New Hope for the DREAM Act

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The bipartisan DREAM Act is a favorite bill of mine, and its been painful to watch it get killed over and over. Now there’s new hope. Brave New Films is launching an ad campaign called “A Dream Deferred” that aims to force the new president to make the DREAM Act a priority in 2009. If you visit the “A Dream Deferred” website, you’ll find a petition in support that you can send to Senators Obama, Clinton, and McCain. Here’s Brave New Films’ first ad:

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