Advocacy Email: Help us canvass on Saturday! Get involved with what we are doing in Gainesville to eliminate at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
April 20, 2015
Advocacy Alert
Now, we move to mobilizing for local elections in Gainesville for this year. Please see below and let us know how you can help!
Thank you all for your engagement this past legislative session. SB6, the bill that would have banned access to DL’s for deferred action immigrants was soundly defeated in the Georgia Senate. This effort will be back next year. Please read here.
Furthermore, momentum has increased for SB44, the initiative to provide in-state tuition for GA DREAMers. Your actions made that possible. We need to keep the pressure up and continue our efforts. Please see below on how you can continue to get involved.
Please stay connected. Encourage others to join our email advocacy efforts by having them send a text with the word “GALEO” to the number 22828. This process would ask for their email and they can start getting these emails directly.
Stay more engaged and connected at www.facebook.com/GALEO.org. Updates are posted daily on what is happening regarding immigration & what you can do to stay informed and engaged.
Looking for a new career or job opportunities? Please check out our website and share with others. Link is here: http://2014old.galeo.org/category/professional-development/
Orale! Our work together builds towards greater respect for our community & better inclusion of Latinos in Georgia!
Thank you!
Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO
www.facebook.com/JerryGonzalezGALEO
Do you live in Gainesville or near there and want to help our efforts? Please see below.
GALEO, along with community members in Gainesville, is working to eliminate the discriminatory at-large voting process for the City of Gainesville. Lots of activities and actions are planned and we will need your help and support. There is an election this year in Gainesville and this will be a major issue for that election. YOUR engagement matters and will help. Check out this link for more information and options on how you can help!
We will be contacting Latino voters this weekend on Saturday. Please check out this link to sign up if you can help! Thanks.
Georgia DREAMers will continue their work on SB44 and they need your help! Please make a few calls this week to keep momentum going!
Please call 1-844-885-2793 and support SB44.
SB44 would allow for in-state tuition for GA DREAMers that meet strict requirements.
This number has been set up to direct calls to Georgia Senators on the Senate Higher Education Committee. The calls will connect you with the Senators in their district phones now that they are in session. This phone number is active for all of April! Your calls can make a difference. Please call and then circulate the number widely to generate much needed support for Georgia DREAMers on SB44.
GALEO joined 150 groups to defend #ImmigrationAction
ICYMI: Please see the press release we issued here.
To read the press release of other cities and counties that joined these efforts, please follow this link. The CITY of ATLANTA has joined these efforts as well to protect #ImmigrationAction.
Join us! 12th Annual GALEO Power Breakfast. You are invited!
Date: Friday, May 8, 2015 / Time: 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Keynote Speaker: AnMarie Martin, Georgia Peace Officer & Community Activist
GALEO is also proud to announce that Governor Nathan Deal will be making some remarks at our breakfast.
We will also be joined by various other elected officials and other VIP’s. You do not want to miss this historic event!
The 12th Annual GALEO Power Breakfast is one of the principle fundraising events for GALEO & the GALEO Latino Community Development Fund.
Location:
Hilton Atlanta Northeast in Norcross.
More information posted on www.GALEO.org.
Early registration will on on May 1st! Register online at this link: http://galeo.ejoinme.org/12thAnnPB
Your help is needed at Naturalization Ceremonies on Fridays!
Help us register new voters!
Last year leading up to the 2014 election, we registered over 7,000 New Americans at naturalization ceremonies. So far, we have registered over 1,200 voters this year. Volunteers are needed on Fridays to help us with this initiative. Please volunteer if you can!
There will be more options in April and May for ceremonies on Fridays this year at USCIS in Tucker, GA and other places. Are YOU able to volunteer with us any on Fridays? Let us know by sending an email to samuel@2014old.galeo.org t confirm your participation. Please let us know which Friday ceremonies you may be able to volunteer with us and please provide your cell phone number too. We will follow up with you with more details once you confirm. Feel free to invite friends too!
If you have any questions, please send an email to Samuel Aguilar, GALEO Program Coordinator at samuel@2014old.galeo.org for more details.
Get involved in 2015 with the GALEO Leadership Council! Join us and let’s work on community efforts together!
Next meeting is on Tuesday, May 12th at the LAA, 6:30 PM – 8 PM!
Meetings are scheduled every month at the Latin American Association Board Room or other room available. Come meet the GALEO Leadership Council and hear about the 6 committees that you can be part of. We encourage you to bring a friend as we continue our work for the year.
Please send me an email if you are interested in getting more involved to jerry@2014old.galeo.org.
Stay tuned for other updates.
If YOU would like to join ourGALEO Leadership Council, please become a member and let us know that you would like to get involved and participate! http://tinyurl.com/GALEOMembership
GALEO is seeking College Interns for Summer & Fall 2015!
Interested in working on immigration reform and voter engagement in Georgia?
GALEO seeks undergraduate or graduate students every semester (Spring, Summer & Fall) for several part-time internships in community relations and administrative support. All student interns will be required to work a minimum of 10-15 hours per week and work directly with the Executive Director and Program Manager on a variety of important duties.
For more details, please visit this link:
http://2014old.galeo.org/join-galeo/internships/
Please send a resume and writing sample to Samuel Aguilar, GALEO Program Coordinator at samuel@2014old.galeo.org.
Follow GALEO on Instagram!
Are you on Instagram? Please follow GALEO at the following link: http://instagram.com/galeopics
Have an IDEA to improve EDUCATION in YOUR community?
2015 Ideas Challenge – Submit Your Idea Today!
How would you use $10,000 to improve education in YOUR community? Submit your idea in 150 words or less to the Ideas Challenge Facebook page.
Whether it’s a project to close pervasive achievement gaps, reduce chronic absenteeism, increase early grade reading outcomes or improve high school graduation rates – we want to hear your idea!
Semi-finalists will attend the Ideas Workshop where they will pitch their idea to a judges panel. Top winners receive a cash prize of up to $1,000 and a grant award of up to $10,000 to partner with a local nonprofit to implement their idea. Awards will be made in July 2015 to the most compelling and innovative projects. Winners will be announced at a live awards show hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting.
This contest is open to anyone, from teachers, parents, students and superintendents, to local officials, government employees, business and nonprofit professionals. Ideas must be submitted by an individual.
Like the Ideas Challenge on Facebook. Visit www.ideaschallenge.org for more information!
Resources on President Obama’s immigration action. Please share.
Two new websites where you can find more resources are www.adminrelief.org and www.iAmerica.org.
The Immigration Policy Center also has this resource page on #ImmigrationAction. Please share with others:
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/executive-action-immigration-resource-page
Federal government information in Spanish:
http://www.uscis.gov/es/accionmigratoria
Resource from United We DREAM on 5 tips to get ready:
http://unitedwedream.org/4-things-can-now-prepare-presidents-announcement-immigration/