Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES)

04/18/2021

Photos from Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association's post

04/16/2021

Sustaining Membership — VDLF - ACTION

Youth Empowered in the Struggle continues to organize against the racial disparities that exist at a local, state, and national level. If you are a student and are looking to get involved, become a member today!

https://voces-de-la-frontera-action.squarespace.com/membership

04/16/2021

The positive Impact Voces/Voces Action has had for Social/political change for immigrant families in Wisconsin

Hey folks! One of our yes leaders. Katherine, is doing a research project for school and is collecting quantitative data on the impact voces has had on immigrants in Wisconsin.

Are you able to take a few minutes to fill it out or share with any immigrants you know? It would be helpful!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei4xX62rjaESnl1AuiiKv3PmyhBk31HZYUBP5ZjWuOUOkZ_g/viewform

The questions asked in this survey are for the purpose of a school research i'm conducting for AP Research. everything answered will be kept confidential and no names will be used. Please answer to the best of your ability, most questions are optional if you don't feel comfortable sharing. * I ask t...

03/24/2021

🗣️ Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES) is canvassing for Voces de la Frontera Action endorsed candidates!

This election will have a huge impact on the future of our students!

🚨Early voting starts today and you can still request your absentee ballot by going to myvote.wi.com.🚨

03/02/2021

Don't let anyone tell you you're too young to make a difference!

Mandeeq Abdulahi, member of Voces de la Frontera Action and YES speaks truth to power and invites you to do the same!

Call Senator Tammy Baldwin to demand she votes to include ITIN immigrants in federal relief & legalization for undocumented #essentialworkers. Find tool-kits and scripts at https://vdlf.org/we-are-home-campaign/ or send a DM if you have questions!

03/01/2021

Katherine speaks for Freedom Together

Anything less than including ITIN immigrants in #COVID19 federal relief is inhumane and inadequate. Wisconsin Senators need to do what they were hired to do by Black, Brown and Immigrant voters!

-Katherine Villanueva, Voces de la Frontera Action & YES

#ImmigrantsAreEssential #SomosEsenciales
#HomeIsHere

02/26/2021

Mañana a las 11 / Tomorrow at 11am: We’re calling on Biden and the 117th U.S. Congress within Biden’s first 100 days in office to deliver:

✨1) ¡Alivio pandémico para todxs! The inclusion of all immigrants, including those who file taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), in federal pandemic relief and

✨2) ¡La legalización para lxs trabajadores esenciales! The legalization of essential workers, Dreamers, TPS holders, and their families in the second COVID-19 reconciliation bill, expected to be rolled out in late Spring or early Summer 2021.

We’re not letting the pressure up! Immigrants are Essential and need to be treated that way!

✨Find full details on our events page ✨

02/22/2021

Racine Youth! Join us this Wednesday at 3pm to organize around student and community issues. Register at: http://bit.ly/RACYouth

Racine Youth! Join us this Wednesday at 3pm to organize around student and community issues. Register at: http://bit.ly/RACYouth

02/16/2021

🗣️Inclusive Pandemic Relief!
🗣️ Citizenship for all!

02/09/2021

RACINE STUDENTS: YES is meeting virtually every Wednesday at 3pm. We are organizing at a local, state, and national level! Register to attend here ➡️➡️ bit.ly/YESRacine

RACINE STUDENTS: YES is meeting virtually every Wednesday at 3pm. We are organizing at a local, state, and national level! Register to attend here ➡️➡️ bit.ly/YESRacine

02/04/2021

Durbin Introduces Dream Act on Senate Floor

BREAKING NEWS: Senators have reintroduced the #DreamAct! This is a building block to get the wins we deserve for ALL undocumented folks.

Thank you Senator Dick Durbin not just for your ongoing commitment for the #DREAMAct but also for telling the stories of #Dreamers on the Senate floor.

#LaLuchaSigue #SiSePuede ✊🏾

02/02/2021

DACA - Voces De La Frontera

📣📣 Voces de la Frontera has just added a DACA tab to their website. You can find information on how to apply for our DACA Scholarship Fund, how to donate to the fund and any other updates on DACA. Check it out and share it out!

http://vdlf.org/daca

Noticias y actualizacionesRecursosClínica Legal DACAApoye a los Dreamers This page is also available in English. Esta página también está disponible en ingles.

