The DREAM Act is legislation that would give eligible young people who were brought to the U.S. as children the opportunity to legalize their immigration status and work towards citizenship. To move from being undocumented to being a U.S. citizen, eligible young people would be required to pass background checks, be of good moral character, graduate from high school and go on to attend college or serve in the military.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) came up with the idea of DREAM Sabbath 2011 to educate and spread awareness of these issues through worship in anticipation of the bill again being brought up for a vote this fall. Religious congregations of all faiths are being recruited to celebrate DREAM Sabbath 2011 between September 16 and October 9.
As is our tradition, instead of worship, Laurie Gauer, our Social Justice Chair, will provide basic information about the DREAM Act and then facilitate a discussion about it: you are encouraged to educate yourself before the program and share what you’ve learned. Standing on the Side of Love, the organization promoting the event to UU congregations, offers these websites as resources: http://www.uua.org/immigration/resources/index.shtml and http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/. To find others, “google” DREAM Act.
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