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Chiquitita Donating Member (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 11:12 AM
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Freedom University in Georgia for Undocumented Students
Hi all -- CNN did a story yesterday on a group of undocumented students who are taking a free college course (for no credit) offered by four profs from the University of Georgia. Its a very moving video -- showing a way to protest the new Georgia Board of Regents Policy that bans undocumented students:

http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/01/freedom-university/?hpt=hp_c1

"Every Sunday, in an unmarked building, in an undisclosed location in the college town of Athens, Georgia, a group of students quietly gather in secret. They are aspiring professors, diplomats and engineers who have been banned from Georgia's top five public universities..."
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