Obama just signed the $787 billion stimulus into law, which will provde tax cuts, create and asave jobs, and hopefully help the country become financially stable again.  With the signing, Obama has launched an user-friendly website, Recovery.gov which will outline exactly where all this money is going.

We have some exciting new ways you can become a part of a movement forming within our communities on Facebook and MATT.org. Be a part of the movement today!

How many will you recruit?  Join the new Facebook cause, and help them reach their goal of one million supporters for comprehensive immigration reform in 2009.

Share your story.  Read the recent blog post from MATT.org encuraging users to submit their stories of injustice and difficuly navigating the immigration system.

There are few relationships that matter more to the United States—if any—than that with Mexico. The two countries share more than a border—they are bound together by shared challenges for the prosperity, security, and well-being of their citizens. As the United States seeks to redefine its role in the world, it is vital to start at home, with our neighbors.

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"The young minds in our colleges and universities are bursting with ideas for making the world a better place - they often just lack resources to make them a reality," said Gil Casellas, vice president of
corporate responsibilities at Dell. "The Dell Social Innovation Competition will harness those ideas, feed them with the energy of the online community, and then empower them with the funds to make them a
reality."

Read the January issue of SV Top 5 now!

Check out the January issue of the Student Voices monthly online newsletter, “SV Top 5,” and see if your content was featured this month.  As the new administration settles into office, now comes the crucial time, we have all been waiting for - can Obama follow through on all of the promises he made during his campaign?

Since 2004, the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) has been sending qualified Hispanic college students to Washington, DC for a six-week internship through the Ford Motor Company CHLI Leadership Program. "The Ford Motor Company CHLI Leadership Program is probably one of the best experiences I have had since coming to the U.S., and it has opened a number of doors for me," said Roberto Castillo, a Miami resident of Cuban and Venezuelan decent and a 2008 Ford CHLI Intern with the Office of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25). "Through the contacts that I established on the program, I now have a job that I really enjoy in Miami, an internship opportunity for this winter in Washington, and the possibility of a full time job after I graduate."

Why are we condemning attacks on a region where more than half the population is below the poverty line?

Here are a few reminders for upcoming internships.  For more information view our recently posted blog:

http://studentvoices.matt.org/english/blog/internship_opportunities_deadlines_approaching-96.html

Internet Technology and the Obama Age: Helping People Change Government:
From the Communication Roundtable Series…. (Sponsored by John Hopkin’s Master of Arts in Communication Program in Washington, DC) A Special Inauguration Panel Discussion Internet Technology in the Obama Age: Helping People Change Government Presented by: The John...

Movies at the Museo:

Free and open the public “From Florida to Coahuila,” and the “Forgotten Root,” are two documentaries by acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Rafael Rebollar Corona which explore the untold story of the African presence in Mexico.  Filmed on both sides of the...

How will you celebrate the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States? Obama's Inauguration Day luncheon will take inspiration from dishes beloved by Abraham Lincoln. The menu, composed by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, has been released--with recipes!--for anyone who plans to eat (duck and sweet potatoes) in solidarity with the new president on Tuesday, January 20th.