TODAY, we keep up the pressure with a phone banking action to the office – WANT TO TAKE PART?Ĭall: Erin Fitzgerald, Associate Director for Board Affairs at 86Īnd say: “ I’m calling from CT Students for a DREAM. In these 30 days, check out our groundbreaking #30Days30Stories campaign. Please sign our online petition and make the message be clear that Connecticut is ready for education equity! Laura, are you ready to win Institutional aid with us? Now is the time to KEEP UP pressure – the Board has 30 days to reply to our request ! TOGETHER, we demanded that the Board of Regents accept this rule-making petition and allow undocumented students access to institutional aid.Īfter the rally, we headed to the main offices of the Board of Regents, where we met with a Board representative and hand delivered over 2,000 petition signatures, over 50 letters of support from community organizations, and over 50 letters from educators across the state. Our #AffordToDream campaign is in full effect!Īt our press conference, over 50 students and allies gathered from all over the state, to share their stories of how being unable to afford college has deferred their dreams. Together, we have MADE HISTORY – this is the first time that such a petition has been filed. Yesterday, C4D officially filed a legal rule-making petition with the Board of Regents, Office of Higher Education, and UCONN’s Board of Trustees, formally asking each agency to grant access to institutional aid to undocumented students in CT.
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