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In a recent editorial to the Los Angeles Times, California State Senator Gil Cedillo defended his proposed Dream Act against the paper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s editorial criticisms. The Dream Act, or SB160, would allow undocumented students to be able to apply for state financial aid to pay in-state tuition fees for higher education. In defense of the legislation, Cedillo wrote to the LA Times that the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Passage of the Dream Act does not place one student\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future above another student\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future; it opens the door for all students.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Inspired by legislation such as the Dream Act is new play, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nine Digits Away From My Dream.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A Theater for Social Justice Project, the play explores the aspirations and challenges undocumented students face when seeking higher education. The immigration rights play is a collaborative theatrical effort presented by the Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, The OC Dream Team, OC Human Relations, and Fringe Benefits. Directed by Angela Cruz, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nine Digits Away From My Dream,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is particularly intended to promote the Dream Act to teachers and educators. Based on true testimonials from students affected by their legal status, the play hopes to create a dialogue by presenting a wealth of useful information. <\/p>\n 9 Digits Away From My Dream is opening <\/p>\n WHEN: Friday, June 1 @ 7pm (Q &A to follow) WHERE: El Centro Cultural De Mexico (above the El Curtido Restaurant) Note: The show runs for approximately for 25 minutes with a post show discussion to follow. | the entire program GUESTS: Sara Guerrero, Artistic Director of Breath of Fire Latina Ensemble Theater and Executive Producer of 9 Digits Away From my Dream, Angela Cruz, Director, Aldo Sanchez plays Rene, Elizabeth Blanchard plays Ms. Jones In a recent editorial to the Los Angeles Times, California State Senator Gil Cedillo defended his proposed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"null\"](\"\/home\/graphics\/9digits.JPG\")
GUESTS: Sara Guerrero, Artistic Director of Breath of Fire Latina Ensemble Theater and Executive Producer of 9 Digits Away From my Dream, Angela Cruz, Director, Aldo Sanchez plays Rene, Elizabeth Blanchard plays Ms. Jones<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Saturday, June 2 @ 6pm (Q &A to follow)
\n Sunday, June 3 @ 2pm (Q &A to follow)<\/p>\n
\n 310 W 5th Street (a one-way street)
\n 2nd Floor
\n Santa Ana, Ca. 92701
\n (parking structure available across 5th Street) <\/p>\n
\nSuggested Donation: $10.00
\nRSVP only: rsvp@istillhaveadream.org
\nFurther questions: 714-540-1157<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"