March 23, 2015
Advocacy Alert
Join us on Thursday at the Georgia State Capitol to ensure Legislators hear from the Latino community. Please see registration information below.
Your voice and engagement is still needed to ensure we can expand access to college for Georgia DREAMers. YOUR phone calls are needed. See below for details.
Stay tuned with our calls to action on facebook because things move fast in the last few days of the Legislature at the Georgia Capitol.
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
GALEO Day at the Capitol is on THURSDAY!
Please register to attend & spread the word!
GALEO Day at the Capitol!
Join us for the GALEO Leadership Council Lobby Day at the Capitol on March 26th! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015, Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Trinity United Methodist Church, 265 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
We will meet at 8:00 AM at Trinity United Methodist Church and we will the go across the street to the Capitol until 12:00 PM. We will be working on legislative initiatives that are important to us and provide training on how to meet with your State Legislators.
ALL ARE WELCOME! All who go to the Capitol will be required to have a state ID. If you cannot go over to the Capitol, we will provide you with phone numbers to make some phone calls.
Registration will be required. We need to get your home address and direct you to the appropriate legislators.
Please sign up here: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0B4FADAF2DA5FD0-galeo/26152263
Join us next week for the 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration at the Georgia Capitol!
YOU are INVITED! Join us!
GALEO will honor civil rights legend Cesar Chavez and the contributions of farm workers through a celebration at the Georgia State Capitol. Speakers will reflect upon the importance of bringing Chavez’s legacy forward and first place winners of the GALEO Cesar Chavez Essay Contest will present their essays to a public audience. Light appetizers will be provided.
WHERE: Room 605, Coverdell Legislative Office Building, 18 Capitol Square SW Atlanta, GA 30334
WHEN: Cesar Chavez Day, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from 11:00am-12:00pm
To find out more, please see under our events section on the website.
Georgia DREAMers are working hard on SB44 and they need your help! Please make a few calls this week! Please call 1-844-885-2793 and support SB44.
This number has been set up to direct calls to Georgia Senators on the Senate Higher Education Committee. Your calls can make a difference. Please call and then circulate the number widely to generate much needed support for Georgia DREAMers on SB44.
SB44 would provide for deferred action student to be eligible for in-state tuition.
Thank you for helping stop SB6 (so far)!
The legislation would ban access to driver’s licenses to those who qualify for deferred action under #ImmigrationAction and would also deny it to victims of domestic violence. It would also authorize DMV to collect your DNA.
SB6 was assigned to the Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee. It still has not gotten a committee hearing and did not get over the Cross Over day deadline, which means it remains a viable legislative initiative for 2016 and parts of it could be added on to other driver’s license legislative initiatives. We will be monitoring this and alert you should something happen these next few days.
YOUR phone calls made a big difference! Thank you!
Other legislative initiatives from our ProGeorgia allies.
HB92 Family Care Act – 1-844-822-2779
“Presently, the House Industry and Labor Committee has been dragging its feet on taking a vote on the Family Care Act bill, which would allow workers to use the sick days they’ve earned to care for a child, spouse or parent without being penalized by their employer. Your voice can give the push needed to get a vote on this critical piece of legislation. In a moment, you’ll be connected with your state representative – tell your representative to call for the vote and vote YES on HB92.”
HB194 Reduction of Early Voting Days – 1-877-721-4574
“In a moment, you’ll be connected with either your representative or senator. Make sure to tell the Georgia General Assembly hands off early voting and to vote NO on HB 194.”
SB15 Minimum Wage – 1-844-749-7985
“Currently, SB15, a bill to increase the minimum wage in Georgia, is being held up in the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee. Polls show that 3 out 5 Georgians support increasing the minimum wage. Your voice can give the push needed to get a vote on this critical piece of legislation. In a moment, you’ll be connected with your state senator – tell your senator call for the vote and to vote YES on SB15.”
SB129 RFRA – 1-855-982-2729
“Currently, the House Judiciary Committee is waiting to hear the so-called “Religious Freedom” bill. But legal experts have warned that this legislation could open the door to discrimination against gay and transgender Georgians and jeopardize women’s health and children’s welfare. In a moment, you’ll be connected with your state representative – tell your representative to vote NO on SB129.”
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
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.
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. Volunteers are needed on Fridays to help us with this initiative. Please volunteer if you can!
There will be lots of options in March 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, April 14th 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 our GALEO 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
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/