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On Saturday July 15, all 35 DACA participants (30 are women) of the Summer 2017 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program came together to attend the last program orientation before departing to Mexico on August 1st. The CMD Summer 2017 program, is the first time that the CMSC accepted students from 8 different states other than California, including students from New York, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, and Washington.
As you may recall from our newsletter publications, the CMD Summer 2017 program will take place at the prestigious Mexican graduate school El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) in Tijuana, Baja California from August 1st to the 21st.
During the 3-week travel-study experience, the participating Dreamers will have the opportunity to engage in a graduate-level course, conduct independent travel and ethnographic research on their family origins, allowing Dreamers to visit their birthplace, as well as the opportunity to participate and present their findings at an international conference on Migration and Immigration Reform to be held at COLEF from August 17-19, 2017.
CSULB Theater Art students teamed up with the Summer 2017 California-Mexico Dreamers' group to facilitate and lead a bonding activity, as part of a project by the CMSC to develop a play about Dreamers' human stories. Having such a diverse group of DACA students from many different universities across the U.S., it was important to create a strong physical bond as they embark on the CMD Summer 2017 Dreamers Study Abroad journey!
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
The 2nd CMSC-COLEF International Seminar on Migration and Public Policy
The California-Mexico Studies Center, in collaboration with El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), will be hosting the Second International Seminar on Migration and Public Policy on August 17-19, 2017 at COLEF's main campus in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
The seminar will be held as part of COLEF's 35th anniversary celebration of its founding. Also, the seminar will focus on issues relating to the current situation of Dreamers on both sides of the border, the migration of close to 1 million U.S.-citizen minors forced into exile in Mexico and Central America with their deported parents, as well as the tragedy of separated families and deported U.S. military veterans.
Download the Seminar Program Schedule for more information.
The entire seminar will be streamed live, and the CMSC is pleased to invite our newsletter readers to tune in online or to register to attend the seminar. However, due to limited space, attendance will be by invitation only. If you would like to be invited to attend, please REGISTER HERE.
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