Description

• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, a national organization https://www.lirs.org/ 
• Voces de la Frontera is a Milwaukee advocacy group https://vdlf.org/ 
• How The 1965 Immigration Act Made America A Nation Of Immigrants https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/685819397/how-the-1965-immigration-act-made-america-a-nation-of-immigrants?fbclid=IwAR3d3HDe3yKa6GEZFnyrxrGZQ6C6922Y0UszUBt8noipixl9a8aoauS0YCk 
• Everything you need the next time someone starts trying to tell you about how their family came “the right way” and anyone who wants to do it like their ancestors did should “get in line.” (TL;dr: there’s a really good chance that at least some portion of your family came to the U.S. without a visa and/or received immigration amnesty, and the “right way” from 1790-1965 has nothing to do with how things are done now.) -Matt Cameron, immigration attorney- https://www.facebook.com/notes/matt-cameron/all-possible-responses-to-they-should-get-in-line-and-do-it-the-right-way-the-wa/10155288583987693/
• List of other organizations you can donate to https://www.bustle.com/p/12-immigrant-advocacy-organizations-to-donate-to-if-you-cant-stand-trumps-family-separation-policy-9483834 

List of books and movies about immigration - many of which might be available at Cedarburg public library! 

• Books for Children
• Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey by Margriet Ruurs, translated by Falah Raheem, and illustrated by Nizar Ali Badr. This book is full of photographs of actual stone art created in Syria, and outlines the Syrian refugee crisis in a helpful way for young readers.
• Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale. By Duncan Tonatiuh. This is an allegorical picture book, which explains a fictional animal journey. The author brings to light the hardship and struggles faced by families crossing from Latin America to North America
• The Journey by Francesca Sanna. This has beautiful illustrations and is based on a number of true migration stories.
• Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes. This is a true story of a cat trying to be reunited with its refugee family, made famous via youtube videos. Includes pictures from Amy’s time with the cat and the family.
• Refuge. B y Anne Booth, illustrated by Sam Usher. This is a retelling of the Christmas story, highlighting the immigrant and refugee journeys of the holy family. Great Christmas addition.
• Refugee by Alan Gratz. This book includes three stories, about children from Germany 1929, Cuba 1994 and Syria 2015. All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge.
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Esperanza had a privledged life in Mexico, but a tragedy forces her to flee to California with her mother and settle in as a farm laborer. A classic.
• Books for Adults https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/coming-to-america-50-greatest-works-of-immigration-literature/ 
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nominated by PBS. When a young NIegerian woman heads to America, she must grapple with what it means to be black for the first time.
• The Namesake: A Novel. By Jhumpa Lahiri. This novel includes details of the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and more as it follows an Indian family’s journey to America.
• The Book of Unknown Americans. By Cristina Henríquez. Award winning novel which ties together multiple stories of Immigrant journeys.
• Dear America: A Letter from an Undocumented American. Memoir from a Philippino – American Journalist, sharing his story of living 25 years in a country which does not consider him one of their own.
• Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luiselli. The author is a translator, required to ask children facing deportation 40 specific questions. She writes an essay about each question.
• The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong. By Karen Gonzalez. The author is a Guatemalan immigrant, and connects her story to the stories of immigration in the Bible.
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson. Chronicles the migration of Black US citizens from the south to the north and west, in search of a better life.
• Movies for (almost) all ages
• Let Me In by Alicia Keys. Only 14 minutes long, this music video imagines what it would be like if US citizens were forced to seek refuge in Mexico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1hpZzJpmg 
• All Saints: Based on a Powerful true story. This great family movie about a pastor, his family, a dying church, and a group of immigrants will warm your heart. http://www.allsaintsmovie.com/ 
• Sweet 15. This 1990 made for TV drama connects a Latina-American girl’s Quinciñera (15 th birthday party) with her family’s immigration status during the Reagan Administration. A great introduction for all ages; this shows how little has changed in 28 years.
• Movies for Adults
• Sin Nombre. 2009 Mexican-American film about two teenagers fleeing violence and seeking refuge in the United States (it has subtitles; filmed in Spanish)
• Brooklyn 2015. An Irish Immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, and must make choices about her future.
• United Shades of America. With W. Kamau Bell, from CNN. Season 2, episode 1 is all about US immigration policy and the stories of immigrants and refugees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoPJWhfPlTk 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.