Unfortunately, RISE has to close the registration. We are not taking anymore RSVPs because we are getting many more people than we expected for our first conference.
Our goal and limit was to get 150 people to our conference. At this moment, we are getting close to 200 people. It is awesome that we were able to outreach for so many of you, but we were not expecting this many. For the sake of quality and safety of everyone, we cannot register any more people.
RISE will likely have a conference next semester, around October, around the time everyone is working on college applications. We hope to be able to accommodate more people in the future.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
April 25, 2008
April 22, 2008
Conference Purpose
Over 65,000 undocumented students graduate each year from high school; unfortunately, only a handful go on to college.
Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education (R.I.S.E.) want to inform, empower, and mobilize undocumented students by providing them the necessary tools to get an education.
We highly encourage you to register if you are a:
• Immigrant student in high school or community college.
• Parent of immigrant students.
• Counselors that work with immigrant students
For more information you can send e-mail to: ucb_rise@yahoo.com
or contact us at 510-684-2225 or 760-960-6209
We prefer if you register uing the survey at the top of the page but can do so by sending us an e-mail as well.
Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education (R.I.S.E.) want to inform, empower, and mobilize undocumented students by providing them the necessary tools to get an education.
We highly encourage you to register if you are a:
• Immigrant student in high school or community college.
• Parent of immigrant students.
• Counselors that work with immigrant students
For more information you can send e-mail to: ucb_rise@yahoo.com
or contact us at 510-684-2225 or 760-960-6209
We prefer if you register uing the survey at the top of the page but can do so by sending us an e-mail as well.
Conference Program
Program:
8-9AM Registration/Breakfast
9:00 "Introduction
9:20 Keynote Speaker
9:40 Panel of student Testimonials
10:00 Q & A
10:30-11:50 1st session
12-1:00 Lunch, and entertainment
1:00-2:20 2nd Session
2:25-3:45 3rd session
3:45-4 Closing
1ST Session
1. High School Student Admissions
2. Financial Aid/Scholarships
3. Immigrant Youth Activism
4. Parent Workshop
2nd Session:
1. Transfer Student Admission Workshop
2. Financial Aid/Scholarships
3. Immigrant Youth Activism
4. LGBTQ and Immigration
3rd Session:
1. Counselor Workshop
2. Financial Aid/Scholarships
3. Immigrant Youth Activism
4. Know Your Rights
8-9AM Registration/Breakfast
9:00 "Introduction
9:20 Keynote Speaker
9:40 Panel of student Testimonials
10:00 Q & A
10:30-11:50 1st session
12-1:00 Lunch, and entertainment
1:00-2:20 2nd Session
2:25-3:45 3rd session
3:45-4 Closing
1ST Session
1. High School Student Admissions
2. Financial Aid/Scholarships
3. Immigrant Youth Activism
4. Parent Workshop
2nd Session:
1. Transfer Student Admission Workshop
2. Financial Aid/Scholarships
3. Immigrant Youth Activism
4. LGBTQ and Immigration
3rd Session:
1. Counselor Workshop
2. Financial Aid/Scholarships
3. Immigrant Youth Activism
4. Know Your Rights
Directions to Conference
Welcome! Below are the directions to the AB540 Conference, if you still have any questions after going over these directions, please call: (510-684-2225)
Destination: 201 Heller Lounge, second floor, MLK, Jr. Student Union,
between Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft Way. UC Berkeley, CA 94720-4500
PLEASE NOTE: [1]Parking is limited at the Berkeley campus! Whenever possible, we encourage you to use public transportation.
[2]Directions to UC Berkeley from… (using public transportation? please skip to page 2.)
