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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
Foreigners who marry Americans are entitled to become permanent residents of the U.S., but in a stricter post-9/11 world, hundreds of widows are being asked... read more
Download the pocket guide from the Migration Policy Institute and the Population Reference Bureau that shows the public how to find and use some of... Visit website
View a trailer from the movie San Papye (Undocumented). The producer, Hans Patrick Domercant writes that this is "the story of a young Haitian professional... View video
The Asia Society posted a YouTube callout for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, 2008. Join Sandra Oh, Kal Penn, George Takei and others as they... View video
New Routes to Community Health gives voice to new leaders in immigrant communities across America.
On Friday, August 15th family, friends and many other members of... read more
On Friday, August 15th family, friends and many other members of the community gather for a free event at the National Museum of Mexican Art... read more
Since arriving in the U.S. thirty years ago, Hmong immigrants have been trying to build new lives. Forced to flee their native Laos due to... read more
New Routes to Community Health gives voice to new leaders in immigrant communities across America.
Meet Steven Beaudion, Co-Instructor for Salud: Healing Through the Arts,... read more
Overview
The goal of New Routes to Community Health was to improve the lives of new immigrants through media created for and by immigrants.
New Routes to... read more
Here is a story, published in the New York Times about a young man with a bright future in front of him, married to a... read more
More than 1,000 people, including at least 150 from the Twin Cities of Minnesota, descended Sunday on Postville, a seemingly bucolic place beset by turmoil... read more
There is a terrific blog published on the Fourth of July in the Twin Cities Daily Planet. The blogger, Daniel Cubias, paints a vivid picture... read more
Chip Mitchell, a reporter in Chicago Public Radio's West Side Bureau sent us a note about a radio story on batterer intervention that's airing today... read more
Immigration arrests at homes in Berkeley and Oakland on Tuesday sent a wave of panic among parents in both cities, as authorities mistakenly believed immigration... read more
The photo exhibit was created in September 20, 1998. This photo exhibit is designed to capture the multinational character of children of Wisconsin. This project... read more
Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth
Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Fifteen sites have been funded under this... Visit website
It was a joyful day when Kashmir Shahi's parents came to live with him in Fremont 10 years ago. The long-married couple had left Hoshiarpur,... read more
The great majority of immigrants to the U.S. are young and of working age. But in recent years, an increasing number of immigrants are in... read more
Over the last year, illegal immigrants and their families have retreated from community life and gone into hiding because of the pressure from tougher federal... read more
From The New York Times, a slide show in Spanish with English subtitles that takes a look at the American immigration experience through the turbulent,... read more
Nearly all adult children of Latino immigrants, but only a small minority of immigrants, describe themselves as fluent in English. English is spoken more commonly... read more
I'm back at my desk this morning after three extraordinary days in Washington, D.C. National program staff and about 30 New Routes grantees from eight... read more
Berta and Francisco are the bilingual children of immigrants who don't speak English fluently. They frequently are called upon to interpret an adult world they... read more
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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