GALEO promotes engagement of the Latino and immigrant community in issues that matter to them. Our efforts over the years has focused upon immigration reform and voting rights. Please see the calls to action below and volunteer and/or take action in a way that you are able to do so! We must engage to make Georgia a better place for us all.
GALEO Statement of Principles on Immigration
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05-14-2015Advocacy Email: Keep calling! Call the Gainesville City Council at 1-844-885-2793! YOUR support is needed to eliminate discriminatory at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
Advocacy Email: Keep calling! Call the Gainesville City Council at 1-844-885-2793! YOUR support is needed to eliminate discriminatory at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
May 13, 2015
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05-11-2015Advocacy Email: Call the Gainesville City Council at 1-844-885-2793! YOUR support is needed to eliminate discriminatory at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
Advocacy Email: Call the Gainesville City Council at 1-844-885-2793! YOUR support is needed to eliminate discriminatory at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
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04-28-2015Advocacy Email: Help us canvass on Saturday! Get involved with what we are doing in Gainesville to eliminate at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
April 28, 2015
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Our work of civic engagement continues. We are now mobilizing for local elections in Gainesville for this year. Please see below and let us know how you can help! -
04-20-2015Advocacy Email: Help us canvass on Saturday! Get involved with what we are doing in Gainesville to eliminate at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
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
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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.
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04-15-2015Advocacy Email: Get involved with what we are doing in Gainesville to eliminate at-large voting! #GALatinoVote #gapol
April 14, 2015
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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. 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.
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04-07-2015Advocacy Email: Thank you! Calls needed to continue to build momentum for in-state tuition for GA DREAMers.
Advocacy Email: Thank you! Calls needed to continue to build momentum for in-state tuition for GA DREAMers.
April 7, 2015
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Thank you all for your engagement this legislative session. SB6, the bill that would have banned access to DL’s for deferred action immigrants was soundly defeated in the Georgia Senate. 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.
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03-30-2015Advocacy Email: Join us at the Capitol on Tuesday for Cesar Chavez Day! Make a call to support GA DREAMers! Your voice is needed at the GA Legislature.
Advocacy Email: Join us at the Capitol on Tuesday for Cesar Chavez Day! Make a call to support GA DREAMers! Your voice is needed at the GA Legislature.
March 30, 2015
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Join us on Tuesday at the Georgia State Capitol to celebrate and honor Cesar Chavez! Come hear from our 1st place winners of our essay contest. Please see information below. -
03-23-2015Advocacy Email: Join us at the Capitol on Thursday! Your voice is needed at the GA Legislature.
March 23, 2015
Advocacy AlertJoin 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.
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03-17-2015Advocacy Email: YOUR calls made a difference. Please make more calls this week to support GA DREAMers! Your voice is needed at the GA Legislature.
March 17, 2015
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YOUR VOICE made a BIG difference in ensuring that SB6 did not advance in the GA Senate Public Safety Committee. Thank you! We will continue to monitor developments to ensure we protect access to driver’s licenses to all who qualify for deferred action status.
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03-11-2015Advocacy Email: YOUR calls make a difference. Keep calling these next few days! Help us block attacks against #ImmigrationAction in GA! Your voice is needed at the GA Legislature.
Advocacy Email: YOUR calls make a difference. Keep calling these next few days! Help us block attacks against #ImmigrationAction in GA! Your voice is needed at the GA Legislature.
March 11, 2015
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Your voice is needed to ensure we can protect #ImmigrationAction and early voting in Georgia. YOUR phone calls are needed.Stay tuned with our calls to action on facebook because things move fast in the last few days before crossover day at the Georgia Capitol.
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