01/27/2021

Better Together-DACA Fundraiser-Y.E.S MKE | Bonfire

In December of 2020 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
was ordered to restore DACA to its original form. This means if you have never had DACA, you are eligible to apply!

MSL Chapter designed a shirt to help raise funds for new DACA applicants! Support them here: https://www.bonfire.com/better-together-daca-fundraiser-yes-mke/

Shirt design by Mayrin
Digitized by Rebeca

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El Capítulo MSL diseñó una camiseta para ayudar a recaudar fondos para los nuevos solicitantes de DACA! Apóyelos aquí: https://www.bonfire.com/better-together-daca-fundraiser-yes-mke/ La campaña fse termina en 14 días, así que obtenga sus camisetas pronto

Grab your limited edition Better Together-DACA Fundraiser-Y.E.S MKE merchandise before the campaign closes. Featuring Banana Cream Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.

01/27/2021

Roadmap to Freedom Press Conference

🗣🗣🗣YES Member's Mandeeq and Joceline join Voces' Executive Director, Christine Neuman-Ortiz, to discuss The Road Map to Freedom and Biden's first days in office.

01/21/2021

MPS CANDIDATE TOWN HALL

MPS CANDIDATE TOWN HALL

01/21/2021

Join us today at 4PM to hear from candidates running for MPS School Board!

You can tune in here⬇️⬇️⬇️

bit.ly/YESTownHall

Join us today at 4PM to hear from candidates running for MPS School Board!

You can tune in here⬇️⬇️⬇️

bit.ly/YESTownHall

01/19/2021

Youth Empowered in the Struggle hosts a Candidate Town Hall. Join us via Facebook live to hear the candidate's vision for MPS. http://bit.ly/yestownhall

Youth Empowered in the Struggle hosts a Candidate Town Hall. Join us via Facebook live to hear the candidate's vision for MPS. http://bit.ly/yestownhall

01/13/2021

Our MKE YES board rep and Reagan leader, Cassandra Casas, is the recipient of Alverno’s Roosevelt Scholarship, their full-tuiton scholarship! This scholarship recognizes a student coming direct from high school who has demonstrated excellence in leadership and volunteerism through school activities, work responsibilities and community involvement.

She credited her work with YES and is looking forward to serving and advocating for her community.

Congratulations, Cassy! We are so proud of you and we know you will do great things!

Our MKE YES board rep and Reagan leader, Cassandra Casas, is the recipient of Alverno’s Roosevelt Scholarship, their full-tuiton scholarship! This scholarship recognizes a student coming direct from high school who has demonstrated excellence in leadership and volunteerism through school activities, work responsibilities and community involvement.

She credited her work with YES and is looking forward to serving and advocating for her community.

Congratulations, Cassy! We are so proud of you and we know you will do great things!

12/15/2020

First Time DACA Application Prep Sessions and Renewal

United We Dream is providing a GREAT digital resource- LIVE DACA prep sessions all this week! Below is a schedule of times and topics. If you miss a session you can watch the recordings at https://bit.ly/2W9UK0l.

Note that the times listed are on the website are EST and Wisconsin is CST*. All events are from 6:30pm - 8:00pm CST*

Monday, Dec. 14: Documents / Eligibility / What You Need (recording available).

Wednesday, Dec 16: Filling out the Application, Part 1 (Form I-821D).

Friday, Dec. 18: Filling out the Application, Part 2 (I-765 & I-765WS).

Monday, Dec. 21: DACA Renewals and applying for Advance Parole: How DACA recipients can apply to renew and what is needed to apply for Advance Parole.

Get help filling out your DACA for the first time or renewing following the court's order to restore the program in 2020.

12/14/2020

12/08/2020

Voces de la Frontera

Join YES Member Joceline as she facilitates a Q&A around DACA with Immigration Attorney Melissa Soberalski!

#HereToStay #DACA

Join us this evening at 7 pm CST for a Live Q&A with Immigration Attorney Melissa Soberalski on the court-ordered full reinstatement of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Acompáñenos esta noche a las 7 pm CST para una entrevista en vivo con la abogada de inmigración Melissa Soberalski sobre el restablecimiento completo de la Acción Diferida para la Llegada de Niños (DACA) ordenado por la corte.

