May is Mental Health Awareness Month and DREAM Iowa is happy to present different resources that could help minorities in the country. According to the American Psychiatric Association, undocumented immigrants suffer from mental illnesses before, during and after immigration....
COVID-19 brought a pandemic that affected us globally. However, in the United States people of color have endured evident disparities in casualties and cases. According to the immunologist who leads the COVID-19 response in the United States, Dr. Anthony...
DREAM Iowa Times MAY Hello friend, DREAM Iowa hopes to keep our allies informed of important happenings across the state through this monthly newsletter. Save The Date! Come join Des Moines United F.C. vs. Barilleros F.C. A soccer game...
Francisco Caballero, one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at...
Caren Fuentes, one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at...
Ehshee Thawber, one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at...
She is one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college-aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year, we raffled scholarships at this...
In 2020, DREAM Iowa granted $15,000 in scholarships supporting 22 Iowa immigrant students. The non-profit awarded $10,000 through the formal application process and raffled $5000 in scholarships during DREAM Iowa’s annual Youth Leadership Summit (YLS). Youth from 33 different...
Stephany is currently studying Elementary Education with a Minor in TESOL at the University of Northern Iowa. In her moving essay, Stephany wrote about the struggle of starting school in Iowa without knowing any English. This was a recurring...
He is currently studying Fire Science at DMACC, which is a partnering school that will MATCH recipients’ scholarships, so Elodie will receive a total of $1000 towards his education. In his passionate essay, Elodie noted that growing up in...