Founding American Values

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
Upholding Founding American Values
I will remember the summer of 2010 as the season when our New Routes model became my personal touchstone for what is important to me about the... read more
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. now showing Wednesdays on PBS
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates,... read more
Report: A Place to Call Home: What Immigrants Say Now About Life in America
Public Agenda's phone survey of more than 1100 US immigrants captures immigrant perspectives on a tumultuous period in history. This follow-up to a 2002 survey... Visit website
Immigrants seek hope in the United States
The issue of illegal immigration has been on the forefront of political controversy and discussion for the past decade, while the stories of the legal... Visit website
And the pursuit of happiness
The skilled artist, Maira Kalman, explains in the New York Times "How Everyone got to America." It is creative, insightful, witty, sad, but hopeful. It... read more
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The Speech I Hope The President Will Give
by Alan Jenkins on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 11:33pm   My Fellow Americans: I speak to you tonight at a crucial moment in our nation’s history. When you... read more
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Personal Essay: A Visit to the Jook Breakfast
As part of our efforts to encourage Penn students to be active in the local community and foster a new generation of culturally competent researchers... read more
New Routes Deputy Director Travels to Obama Inauguration
Good friends Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Rissel Sanderson, Fabiola Hamdan and Brenda Gonzalez, all from Madison, pose at the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. ...Despite the size... read more
Obama Is Sworn In as the 44th President
Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, and called on Americans to confront “our collective failure to make hard choices.” (Source:... read more
Hoping Change is Coming for All of Us
I can't help but put at least one link to the story of Mr. Obama’s inauguration today. I am hoping for better, fairer government for... read more
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
New Routes to Community Health embraces the values articulated in this United Nations Document, ratified 60 years ago today. On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly... read more
Detained Immigrants Face Harsh Conditions
“Immigrants jailed for deportation in Massachusetts are often subject to harsh conditions, including inadequate medical care, harassment, and overcrowding, the American Civil Liberties Union of... read more
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Meet Mukhtar Gaaddasaar, an Egal Shidad New Routes Leader
Mukhtar Gaaddasaar came to the United States by himself in 1997 when he received a sponsorship. He had spent the previous year and a half... read more
Civic Literacy Report: Americans Fail Basic Test of Their History and Institutions
More than 2,500 randomly selected Americans took the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s basic 33 ­question test on civic literacy and more than 1,700 people failed, with... read more
National Foundation for American Policy
The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to public policy research on trade, immigration, education, and other issues of... Visit website
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The American Story - Improbable or Impossible
Recently I heard what was called an improbable American story. It was the story of a young minority woman who grew up in household of... read more
Quick Facts
Overview The Goal of New Routes to Community Health is to improve the lives of new immigrants through media created for and by immigrants. New Routes to... read more
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