OFFICIAL INFORMATION
Educator Resource Hub | The Immigrant Learning Center
The Immigrant Learning Center provides a centralized hub for resources on diverse matters regarding immigrant and refugee populations like trauma-informed care, general statistics, teaching methods, and more!
ORR Network Resources | The Administration for Children and Families
The United States Department of Health & Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement provides patrons with resources regarding resettlement, integration, health, and employment
STATISTICS
Refugee Figures at a Glance | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR
Virginia Refugee Resettlement Reports and Statistics | Virginia Department of Social Services
ARTICLES
Advice On How To Be Happy From The 3rd Least Happy Country In The World (NPR) | Afghanistan may be the third least happy country in the world, but its citizens have good advice regarding how to find happiness amidst pain.
Migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants: What’s the difference? | International Rescue Committee
Helping Newcomers Access WIOA-funded Adult Integrated Education and Training (IET) | Switchboard
BOOKS
A Backpack, A Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka by Lev Golinkin
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
I Am Malala An autobiographical book by Malala Yousafzai, co-written with Christina Lamb.
Nujeen: One Girl’s Incredible Journey from War-Torn Syria in a Wheelchair by Nujeen Mustafa
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey by Margriet Ruurs with illustrations by Nizar Ali Badr
The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
The Kite Runner | by Khaled Hosseini
The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World by George Prochnik
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Taliban at War 2001 - 2018 based on extensive field research by Antonio Giustozzi.
The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri
PODCASTS
Awake at Night | Extraordinary personal stories from people who have put themselves in harm’s way to help refugees.
Kerning Cultures | Stories from the Middle East and the spaces in between.
Resettled | What happens when a refugee arrives in Virginia? In this six-part series hosted by Ahmed Badr, we traveled across Virginia to explore the refugee resettlement process through the eyes of those directly experiencing it. We followed along as a family moved into their home for the first time; watched as a high schooler overcame stage fright; and witnessed the sacrifices of a chef working to achieve his “American dream.”
Reveal News: Five Years on Nauru | Refugee families destined for Australia ended up stuck in an immigrant detention camp more than a thousand miles away on the tiny island nation of Nauru. After years of confinement, kids are succumbing to a surreal mental illness spreading through the camp like a contagion.
Reveal News: The Smuggler | Follow two migrants in France as they deal with the rise of anti-immigrant sentiments in Europe.
The Wait | Mozhgan and her family fled Iran, only to find themselves stranded in Jakarta. They’ve been living for seven years without the right to work, study, marry, travel, or even hold a bank account. Many thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia are enduring the same ordeal. In this podcast, Mozhgan and journalist Nicole Curby investigate how Australia has created a new border, inside Indonesia, and ask who’s responsible for its consequences.
This American Life: Taking Names | 26 year-old Kirk Johnson lived in his aunt’s basement and started a list of hundreds of Iraqis who needed to get out of their country. They were getting death threats, and he was their only hope.
What is Motivational Interviewing? | In this podcast, Switchboard Program Officer Margaret Gibbon is joined by Dr. Miriam Potocky, Author and Professor of Social Work at Florida International University, and Kristen Guscovict, Founder of HEART of Aid Work. They discuss motivational interviewing, an evidence-based intervention that can be used in refugee case management programs, and provide examples of how it can be implemented.
TRAININGS
Belonging: A Weekly Practice | This free weekly drop-in space aims to answer some of the most consistent questions about belonging - Is belonging a destination, a practice, or both? How do we cultivate the skills, flexibility and muscle to make belonging real? How do we balance belonging in society at large, for ourselves, and in our relationships? Hosted by UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute.
Creating a Welcoming and Healing Environment for Newly Arriving Afghan Children and Families | Recorded webinar by Switchboard.
Welcoming Afghan students and families: A Workshop for US Educators | Recorded webinar by Switchboard.