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Here you'll find links to resources to help build community, develop fruitful partnerships and produce good media. The list below shows the most recent additions first. When appropriate, resources may be listed in more than one category.

Some of the material has been written by New Routes staff. Resources from elsewhere have been reviewed by us. We welcome your suggestions for new resources.

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Speaking American: Message Framing for Progressives
'Speaking American' is a specific Metaphor Project technique for framing liberal and progressive messages in a broadly accessible way at the values, 'big idea' level.... Visit website
Listen to Immigration Specials on the Public Radio Exchange
Getting to—and staying in—America. A curated playlist from the editors of PRX. Featured stories include: American Dreamer from Long Haul Productions and Latino USA follows... Visit website
Culturalsavvy.com--From Multiculturalism to Salad Bowl
Today the trend is toward multiculturalism, not assimilation.  The old "melting pot" metaphor is giving way to new metaphors such as "salad bowl" and "mosaic", ... Visit website
A New Way to Talk About the Social Determinants of Health
Over the course of four years, the RWJF Vulnerable Populations Portfolio undertook an iterative research and message development process that benefited from both traditional and... Visit website
Change the Story, Change the World [free-range thinking newsletter]
People can't face facts if they're looking the wrong way. So first tell them a story that can change their point of view.Read more of... Visit website
Egal Shidad Media Screens at Quality Health Care for Diverse Populations Conference Film Festival
Egal Shidad videos have played an important role in raising awareness of mental health among Somalis.  The collaboration that guided production resulted in a film... Visit website
The Economic and Political Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in all 50 States
The Immigration Policy Center released its complete series of 50 state fact sheets which highlight the political and economic power of immigrants, Latinos, and Asians... Visit website
Deportation by Default
“This 98-page report says that immigrants with mental disabilities are often unjustifiably detained for years on end, sometimes with no legal limits. The report documents case after... Visit website
Bridging the Gap in Georgia
The Bridging the Gap Project,inc. strives to improve the quality of life in Georgia’s ethnically diverse communities by forming partnerships that overcome cultural barriers and... Visit website
DREAM Act Fact Check
Each year, approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school, but cannot go to college, join the military, work, or otherwise pursue their dreams. They... Visit website
Publications on Immigrant Health Care and Linguistic Access
"These new or updated publications address issues related to how race, immigration status, and language affect insurance coverage and access to care for non-citizens." (Source: The Henry... read more
The President's Remarks on Immigration Reform
....immigrants have always helped to build and defend this country -– and that being an American is not a matter of blood or birth.  It’s... read more
CA Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Domestic Workers are the bedrock of a functioning society - they do the work that makes other work possible. Yet they are a workforce in... Visit website
National Network to Eliminate Disparities (NNED) in Behavioral Health
This organization works toward behavioral health equity for all individuals, families, and communities. The NNED website supports information sharing, training and technical assistance among organizations and... Visit website
Eliminating Language Barriers for LEP Individuals
From Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) comes a new, free publication written by Ted Wang: Responding to changing demographics, the public and private... Visit website
Data on Chinese Immigrants
The United States is home to about 1.6 million Chinese immigrants (including those born in Hong Kong), making them the fourth-largest immigrant group in the... Visit website
Chinese Immigrants in the United States
A fact sheet from Migration Policy Institute provides info on population size and distribution, a demographic and socioeconmic overview, legal and unauthorized population numbers. Visit website
Cities of Migration--Integration Ideas Source
Cities of Migration seeks to improve local integration practice in major immigrant receiving cities worldwide through information sharing and learning exchange. There are online resources... Visit website
Healthy Roads Media
Healthy Roads has revised its website and added a substantial number of new resources in several media formats. It provides access to health information in... Visit website
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Annotated Resource Book for Storytelling
A list with links to storytelling resources for community media makers. Visit website
Using Video & New Media for Advocacy, Participatory Evaluation, & Action Research
The School of Public Health offers a new course that introduces new media practices future leaders will need to be at the cutting edge of... Visit website
Knight Citizen News Network: New Media Makers Toolkit
This learning module is filled with original reporting that will help you learn about the innovative community news initiatives that are cropping up around the... Visit website
Storytelling For Social Change: A Global View
This issue of The Drum Beat focuses on stories, asking: what do we mean by the use of oral history, or storytelling, in the context... Visit website
Public Media 2.0: Dynamic, Engaged Publics
Multiplatform, participatory, and digital, public media 2.0 will be an essential feature of truly democratic public life from here on in. And it’ll be media... Visit website
Public Media Corps
"Building community through technology" The Public Media Corps is a new national framework for supporting creative, sustainable and community-initiated methods for addressing the broadband divide... Visit website