Immigrant Integration
This Illinois coalition is dedicated to promote the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political... Visit website
The Center for New Community launched a new blog named Imagine2050 Imagine2050.net. In honor of the year 2050 the blog seeks to explore that by... Visit website
On Monday, May 12, Postville, a tiny town in Northeastern Iowa experienced the largest ICE raid in US history. 390 workers at North America’s largest... read more
I went downtown today to stand next to the immigrants who had marched to the Madison City & County Building to stand up for their... read more
You are cordially invited to the 2nd Chicago Summit on African Immigrants and Refugees on May 31, 2008 at the DuSable Museum of African American... read more
"Swen is no little girl calling home to be picked up after her day in school, but she is a schoolgirl. She is one of... read more
More than 60 grantees from RWJF's vulnerable populations portfolio gathered to meet and learn from each other at a national conference in Los Angeles that... read more
“The Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center provides important orientation resources for refugee newcomers and service providers throughout the United States and overseas. Housed at the... Visit website
Tomas R. Jimenez, assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego and Irving Fellow at the New American Foundation writes that "Assimilation is a multigenerational... read more
Despite a 2002 promise from President Bush to put citizenship applications for immigrant members of the military on a fast track, some are finding themselves... read more
Heba Abdel-Karim writes, “[S]omething as large as improving relationships between Muslims and non-Muslims, and increasing awareness of Islam, begins by something as small as improving... 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
Morning Edition, November 8, 2007 -
Chicago is one of the world's great music cities, but it's still surprising that a Latin Grammy-nominated Mexican folk... Visit website
Since 1984, the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition, Inc. (SEAMAAC) has provided services and advocacy for refugees and immigrants in Philadelphia. Its mission is... read more View project media
Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health for Radio, TV and Classroom Use
Emergency, Community and Health Outreach (ECHO) (www.echominnesota.org), provides free health and safety information to Limited English Proficiency (LEP) populations in the languages they know best. ... read more View project mediaSalud: Healing through the Arts
Latinos Progresando (LP) serves immigrants through the highest quality, low-cost legal immigration services, community education and engagement, and advocacy/organizing around policy that affects immigrants. Luis... read more View project mediaDomestic Worker Safety & Dignity Project
La Colectiva de Mujeres (Women's Collective) of the Day Labor Program at La Raza Centro Legal is a democratically run membership organization by and for... read more View project mediaAbriendo las Cajas (Opening Boxes)
La Clínica de la Raza is recognized as the leading health agency for Latinos in Alameda County and has always had a strong commitment to... read more View project media
How I See It is the latest campaign in the California Council for the Humanities' acclaimed statewide initiative California Stories. Youth Digital Filmmakers is the... read more
In many towns that have enacted laws to target illegal immigrants, the local economyies faltered as immigrants left. Business has worsened for everyone. And some... read more
“The clear eyed prose in Edwidge Danticat’s family memoir conceals an undercurrent of melancholy, a mixture of homesickness and homelessness.” (Source: New York Times) Read... read more
The Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning, founded in 1979, is dedicated to strengthening communities by bringing generations together to meet the needs of individuals... read more View project media
Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam's new study, "E Pluribus Unum", the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic... read more
”. . . Sudanese in America have turned to the Episcopal Church, with some in the priesthood.” This New York Times piece focuses on the... read more
A long, mainstream media essay worth reading and talking about: “In the Illinois town of Carpentersville, a slate calling itself the All American Team won... read more
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