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Community Event: Our Stories, Our Health + BPSOS Announces a Student Health Ambassadorship Program
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... View video
Community Event: Our Stories, Our Health + BPSOS Announces a Student Health Ambassadorship Program
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... read more
Students Spared Amid Increase in Deportations
The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion: students who came... read more
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
Fear influences attitudes in national immigration debate
A recent campaign ad supporting Arizona Sen. John McCain's bid for re-election features a chat with a uniformed police officer who complains about the trouble... Visit website
Salud participants among youth arrested in DC DREAM Act protest
Tuesday, almost two-dozen young people began sit-ins at the offices of five powerful senators.   The youths are demanding passage of the DREAM Act, a bill that... read more
Image Gallery of DC DREAM Act Sit-in
Undocumented students from around the country demand the passage of the Dream Act outside the White House, despite the threat of arrests and deportation. The... read more
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
News About HEARMe in Atlanta
Emory's faculty and staff newspaper, Emory Report, highlighted HEARMe and Project Coordinator Hussien Mohamed in the latest issue! Read all about it at http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2008/July/July7/HEARme.htm read more
Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing
"The Library of America anthology Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing is daunting, weighing in at 724 pages -- however much a hardcover wrapped... Visit website
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
Why Stories Matter for Health
We have all heard health statistics—and then promptly forgotten them.  We have all experienced powerful emotions during medical encounters that have prevented us from asking the “right” questions... read more
Courage in Arizona
Four students risked everything to urge passage of an immigration reform bill. Too bad nobody in Washington has been able to muster the same kind... read more
Tania Unzueta, New Routes Leader, Community Leader
As many of you know, I am in Arizona at the moment. I, along with 4 other community leaders, participated in a civil disobedience action.... read more
Illegal Immigrant Students Protest at McCain Office
It was the first time students have directly risked deportation in an effort to prompt Congress to take up a bill that would benefit illegal immigrant youth.... read more
You Are What You Eat - Waxaad tahay waxaad cunto
This PSA was written and produced by the Young Achievers. Project coordinated by Wellshare. View video
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
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
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US Conference on African Immigrant Health (USCAIH) 2010
The first of its kind, the USCAIH 2010 will encompass the following elements that are considered critical in addressing health disparities in the African Diaspora:... Listen to audio

High Blood Pressure, Part 2 (Vietnamese)
Our Stories, Our Health produced this video for community health education workshops in Philadelphia. Vietnamese elders tell their personal stories of dealing with this health... View video
High Blood Pressure, Part 1 (Vietnamese)
Our Stories, Our Health produced this video for community health education workshops in Philadelphia. Vietnamese elders tell their personal stories of dealing with this health... View video
Doctor Patient Communication, Part 1 (Vietnamese)
Our Stories, Our Health produced this video for use in community health education workshops with Vietnamese elders in Philadelphia. Vietnamese immigrants tell their personal experiences... View video
Language Portal from the Migration Policy Institute
The Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy is pleased to announce the launch of a health care resources component within our Language... Visit website
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Interview with the DeKalb County, Georgia District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming
District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming explains the basics of the criminal justice system. (This interview is for informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal... Listen to audio

Sharp increase in hate crimes 'against every group'
He hoped to be the Obama Administration's "Maytag repairman" -- available but rarely called on. But Tom Perez finds the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights... Visit website
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