From San Francisco / SF Airport / SF Peninsula (via 101 North):
Exit to San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
Exit to 80 East (after crossing Bay Bridge)
Take University Avenue exit; head east for approximately 1.5 miles
Turn right on Oxford Street
Turn left on Durant Avenue
Turn left on Telegraph Avenue; move into right lane
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop)
From Oakland / Oakland Airport / San Jose (via 880 North):
Exit to 980 (becomes 24 East after crossing 580)
Take Claremont Avenue exit; turn left on Claremont Avenue
Turn left on College Avenue
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop after crossing Telegraph Avenue)
From Walnut Creek / Concord (via 24 West):
Take College Avenue exit (exit runs along Miles Avenue--College begins at first traffic light)
Turn right on College Avenue
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop after crossing Telegraph Avenue)
From Davis / Sacramento (via 80 West):
Take University Avenue exit; head east for approximately 1.5 miles
Turn right on Oxford Street
Turn left on Durant Avenue
Turn left on Telegraph Avenue (move into right lane)
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop)
When using public transportation it is good to have lots of change. Some services offer exact fare only (e.g. AC Transit Buses and Campus Shuttle Service).
BART
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Trains operate from Fremont, Richmond, Bay Point/Concord and San Francisco/Daly City and include service to San Francisco International Airport. BART connects to Oakland International Airport via a short hop on an AirBart shuttle bus. A map indicating the route and stops of each train is located at each BART station. The Downtown Berkeley BART station is just 1-1/2 blocks west of the Berkeley campus.
AC Transit
AC Transit bus service provides transportation for commuters to and from San Francisco and throughout Alameda and Western Contra Costa County. There are several AC bus lines that come near the campus area such as lines: #65; #52; #51; #43; #40; #15; #9; F and U. For additional lines and information contact AC Transit at (510) 839-2882.
Transit and Shuttle Information Websites & Phone Numbers:
BARThttp://www.bart.gov/index.asp
(510) 465-2278
AC TransitEast Bay buses
http://www2.actransit.org/main.wu
(510) 839-2882
San Franciso MuniSan Francisco Buses
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/home/sfmta.php
(415) 673-6864
Caltrain/Southern Pacific RailroadCommuter train service from San Francisco and San Jose
(415) 557-8661(800) 558-8661
SamTransBus service between Palo Alto and downtown San Francisco.
http://www.samtrans.org/
(650) 817-1717(800) 650-4287
Bay Area Transit Trip Planner (Transit.511.org) Helps plan door-to-door trips by searching the schedules of multiple Bay Area transit providers.
To see more directions to the campus, visit: http://visitors.berkeley.edu/public_transit.html
Please register in Heller Lounge – it is right in the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph, marked with a inside Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, the first building on the left as you walk into campus. (Marked red in the map below).
Most workshops will be in Dwinelle Hall is the light blue colored building on the map and marked with a the arrow shows the entrance to the building.
To see a full campus map, go to: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/large_map.html
[1] http://visitors.berkeley.edu/public_transit.html
[2] http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/about/visitorinfo
Destination: 201 Heller Lounge, second floor, MLK, Jr. Student Union,
between Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft Way. UC Berkeley, CA 94720-4500
PLEASE NOTE: [1]Parking is limited at the Berkeley campus! Whenever possible, we encourage you to use public transportation.
[2]Directions to UC Berkeley from… (using public transportation? please skip to page 2.)
From San Francisco / SF Airport / SF Peninsula (via 101 North):
Exit to San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
Exit to 80 East (after crossing Bay Bridge)
Take University Avenue exit; head east for approximately 1.5 miles
Turn right on Oxford Street
Turn left on Durant Avenue
Turn left on Telegraph Avenue; move into right lane
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop)
From Oakland / Oakland Airport / San Jose (via 880 North):
Exit to 980 (becomes 24 East after crossing 580)
Take Claremont Avenue exit; turn left on Claremont Avenue
Turn left on College Avenue
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop after crossing Telegraph Avenue)
From Walnut Creek / Concord (via 24 West):
Take College Avenue exit (exit runs along Miles Avenue--College begins at first traffic light)
Turn right on College Avenue
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop after crossing Telegraph Avenue)
From Davis / Sacramento (via 80 West):
Take University Avenue exit; head east for approximately 1.5 miles
Turn right on Oxford Street
Turn left on Durant Avenue
Turn left on Telegraph Avenue (move into right lane)
Turn left on Bancroft Way
Turn right into MLK Jr. Student Union Garage (just past bus stop)
When using public transportation it is good to have lots of change. Some services offer exact fare only (e.g. AC Transit Buses and Campus Shuttle Service).
