Provides many services for immigrants such as interpreting services, adult ed classes for immigrants, advocacy efforts, and the National Immigrant Justice Center.

The Justice and Journalism Fund provides grants of $500 and $3000 to support independent journalists or those employed at new organizations to cover complex, multi-faceted issues, especially those related to immigration and borderlands, race and ethnicity, crime and punishment, or post-9/11 security and civil rights. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal U.S. residents. Collaboration among different media (mass media, ethnic media, community media, and youth media), across different media platforms, are encouraged to apply. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis through September 30, 2008.

These 21 techniques by Darren Rowse of Pro Blogger come from 5 years of experience. A follow-up post gathers another seven tips from readers.

Despite a century's worth of contrary evidence, the persistent myth that immigrants are more prone to criminality than the native-born continues to proliferate. New data from New Jersey and California once again confirms what researchers have found repeatedly over the past 100 years: immigrants are less likely than the native-born to be in prison, and high rates of immigration are not associated with higher rates of crime. Download the 3-page report from the Immigration Policy Center Web site.

The facts, figures, and reasons why health care coverage for immigrants to the United States is at an extremely low rate. By Leighton Ku of George Washington University.

“One Nation is a philanthropic collaborative with the vision of fostering a national conversation about the common values we share as Americans, regardless of how we choose to express our spirituality. One Nation sponsors projects--such as this Web site--that challenge stereotypes and misperceptions of Muslims and Islam by shining a spotlight on our shared values, beliefs and responsibilities.” (Source: One Nation)

This is an international advocacy and domestic refugee resettlement organization. Through the Healthy Refugees, Healthy Families initiative USCRI does health promotion trainings with the refugee communities, and makes health brochures, which are translated into refugee languages.

The National Resource Center is the nation’s first online clearinghouse and information exchange portal designed to facilitate communication, networking and collaboration to improve preparedness, build resilience and eliminate disparities for racially and ethnically diverse communities in public health emergencies.

Who are today’s immigrants? How do they impact the communities we live in? This section of the Immigration Policy Center Website addresses immigrant integration, examines foreign-born crime rates, education, access to healthcare and host of other issues. Download reports from a variety of sources.

From the American Journal of Psychotherapy comes an article on the cultural aspects of treating Haitian patients.