1. How To Be An Effective Ally
CREATING A CULTURE OF SUPPORT FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY

2. Presenters Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
Itzel Díaz- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
María Fernández- John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities, Stanford University
Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman- International Institute of the Bay Area

3. Agenda Connecting with your undocumented population
Differentiating students’ views of their documentation status
Recognizing your school’s culture with respect to undocumented students
Creating a supportive school culture
Starting a club
Fundraising
Partnering with community groups

4. Connecting with Your Undocumented Population
Range of time in country
Family members with different status
Estimated numbers of undocumented people by county:
Assume that there is at least one undocumented student in each of your classes
47,298 in San Mateo County
39,045 in San Francisco
146,208 in Santa Clara County
11,769 in Marin County
102,268 in Alameda County
58,663 in Contra Costa County
Surveys/ideas?
Assumptions that undocumented are recent arrivals

5. Differentiating students’ views of their documentation status
Students’ understanding varies:
Those who know status and advocate for selves
Those who don’t know…find out filling out FAFSA or other applications
Those whose parents want them to hide it
Those who see no hope & have given up
Those who just think things will work out

6. Recognizing your school’s culture with respect to undocumented students
What Students See and Hear
What Staff Should See and Hear
Positive
Staff publicly addresses issue
DREAM club
Available resources
Staff attempting to speak students’ native language
Negative
The issue is avoided
Negative comments
Staff lacks knowledge
Topics related to undocumented students on staff meeting agendas
Student presentations to staff
Legal expert visits/ guest speakers
Visible info for AB540 students
Posted scholarships not requiring SSN (Naviance)
Go-to people on staff. Public allies you can send students to.
Public conversations (with students & staff) about different immigration status
Respect for confidentiality

7. Starting a Club Get the students there Enlist staff allies
Have specific projects to work on (short term goal momentum)
Develop long-term goals
Develop students’ leadership abilities within the club
Publicize
Connect to community resources

8. Sequoia High School Dream Club: Get Students There
Invite students personally
Include documented students
Encourage members to bring friend(s)
Present to classes
Announce in daily bulletin
Collaborate with counselors

9. Sequoia High School Dream Club: Enlist Staff Allies
Gain administration support
Present yourself as a resource to staff on these issues
Use your personal connections on staff
Connect with staff who can share their knowledge, time & resources

10. Sequoia High School Dream Club: Make long- and short-term goals
Annual Event
Presentations at Middle Schools
Presentations to parents
Participation at community events
San Mateo County Youth Conference, Teens In Action Community Showcase
Fundraising for Scholarships
Political Activism
Rally in support of Dream Act, postcard campaign on Back To School Night

11. Sequoia High School Dream Club: Make the Club Visible
Posters
Yearbook page
T-shirts
School newspaper
San Mateo Daily Journal
Staff presentations
Facebook

13. YEARBOOK PAGE

14. Sequoia High School Dream Club: Fundraising Ideas
Host events
Sell products
Wedding/birthday gifts
Church Groups
Work with other school groups
Ask for donations from staff and personal network

15. Sequoia High School Dream Club: Connect to Community Resources
Immigrant Youth Action Team
Sequoia High School
Redwood City 2020
Redwood City Public Library
Fair Oaks Community Center
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
International Institute of the Bay Area
Cañada College student group and Upward Bound
Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
Sequoia District Migrant Youth Program
Alumni
(Maria?)in the Sequoia High School category mention the Parent Center, Teen Resource Center, students, alumni, teachers
I’ll just share a few works and pose some questions for you coming from the broader community outside your school or program settings
Students spend much of their time in school, but they also navigate in different parts of the community.
In addition to the Dream Club, a number of Redwood City organizations have come together to leverage the group work that the Dream Club had already been doing, and in that way promote awareness and support for undocumented youth outside of school as well – forming the immigrant youth action team.
As you can see from this list, we have youth-serving organzations, city government department like the library and community center, legal agencies, and our local community college.

