BAMN Update - Oct. 10, 2007

Countdown to Governor’s Deadline to Sign the CA Dream Act!

Photo from the XPress Online

The Oct. 4 march and rally at the State Capitol was a big success, with hundreds of students rallying and marching from across the state, 3 busloads of students from UC-Berkeley and the East Bay, and Sacramento high schools walking out and joining the demonstration. The march was extremely diverse, with Latina/o, black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and white students marching side by side for equality. Demonstrators cheered and made the commitment to fight until the California Dream Act is signed into law, and to fight for equal educational opportunity and increasing underrepresented minority student enrollment at the UC and CSU campuses.

We will continue to rally and march this week to demand that Gov. Schwarzenegger sign the California Dream Act into law. Organize a local event in your area!

NEWS COVERAGE

CBS 13 story with live coverage of the Capitol rally, before our march arrived...

ABC 30 TV story on Oct. 4th:

Daily Cal (UC-Berkeley's student paper) story on UC-Berkeley rally Oct. 8th:

Barack Obama urges Schwarzenegger to sign the CA Dream Act (AP article)

Listen to BAMN Debate the Dream Act on NPR's "Forum"!

BAMN National Spokesperson Shanta Driver debated against Rick Oltman of Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) on "Forum", the nationally-syndicated award-winning NPR program. You can listen to the show archive (or download the podcast) at:

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