Work Opportunities, Internships, & Licensure for Undocumented Immigrants in California
Host: Moorpark College
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Topic: Come and learn more about your career options with Counselor Cristina Garcia. The presentation will cover work opportunities and internships for Undocumented Students. You will also have an opportunity to ask your questions in regards to licensures and much more!
Target audience: Open to Everyone
Registration/Zoom ID: https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/97448729514
Webinar: Equitable Student-Centered Design to Ensure Undocumented Student Success
Host: California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Topic: This webinar will cover how different programs and services, including financial aid and counseling can be integrated to support undocumented students.
Target audience: Open to Everyone
Registration link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QIaeBbX_SoS38rGi_wMSTg
Guest Speaker: Jose Antonio Vargas (Virtual)
Host: VCCCD Dreamers Allies
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Topic: Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and Tony-nominated producer. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, he founded the non-profit media advocacy organization Define American, named on of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. In 2020, Fortune named him one of its "40 under 40" most influential people in government and politics. His best-selling memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, was published by HarperCollins in 2018. His second book, White is Not a Country, will be published by Pantheon Books in 2023.
In 2011, the New York Times Magazine published a groundbreaking essay he wrote in which he revealed and chronicled his life in America as an undocumented immigrant. A year later, he appeared on the cover of TIME worldwide with fellow undocumented immigrants as part of a follow-up cover story he wrote. He then produced and directed Documented, an autobiographical documentary feature film that aired on CNN and received a 2015 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Documentary. Also in 2015, MTV aired White People, an Emmy-nominated television special he produced and directed on what it means to be young and white in a demographically-changing America. In 2019, he co-produced Heidi Schreck’s acclaimed Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, which was nominated for a Tony Award for “Best Play” and is streamable on Amazon Prime Video.
Among accolades he has received are the Freedom to Write Award from PEN Center USA and honorary degrees from Emerson College, Colby College, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Passionate about the role of arts in society and promoting equity in education, he serves on the advisory board of TheDream.US, a scholarship fund for undocumented immigrant students.
A product of the San Francisco Bay Area, he is a proud graduate of San Francisco State University (’04), where he was named Alumnus of the Year in 2012, and Mountain View High School (’00). An elementary school named after Vargas opened in his hometown of Mountain View, California in August 2019.
Target audience: Open to Everyone
Registration link: https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a1kCC6haSxOdrvqGbsQuiA
FAFSA and California Dream Act Application In Person Assistance
Host: Ventura College
Location: VC Financial Aid Computer Lab
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Topic: Stop by the VC Financial Aid Computer Lab and work one-on-one with a financial aid staff member and receive assistance completing the 2022-2023 FAFSA or California Dream Act Application. For a check list of documents to gather before completing your FAFSA or CADAA, please click here: English Checklist/Spanish Checklist.
Community Leadership Town Hall
Host: VCCCD Dreamers Allies
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Topic: Come join in a virtual conversation with leaders from across Ventura County and the ways in which we can advocate for the undocumented community in the area.
Target audience: Open to Everyone
Registration link: https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-j9qjPa3RZGeU1PJKGxhtw