16. Partnering with Community Groups
Benefits of Building Community Partnerships:
Partners and supporters who share your mission, work with same population, and can spread your message
More resources (financial and in-kind) to help grow and expand your current efforts
A greater network of individual allies, mentors and partners who build meaningful relationships and experiences with undocumented youth
In showing the next two slides, Maybe Sheryl would like to speak to how we did this in a concrete say – say talking about the Making Dreams Come True event.

17. Broadening your Community Partnerships
Who in your community shares your mission or serves undocumented youth in some way?
What are they already doing that can contribute to your efforts?
When can you get together and learn about each others’ work and learn how you can both benefit?
Where can these partners experience what you’re doing and see the impact their potential contribution can make?
How will you make concrete commitments for working together?
Identify
Research
Explore
Ask them
Leverage
Invite
Experience
Learn
Action

18. Making Dreams Come True: The Time is Now!
The Community Youth Development Initiative’s
Immigrant Youth Action Team
Presents/Presenta:
Making Dreams Come True:
The Time is Now!
Logrando hacer sueños realidad:
Hoy es el momento!
Sequoia High School
Redwood City, CA

19. Who We Are
Formed in the summer of 2010, the Immigrant Youth Action Team is comprised of youth and adults working to increase the visibility, actions of, and resources for our immigrant youth.
This team is part of Redwood City 2020’s Community Youth Development Initiative, a collaboration of nearly 40 organizations that work to support the children, youth and families of the Redwood City and North Fair Oaks community. We invite you to join us! 
Quienes Somos
Formado en el verano del 2010, el Equipo de Acción de la Juventud Inmigrante está compuesto de jóvenes y adultos que trabajan para aumentar la visibilidad, las acciones, y los recursos para nuestros jóvenes inmigrantes.
Este equipo forma parte de la Iniciativa para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Juvenil de Redwood City 2020, una colaboración de casi 40 organizaciones que trabajan para apoyar a los niños, jóvenes y familias en la comunidad de Redwood City y North Fair Oaks. Los invitamos a que nos
acompañen.
Dream Wall / Pared de Sueños
Resource Table / Mesa de Recursos
Sequoia Dream Club Table/Mesa de Sequoia Dream Club
Student Photo Silent Auction / Subasta de fotografías
elaboradas por los estudiantes
Buy your raffle tickets/ Compre boletos de rifa
Dinner! / Cena!
Program/Programa
6:00 – 6:30 pm Arrival, Activities, Dinner and Raffle Ticket Sale
Llegada, Actividades, Cena y Compra de Boletos de Rifa
6:30 – 7:00 pm Welcome and Purpose
Bienvenida y Propósito
Itzel Díaz & Lilly Campos
Special Message/Mensaje Especial
Alicia Aguirre, Vice Mayor/Vice Alcalde, Redwood City
Recognition/Reconocimiento
Gabriel Arteaga, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s Office
About/Acerca del: Sequoia Dream Club
Roberto Pablo Pimienta
7:00 – 8:00 pm Dramatic Re-enactments /Obras Dramaticas
Names of youth actors here?
Personal Stories / Historias Personales
Yaritza, Yessica, and Jesús
Digital Stories / Historias Digitales
Valeria, Alexis, Rossmeri, Itzel, Javier
8:00 – 8:10 pm How You Can Support/Como Puede Apoyarnos
Jane Slater, Dream Club Scholarship Founder,
Fundadora de la Beca Dream Club
Magali Molina, Becario Anterior
8:10 – 8:20 pm Acknowledgements and Raffle!
Reconocimientos y Rifa!
8:20 – 8:30 pm Closing/Cierre
We invite you to take information from the resource table home with you.
Los invitamos a que lleven la información de la mesa de recursos a casa.
Join is in these activities as you arrive!
Acompáñenos en estas actividades al llegar

21. Creating a Supportive School Culture
What can you do as part of your every day behaviors to make all students feel safe?
Think of one undocumented student with whom you work. What is one concrete thing you can do as his or her ally to show your support?

22. CONTACT US Jane Slater- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
Itzel Díaz- Sequoia High School, Redwood City
María Fernández- John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities, Stanford University
Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman- International Institute of the Bay Area
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