More Resources for Assisting Newcomers

Montgomery County Response Response to New Administration’s Immigration Policies

• Reaffirming Community Values Jan 30 2017

Advocacy

• Refugee Council USA Post-Election Advocacy Toolkit

Immigrant & Refugee Rights

• Tips for Immigrants and Refugees at Risk- Black Alliance for Just Immigration
• Know Your Rights video- ICNA Council for Social Justice

Refugee & Immigrant Contributions

• Sanctuary Counties See Lower Crime Rates and Stronger Economies – Center for American Progress
  

Refugee & Immigrant Training Programs

• Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services Online Training Modules

Welcoming Refugees & Immigrants

• Welcoming Neighbors Toolkit- Welcoming America
• Emergency BnB: Possible Solutions
• NYC program acclimates refugee children & prepares them for school
• Recipes Ideas for entertaining Syrian Refugees

 Inspirational Resources

• The Lasting Trauma of Japanese American Incarceration
• 60 minutes Finding Refuge
• One child refugee’s journey
• How to Lose the War on Terror – The New Yorker
• Trump says Syrian refugees aren’t vetted. We are. Here’s what we went through. -Washington Post
  
• Maryland Woman Adopts Syrian Refugee Family

Stats

• By the Numbers: The United States of Refugees- Smithsonian Magazine