from the essays of our Dreamers Study Abroad Program participants. We want to ensure that as many people as possible can get a FREE copy. We ask only for a donation of $20 (USD) or 400 Pesos to cover shipping and handling. To receive your free copy, please fill out the order form found at
www.california-mexicocenter.org/book-launch/ |
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Please consider sponsoring our program today!!!
To be a sponsor contact Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos at: armando@calmexcenter.org or 562-972-0986
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Disclaimer: The California-Mexico Studies Center is a community-based California non-profit educational and cultural organization, established in 2010 and registered with the IRS as a tax-exempt charitable institution (ID: #27-4994817) and never affiliated with the California State University System or California State University Long Beach.
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