ILA SJC Resource Guide
Resources to help improve Idaho communities, compiled by the Idaho Library Association's Social Justice Committee.
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Agency for New Americans (ANA) helps refugees achieve self-sufficiency in their new lives by providing the skills, education, and support necessary during their resettlement period.
Disability Inclusion offers lessons and recommendations for engaging persons with disabilities during humanitarian work
Glocal Community Partners’ Refugee Resources for Idaho
Idaho Office for Refugees offers information about refugee resettlement, resources for and about refugees, and organizes events in Idaho.
International Rescue Committee
International Rescue Committee in Boise
Refugee Center Online provides free online programs and resources designed by and for refugees and immigrants.
UN Refugee Agency works to ensure everyone has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge when they are fleeing violence, persecution, war, or disaster.
Women’s Refugee Commission advocates for the rights of women, children, and youth fleeing violence and prosecution.
Apps for Refugees is a collection of free smartphone apps designed for refugees.
¡Colorín colorado! is a bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners (ELLs).
¡Colorín colorado! orfrece una gran riqueza de información basda en la investigación, actividades y consejos bilingües para maestros y familias de estudiantes del idioma inglés (ELLs, por su siglas en inglés).
National Immigration Legal Services Directory can help you find nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services.
New Americans Code helps refugees in Southern Idaho learn basic coding. New Americans Code serves the greater Boise area by preparing web developers for Boise’s technology industry, which has a shortage of web developers.
ALA’s EMIERT is the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table.
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services is designed to meet the information needs of professionals who encounter refugee and immigrant children and families in their work.
Project Welcome offers information for libraries seeking to better serve refugees and asylum seekers.
REFORMA is the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking.
Refugee Libraries offers a wide range of resources to better serve our new neighbors, from toolkits to news stories to government resources.
“How to Support Refugee Students in the ELL Classroom” article from ¡Colorin Colorado! offers tips and links aimed at English Language Learners in classrooms. Many of these suggestions make sense in libraries as well.
“Project Welcome: Libraries planning for resettlement and integration of refugees” American Libraries article from 2017
“PTSD in Refugees” article from the VA explains the traumatic events refugees may have faced and discusses the challenges for effective treatment.
“Public Libraries Support Refugees” Library Journal article from 2015
“Refugees and the Public Library” Public Libraries Online article from 2015
“Resilience Resources: Helping People Displaced by Environmental and Humanitarian Crises” ALSC Blog article from 2017
Booklist Online’s Core Collection: Picture-Book Refugee and Immigration Stories
I’m Your Neighbor books recommends children’s books and reading projects to build bridges between “new arrivals” and “long-term communities.”
The Refugee Experience booklists from ¡Colorín colorado!:
Stories of Immigration is a booklist of Pura Belpré Medal and Honor Books from REFORMA and ALSC.