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Not So Far Afield Vol 19 No 3 – May/June 2010

Resources on Immigration

Be sure to add your own resources and join in a discussion on immigration on the discussion board on our website and/or on our Facebook page.

Crossing Borders: Migration, Theology, and the Human Journey, a JustMatters module justfaith.org/programs/justmatters-m_crossingborders.html.

Family Bedtime Stories: Exploring our Scriptural and Spiritual Heritage - Major Migration Stories by Penny Robinson. Available at www.maryknollaffiliates.org/downloads/cat_view/182-global-concerns/226-immigration.html.

For You Were Once A Stranger: Immigration in the U.S. Through the Lens of Faith, This comprehensive resource provides historical background, the faith perspective on immigration, and suggestions for taking action in your community. Published Spring 2007 by Interfaith Worker Justice. It can be downloaded from:

www.iwj.org/index.cfm/immigration.

Immigration Myths and Facts from the Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service www.lirs.org/atf/cf/%7BA9DDBA5E-C6B5-4C63-89DE-91D2F09A28CA%7D/mythbuster.pdf.

Migration and our Catholic Response from USCCB website section Catholics Confront Global Poverty www.usccb.org/sdwp/globalpoverty/ccgp_migration.shtml.

Strangers in the Land: A six-week guide on immigration, the church, and the bible. By the Editors of Sojourners magazine store.sojo.net/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SG_SITL&Click=1324 or call 1-800-714-7474.

The War at Home: Focus on Immigration a 12-page resource published Summer 2009 www.paxchristiusa.org/newsletters/June2009NewsletterWeb.pdf.

Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity, Pastoral Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. Available from www.usccb.org/mrs/unity.shtml.

Websites

• Border Action Network: www.borderaction.org
• Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Refrom: faithandimmigration.org.
• Gamaliel Foundation: www.gamaliel.org
• Humane Borders: www.humaneborders.org
• Justice for Immigrants: www.justiceforimmigrants.org
• Justice Overcoming Boundaries: www.justicesandiego.org
• Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns - Migrants: www.maryknollogc.org/social/migrants.htm
• New Sanctuary Movement: www.newsanctuarymovement.org
• Reform Immigration for America: www.eformimmigrationforamerica.org
• USCCB Migration and Refugee Services: www.usccb.org/mrs/
• The War at Home: Immigration: resources on immigration from Pax Christi USA and their partners www.paxchristiusa.org/news_Events_more.asp?id=1520

Other Resources

Houston Catholic Worker (Casa Juan Diego) articles on immigration: www.cjd.org/paper/gration.html.

Immigration Reform, Ray Suarez on the website “Destination Casa Blanca”, with video: www.hitn.org/dcb/blog/2010/04/19/immigraion_reform.

Facing Deportation: facingdeportation.org. Families Impacted by North Carolina’s Immigration Policies : A series of videos. This site is a professional thesis project completed by Eileen Mignoni in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Pax Christi An Immigrant’s Prayer cards. The text from their prayer cards can be downloaded from www.paxchristiusa.org/prayercardtexts.pdf. The Pax Christi online store is under rennovation until August 1, 2010.

Dying to Live and One Body One Border: Two videos from the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. See dyingtolive.nd.edu and oneborderonebody.nd.edu.

Roots of Migration from Witness for Peace (www.witnessforpeace.org).

There are two videos and two PowerPoint presentations, among other materials on immigration on the Maryknoll Affiliate website. Do a search for immigration to find them.