Evolving from a support network to a student organization and community outreach project, IDEAS now guides high school and community college students in their transition to institutions of higher education. In the summer of 2004, IDEAS initiated the AB-540 Project to bring awareness of the AB540 legislation and to provide information on educational and financial resources available to Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties. This is accomplished through informational workshops, student panels, counselor conferences, and community events.
<<IDEAS: Year 2 Last Meeting of the Year: Finals week
As an advocacy group IDEAS has consistently taken an active role at the local, state, and national levels to campaign for equal access to higher education for all students, regardless of their immigration status. In 2006 IDEAS joined the California DREAM Network, a state and nation wide network of student based organizations aimed at creating and influencing public policy affecting undocumented students.
In 2006, thanks to the support of private donors, community organizations such as our former fiscal receiver the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund, and the Office of Senator Gilbert Cedillo, the 1st Annual Making the Dream a Reality Banquet established an ongoing scholarship for undocumented students at the university. IDEAS awarded a combined 38 scholarships to entering freshmen, transfer, and continuing undocumented students at UCLA.
IDEAS Banquet 2006: Year 3>>
The increasing number of undocumented college-bound students, whom are ineligible for any state or federal financial aid—including need based, merit-based and university scholarships—makes it urgent for IDEAS to sustain the IDEAS Making the Dream a Reality Scholarship. It is the sponsorship of concerned individuals and organizations that allows IDEAS to continue encouraging, promoting, and supporting the education of incoming and continuing undocumented students at UCLA.
IDEAS Doubling in Membership during 2007 Banquet: Year 4
IDEAS Fundraises and plans to award over 60 scholarships.
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CONTACT
CONTACT US:
Email:
ideas@ucla.edu
Mailing Address
220 Westwood Boulevard
Community Programs Office
105 Student Activity Center, 106C
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1454
Phone: 310 825-6446
Fax: 310 206-3175
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DONAT
DONATE!
IDEAS awards scholarships to those who face serious financial burdens aside from being undocumented. Past recipients have included those who have been separated from their families during ICE raids, students who have had an imediate family member in chemo-therapy, those who have disabled parents, and some who are in deportation proceeding themselves, all ineligible to receive University scholarships or financial aid of any sort. If you would like to donate to ideas please contact ideas@ucla.edu to find out how to make your contribution tax deductible.
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