More Resources for Assisting Newcomers

Montgomery County Response

• Reaffirming Community Values Jan 30 2017

Advocacy

• 3 Things You Can Do Right Now to Show Your Support for Refugees — World Relief
  
• Post-Election Toolkit – Visits With Local, State, And National Leaders To Welcome Refugees2017
• Toolkit Community Response to Trump Attack on Refugee Program – Disciples Home Missions
  
• National Partnership for New Americans

Immigrant & Refugee Rights

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

 The Benefits

• 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

• Welcoming Neighbors Toolkit- Welcoming America
• Possible Solution for Housing Refugees?
• 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
• History Repeating itself with Syrian Refugees ?
• 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

Stats

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