11/26/2020

The California Endowment

The California Endowment

This #Thanksgiving, let's acknowledge the original caretakers of this land and honor the Native peoples whose land we live on.

This means recognizing the holiday's true history and refusing to forget it.

📽️ Kelly Caballero for The California Endowment

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM

11/26/2020

Rumba Meats

Rumba Meats

Know a high school senior committed to preserving their Hispanic heritage? We want to award them a scholarship in partnership with the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute. November 30 is the last day to apply – so don’t wait! Students can apply using the link below.

11/24/2020

Alverno College

We are now accepting applications for the Thea Bowman Institute for Excellence and Leadership's Fall 2021 class. This full-tuition scholarship program is for Black undergraduate students with a strong desire to serve as leaders. We welcome applications from current high school seniors who are seeking professional roles in pursuit of social change and service. Eligibility and application information is available at alverno.edu/bowman. Apply today! #AlvernoStrong

11/22/2020

Alverno College

Do you know a high school senior who is a leader, involved in her community and passionate about volunteerism? Encourage her to apply today for Alverno's full-tuition Eleanor Roosevelt Scholarship Program, which recognizes a first-year student who has demonstrated excellence in leadership and volunteerism through school activities, work responsibilities and community involvement.

The application for students who start at Alverno in the Fall of 2021 is due Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Learn more at bit.ly/rooseveltscholarship

11/19/2020

Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association

Keep our youth, families, and community safe! Please sign the petition by Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association demanding Mayor Tom Barrett shut down in-person schooling now!

If a 3% positivity rate is enough to shut down NYC schools, why is 20% not enough to shut down MKE schools?
https://bit.ly/2Uzmv1v

11/10/2020

The election is over, what’s next? We are meeting 11/17 at 3PM to discuss post-election plans. High school and college students are welcomed to join! Click the link to register:bit.my/MKEYOUTH

11/04/2020

Flip The State 2020

We knocked doors in cold and wet weather, made countless calls under the weight of the pandemic, activated our friends and family, and stood outside in the hot summer heat to register voters. The election has not been called, but we flipped our state. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

11/03/2020

11/03/2020

11/03/2020

11/03/2020

What are we going to do today? Flip the state! Youth Empowered in the Struggle @YESstudents are canvassing now until 6pm in #Milwaukee. #ElectionDay in #Wisconsin will be a #BidenHarris victory!

11/02/2020

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Think Your Vote Doesn’t Matter? This November, You Could Change My Life

"I get it. It’s easy to feel like political decisions mainly impact “other people.” But those other people are all around you: in your classes, your clubs, walking past you on the quad. They are students like me, whose close relative could be deported at any moment. And they are your peers — Dreamers and undocumented students who risk deportation themselves. What happens on November 3 could be cause for celebration or despair. So, yes, your vote does matter. It matters a lot."

Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES) College Board Representative and #MPSGrad, Nadxely Sanchez, wrote a powerful piece. Check it out!

https://marquettewire.org/4042501/featured/letter-to-the-editor-think-your-vote-doesnt-matter-this-november-you-could-change-my-life/

Last month, I asked a fellow student who he was voting for. He shrugged and said, “I don’t know. I really don’t follow politics.” I curiously asked which issues he cared about. His answer: none of them. I get it. It’s easy to feel like political decisions mainly impact “other people.” ...

11/01/2020

Today is the last day to vote early in Milwaukee! Our youth canvassers are making sure people have the information they need to vote safely. Whats your plan for voting? You can see Milwaukee’s current early voting schedule and ballot drop off site by visiting city.milwaukee.gov/election/voter-info

10/27/2020

Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES)

🗣️🗣️🗣️Hear why YES members are choosing to be engaged in the 2020 election! 🚨With one week left it's not too late to get involved! DM us to find out how.🚨

🗳️Don't have a voting plan? Need to find our voting location? Visit https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/🗳️

#BidenHarris2020 #GOTV #MilwaukeeGOTV

Hear why YES members are choosing to be engaged in the 2020 election!

With one week left it's not too late to get involved! DM us to find out how.

Don't have a voting plan? Need to find our voting location? Visit https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/

#BidenHarris2020 #GOTV #MilwaukeeGOTV