January 28, 2012
Elmhurst College
Project made possible in part by a grant from AAUW.
Atrévete a Soñar ¡Edúcate! (Dare to Dream: Get Educated!) is a one-day conference for Latina middle school girls and subsequent follow up with placement in mentoring programs. The conference will be conducted annually. Latina middle school girls and their mothers and/or mentors will be invited to a Saturday conference on the Elmhurst College campus. The conference will focus on the personal, professional and financial value of education in general and higher education in particular.
By bringing Latina middle school students and their mothers onto a college campus, Atrévete a Soñar ¡Edúcate! (Dare to Dream: Get Educated!) seeks to make an immediate, positive impact on the girls by empowering these young women to create an educational vision for their futures and then to start them on their way to making that vision a reality.
During the conference, attendees and their mothers will attend workshop sessions on various topics - Careers, Campus Life, Making Life Choices, Navigation the American School System. Atrévete a Soñar: ¡Edúcate! is working aggressively with the DuPage Regional Office of Education as well as local school districts, and middle and high school principals, teachers, counselors and social workers to ensure continuing assistance and tracking through the year.
Donors
Tax deductable donations can be made to Dare To Dream: Get Educated!
Make your check out to:
Dare to Dream: Get Educated!
Please put: "Dare to Dream: Get Educated!" in the memo line.
Please put: "Dare to Dream: Get Educated!" in the memo line.
Send check(s) to:
AAUW Educate Conference
P.O. Box 328
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Click Here to access the donor form.
Volunteers
If you are interested in volunteering to help on one of the conference committees or if you are a Latina with a successful career and a compelling story for how you persevered to get to where you are, please call: 630-808-3533
Sponsors and Partners
Dare to Dream: Get Educated! is pleased to have the support and partnership of:
• AAUW Education Foundation
• AAUW-IL
• Addison District 4 Foundation for Educational Excellence
• Elmhurst College
• Olsen Illustration Inc.
• Itasca Bank
• AAUW Branches:
Elmhurst Area
Lombard Area
Wheaton/Glen Ellyn
Downers Grove
• DuPage Regional Office of Education
• DuPage School Districts
Breaking through Barriers
for Women and Girls
Meetings and Programs
2011 - 2012
September 14, 2011 - 6:15pm (September Supper)
Location: Angelo’s Restaurant, 247 N York St, Elmhurst, IL
October 12, 2011 - 7:00pm
Illinois Legislative Review (Speaker) AAUW Lobbyist Paula Perdue
Location: Elmhurst Public Library,
125 S Prospect
November 9, 2011 - 7:00pm
Women of Influence in Chicago (Speaker) Chicago Architecture Foundation
Location: Elmhurst Public Library,
125 S Prospect
December 14, 2011 - 7:00pm
Holiday Get Together
Location: Flight 112
January 11, 2012 - 7:00pm
Book Discussion “Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming to Age in America
Location: Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S Prospect
February 8, 2012 - 7:00pm
Race to Nowhere (Film Presentation and Discussion)
Location: Sandburg Middle School, 345 E St Charles Road
March 14, 2012 - 7:00pm
Woman’s History Month (Speaker) CARE
Location: Elmhurst Public Library,
125 S Prospect
April 11, 2012 - 7:00pm
Immigration Panel
Location: Elmhurst Public Library,
125 S Prospect
May 9, 2012 - 7:00pm
May Supper
Location: Wilder Mansion, Elmhurst, IL
