Author Archives: Brown Immigrant Rights Coalition

On Saturday November 17th, 2012, Brown Immigrant Rights Coalition took action in solidarity with Brown Students for Justice in Palestine and our Palestinian sisters and brothers in Gaza. We had a silent precession through Thayer street that culminated in a 50 … Continue reading →

From October 15th-21st, BIRC will be partnering with other student organizations around campus for Immigration Week. Immigration Week is dedicated to raising awareness about issues surrounding immigration reform in America. We hope to challenge the Brown community to think about … Continue reading →

Today, Rhode Island undocumented youth, members of the Brown Immigrant Rights Coalition, and allies (CASO, ACLU, and others) made our voices heard at the Rhode Island state house in support of H7340 – Tuition Equity. Members of BIRC testified in … Continue reading →

Activist and Professor of History at Salem State University, Aviva Chomsky, will be providing us with an in-depth analysis (followed by a discussion) on the roots of migration. What histories and economic forces move people to leave their families and … Continue reading →

The Brown Immigrant Rights Coalition invites you to join Juan Rodriguez and Felipe Matos on their talk titled: “Opening up the Dialogue on Queer Immigrants: Reclaiming the Sum of our Parts.” This will be a round table conversation about the … Continue reading →

Donate: http://www.tamtranscholarship.org/ Last year, the Tam Tran Scholarship was created in order to honor the life and memory of Tam Ngoc Tran, a doctorate student in the American Civilization department who passed away in the Spring of 2010 in a … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, October 19, ICE picked up 25-year-old Shamir Amirali Ali in a workplace raid in Florida. Shamir can be deported to Bangladesh any day because of a previous deportation order. He is currently being held at the Broward Detention … Continue reading →

One of the (many) awesome BIRC leaders, Lucy, recently edited this video of Brown University and Providence community supporters speaking in support of the DREAM Act. Check it out!

http://www.golocalprov.com/news/5273/ and another one… http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=17363053&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Brown University Rally for the DREAM Act 11-30-10 from Marta V. Martínez on Vimeo.

As a tangible measure of Nov. 30 press conference’s success, below is a list of all news outlets that featured our press conference: See video here: http://www.golocalprov.com/news/5273/ http://www.browndailyherald.com/simmons-students-speak-at-dream-act-rally-1.2418287?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Brown_Daily&utm_campaign=Brown_Daily_2010121024 http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2010/11/30/brown_professors_simmons_to_rally_for_dream_act/ http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/providence-brown-faculty-to-rally-for-dream-act http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2010/11/27/brown_professors_to_join_students_urging_dream_act/ http://sroblog.com/2010/11/27/brown-professors-to-join-students-urging-dream-act-boston-com/ http://news.wbru.com/2010/11/brown-university-supports-the-dream-act/ http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/11/brown-president-professors-to.html http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/brown-professors-to-join-students-urging-dream-act-1.2498483 http://oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/0deC8I82EX6F1 http://www.topix.com/colleges/brown-university/2010/11/brown-professors-to-join-students-urging-dream-act http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13589008 http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2010/nov/30/brown-professors-simmons-rally-dream-act-ar-309124/ http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sns-ap-ri–brown-dreamact,0,2250195.story?track=rss-topicgallery … Continue reading →