The Immigration Initiative at Harvard (IIH) is recruiting a Research Assistant to work for up to 12 hours a week (hours to be confirmed depending on the successful candidate’s academic status), beginning 1 March 2020 for five months, with the possibility of extension. The candidate should have an existing Harvard affiliation. The main aims of the role will include facilitating the IIH team with the organization of events and administrative tasks related to a forthcoming conference on the topic of immigration. The Research Assistant will be expected to spend at least one day a week in the...

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White Snake Projects, the team behind the acclaimed opera, I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams, is currently soliciting artists for the following projects: Let’s Celebrate! Living Holiday Traditions in America; and SING OUT STRONG: DeColonized Voices.

 

Ahead of the November 12, 2019 Supreme Court hearing regarding the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Immigration Initiative at Harvard (IIH) today releases a new report highlighting the program’s long-term impacts on young immigrants.

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(The New York Times)

Those who have Temporary Protected Status will have another year to work legally in the United States.

United We Dream's Education Justice Team hosted a webinar for educators with the latest on DACA and how they can best support their undocumented students.... Read more about United We Dream Education Justice Webinar

(The Harvard Crimson)

The Office of the President and the University’s Office for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging officially launched a joint initiative called the Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund to promote diversity and inclusion, the University announced in an email Wednesday.

(The Harvard Gazette)

Comedian Cristela Alonzo on growing up Mexican American in a border town

(Human Rights @ Harvard Law)

Professor Gerald Neuman, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program and
J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School, recently filed an amicus curiae... Read more about Gerald Neuman files amicus curiae brief to US Supreme Court on deportation cases

(Harvard's EdCast)

Professor Roberto Gonzales on why it is important to bring greater understanding to debates around immigration in the United States and how his new Harvard initiative will help. 

(Harvard Graduate School of Education News)

(PRI’s The World)

When Mayra Sandoval was in Mexico on a Fulbright Scholarship in 2016, she volunteered with an organization helping U.S. deportees and returnees navigate their lives after arriving in Mexico.

(Harvard Gazette)

High-achieving DACA recipients had help along the way from families and communities

(Harvard Gazette)

With DACA in place for now, day's events focus on protecting students, and on the artistry that other cultures bestow

(PRI’s The World)

Yael Balbuena, a 17-year-old high school senior wearing a bow tie and a blazer, wasn’t sure how the Arizona state senator who stood in front of him would react when he began recounting his life story and his preparation for college.

(Education Week)

Finding my voice as a public scholar didn't happen overnight

(Harvard Graduate School of Education News & Events)

New research from Roberto Gonzales shows that immigrant students with DACA status experience smoother transitions to adulthood.

(Harvard Gazette)

Discussion series highlights the worries of affected immigrant students