BART
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Trains operate from Fremont, Richmond, Bay Point/Concord and San Francisco/Daly City and include service to San Francisco International Airport. BART connects to Oakland International Airport via a short hop on an AirBart shuttle bus. A map indicating the route and stops of each train is located at each BART station. The Downtown Berkeley BART station is just 1-1/2 blocks west of the Berkeley campus.
AC Transit
AC Transit bus service provides transportation for commuters to and from San Francisco and throughout Alameda and Western Contra Costa County. There are several AC bus lines that come near the campus area such as lines: #65; #52; #51; #43; #40; #15; #9; F and U. For additional lines and information contact AC Transit at (510) 839-2882.
Transit and Shuttle Information Websites & Phone Numbers:
BARThttp://www.bart.gov/index.asp
(510) 465-2278
AC TransitEast Bay buses
http://www2.actransit.org/main.wu
(510) 839-2882
San Franciso MuniSan Francisco Buses
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/home/sfmta.php
(415) 673-6864
Caltrain/Southern Pacific RailroadCommuter train service from San Francisco and San Jose
(415) 557-8661(800) 558-8661
SamTransBus service between Palo Alto and downtown San Francisco.
http://www.samtrans.org/
(650) 817-1717(800) 650-4287
Bay Area Transit Trip Planner (Transit.511.org) Helps plan door-to-door trips by searching the schedules of multiple Bay Area transit providers.
To see more directions to the campus, visit: http://visitors.berkeley.edu/public_transit.html
Please register in Heller Lounge – it is right in the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph, marked with a inside Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, the first building on the left as you walk into campus. (Marked red in the map below).
Most workshops will be in Dwinelle Hall is the light blue colored building on the map and marked with a the arrow shows the entrance to the building.
To see a full campus map, go to: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/large_map.html
[1] http://visitors.berkeley.edu/public_transit.html
[2] http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/about/visitorinfo
April 9, 2008
Achieve your dreams!
There are over 65,000 undocumented students that graduate each
year from high school but do not continue on to college because
they are not properly advised about the different options they have.
They are also not well informed about current legislation that allows
all students to attend college regardless of immigration status. But
undocumented students can go to college. Although these students
lack access to government financial aid, many are already attending
public universities, and many have already graduated from community
colleges, CSUs, UCs and private universities by fundraising, obtaining
private scholarships and private loans to pay for tuition and books.
Do You want to know how this is possible?
Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education (R.I.S.E.), a support group for
immigrant students at U.C. Berkeley, is organizing a conference on Sunday,
April 27, 2008 to inform high school and community college students,
parents and counselors about the different options undocumented students
have in pursing a higher education. The conference will be an opportunity
to learn about the process for applying to colleges and universities,
different financial resources, fundraising for college, legal and
educational rights, and help for parents and counselors on how to advice and
encourage students. This will also be an opportunity to learn about the
work that students are doing to challenge those educational inequities.
When: Sunday April 27, 2008
Time: 9AM-5PM
Where: U.C. Berkeley’s Heller Lounge
Time: 9AM-5PM
Where: U.C. Berkeley’s Heller Lounge
Please register using the link below this post!
Need Transportation?/Questions: contact Ucb_rise@yahoo.com (510) 684-2225
Program*:
8-9 AM Registration/Breakfast
9:00 Introduction-Welcome-who is RISE
9:10 Ice-Breaker/Video
9:20 Key Note Speaker
9:30 Legislation: AB 540 and the DREAM Act
9:50 1st Panel of student testimonials
10:10 Q & A
10:50-12:10 1st session
12:10-1:10 Lunch/entertainment
1:10-2:30 2nd Session
2:35-3:55 3rd session
4:00- 5:00 Series of workshops
Workshops*: College Process, Financial Aid, Student Activism,
Parents/Counselors how to help undocumented students, Legal Rights, Art as
an expression
*Subject to change
R.I.S.E. provides support services, leadership training, and promotes
collective empowerment of AB 540 students at U.C. Berkeley to fight and
organize for equal access and affordable higher education.
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