College DREAMers

 

 

PAID INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER WORK

***Please see the flyer below***

Volunteer and Internship Positions with the City of Chicago
• Over 500 volunteer and internship opportunities for high school and college students throughout the year.
• Students will have the opportunity to work with City Departments and the Mayor’s Office.
• For more information, please visit:
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dhr/provdrs/emp/svcs/internships.html

Summer Jobs, Internships and Training Programs
• One Summer Chicago (OSC) connects young people to over 22,000 summer
jobs, internships and training programs being offered throughout the City.
• Through OSC, young adults have the opportunity to learn job skills, develop
their resumes and explore career interests.
• For more information, please visit http://www.onesummerchicago.org/

 

!!SCHOLARSHIPS!! (Also see the attachments below)

http://www.illinoisdreamfund.org/

http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/nordstrom-cares-scholarship juniors

https://www.positivecoach.org/our-awards/triple-impact-competitor-scholarships/ juniors

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/provdrs/office_of_new_americans.html

http://www.shpefoundation.org/scholarships/

http://www.imfirst.org/scholarship/

http://icirr.org/sites/default/files/Private%20Scholarship%20Guide.pdf (Private Scholarships)

 

 

DREAMer FRIENDLY SCHOOLS

2-year and 4-year: The schools listed on this website tend to offer more merit (academic) based scholarships to DREAMers.
http://www.iacac.org/undocumented/admission-policies/


OTHER RESOURCES

http://www.e4fc.org/images/E4FC_DACAEducatorToolkit.pdf (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals- DACA)

https://chooseyourfuture.cps.edu/high-school-college-career/undocumented-students/

www.icirr.org (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/10/17/meet-dream-team (Schurz DREAM Team Video)
www.dreamrelief.org
www.iyjl.org (Illinois Youth Justice League)
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/provdrs/office_of_new_americans.html
(City of Chicago Office of New Americans)
http://americasvoice.org/tag/obama-dream-relief/ (Blog about Immigration Reform)
http://www.isac.org/home/illinois-dream-act.html (Dream Act Info.)
http://www.archchicago.org/departments/peace_and_justice/justiceeducation/documents/ildreamact.pdf
(More Dream Act Info.)
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx? (Illinois Department of Human Services, Refugee, and Immigrant Services)
http://www.ice.gov/about/offices/enforcement-removal-operations/ero-faq.htm
(US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Advocates)