Monthly Archives: November 2010

Friends, thanks for coming out to support the DREAM Act along with Brown undocumented students, Faculty and President, Ruth Simmons! Let’s keep putting pressure on our legislators by calling the switchboard: 866-587-3023 and asking for your representative/senator! Below are some … Continue reading →

Brown University President Ruth Simmons will stand in solidarity with faculty, BIRC, allies and community supporters in pushing for the DREAM Act in tomorrow’s press conference. To learn more about the press conference, read here.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—A group of Brown University professors are urging the state’s two U.S. senators to support federal legislation that would give illegal immigrant students a path to citizenship if they join the military or finish college. Read more below: http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2010/11/27/brown_professors_to_join_students_urging_dream_act/

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be bringing the DREAM Act up for one last vote in the US Senate as soon as next week. If the DREAM act fails to pass this time, we do not know when it … Continue reading →

BIRC is excited to be working on developing a scholarship to aid undocumented students with college tuition. The scholarship is named after Tam Tran, a Brown graduate student, BIRC founder, and beautiful human being who passed away in a car … Continue reading →