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This animated video describes the distinct roles of US government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and local communities in assisting newcomers with the resettlement process. It introduces the Office of Refugee Resettlement and explains how resettlement agencies and community groups work together to offer different services and programs that assist with integration efforts.
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This animated video highlights the different humanitarian immigrant pathways that exist in the United States including categories like refugee, asylee, special immigrant visa holder, humanitarian parolees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and temporary protected status.
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This animated video highlights the important role that community members play in the resettlement process. The video’s goal is to inspire action from supportive communities including welcoming and advocating for newcomers, volunteering time and services, offering housing and employment opportunities, and information about co-sponsorship. This resource can be used by ORR-funded resettlement agencies to help […]
As COVID-19 vaccination rates plateau, it is vital to put clients at the center of the work. It is critical to hear directly from the community to develop tailored health messaging that is contextualized in the lives of the people with the lived experience. This blog post includes tips for receiving this detailed information and maintaining a community-centered approach while developing vaccine messaging.
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Are you looking to increase local support for refugees in your community? Supporting refugees to tell their stories is a powerful way to put individual faces and voices to the resettlement experience. There are many innovative ways stories can facilitate strong connections that demonstrate how resettlement benefits everyone in the community.
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Community engagement is critical for those serving refugees, asylees, and other immigrant populations. Effective engagement involves efforts that are within your staff’s facilitation capacity and that address the strengths and needs of both the receiving community and of your clients. This document contains three editable outreach templates: Refugees in Your City Fact Sheet, Sample annual […]
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This webinar was facilitated by Brianne Casey, Consultant, Community Development and Refugee Resettlement. By the end of this 60-minute session, you will be able to: Apply relevant community engagement frameworks to your work; Identify effective strategies for utilizing community feedback; and Implement one or more feedback tool(s) to strengthen your community engagement goals. […]
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This guide was created for advocates, service providers, and supporters as a tool to address the backlash toward refugees and Muslim Americans, and to help you proactively engage with community leaders and neighbors. Through the messages, sample conversations, story ideas, and worksheets in this toolkit, we will help you develop straightforward yet persuasive language to […]
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This tip sheet reviews strategies for answering difficult questions, including leading questions and questions to which you don’t know the answers. This resource is designed for ethnic community-based organizations (ECBOs).
