Campus Raises Rainbow Flag for National Coming Out Day; Students Lead GOTV Efforts to Promote LGBT E

Campus Raises Rainbow Flag for National Coming Out Day. Imperial Valley College, a small school on the border of Southern California and Mexico, will hold its first flag-raising ceremony--rainbow flag-raising, that is. On Thursday,  the campus' LGBT club will display a rainbow flag just below an American flag on a prominent flagpole near the school's entrance in celebration of National Coming Out Day. A short ceremony is scheduled to follow the flag raising--a big step for a small college. [Imperial Valley Press]

Arizona Latinos Seriously Concerned About Immigration. According to a poll released Tuesday, voting Latinos in Arizona are more concerned about immigration and the DREAM Act than about the economy and education. Northern Arizona University assistant professor Stephen Nuño said that the GOP will be hard-pressed to win votes with Latinos who are put off by the party's tough stance on immigration reform. Nuño asked rhetorically: "Why would I trust you with jobs if you don't even deem that I have or require the respect that you consider me as being part of this country?" [Ktar]

Minnesota Students Hold Phone-A-Thon to Promote LGBT equality. Roughly 60 "Minnesotans United for All Families" volunteers, primarily students from Carleton and St. Olaf colleges, made over 3,000 calls this week to Minnesota registered voters, urging them to vote in favor of same-sex marriage. On November 6, Minnesotans will vote on a proposed constitutional marriage amendment which would strictly define marriage as union between a man and woman. "Minnesotans United" is leading the pack in anti-amendment (wo)manpower and hopes to nab about 20 volunteers biweekly to conduct calling sessions. These sessions are planned to continue until Election Day, and another larger phone-a-thon is scheduled for late October at Carleton College. [Northfield Patch]

UGA Rallies Against Undocumented Immigrant Ban. On Wednesday, about a dozen students at the University of Georgia interrupted the university's Board of Regents assembly to protest of a policy adopted in the fall of 2011 that prohibits undocumented immigrants from applying to Georgia's top colleges, including UGA, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, and others. Wednesday's rally was only a shadow compared to past rallies students have held against the state policy, including one in August of 2011 in which over 200 students gathered at UGA's prominent arch walkway. Both Wednesday's and the August, 2011 protests ended when security dispelled the group. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

Jennifer Hicks is a Communications Intern for Campus Progress.

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