Resources

Latest resources for community involvement

       Alabama

• Not-so-Sweet Home Alabama: What people are saying about the state’s new immigration law
• Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice website and ACIJ on Facebook
• Alabama’s Immigration Law: Jim Crow Revisited, by Martin Luther King III and Richard Trumka
• Testimony Before Congressional Ad Hoc HB56 Hearing 12/21/2011

       Secure Communities (S.Comm)

• Immigration Policy Center November 2011 Report “The Secure Communities Program: Unanswered Questions and Continuing Concerns”
• Secure Communities Advocacy Toolkit
• Faith Letter to End S-Comm
• More resources at www.interfaithimmigration.org

       DREAM Sabbath

• NEW! DREAM Sabbath Scrapbook
• DREAM Sabbath resources http://www.dreamsabbath.org/

      And more …

• Comments on the “Policy for Resumed Removals to Haiti” Submitted to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement March 11, 2011

• New Year’s Resolution Toolkit (Word) (PDF)

• http://www.youtube.com/faith4immigration

• FAQ on the Administration’s Announcement Regarding a New Process to Further Focus Immigration Enforcement Resources on High Priority Cases

What do we mean by “fair, humane immigration reform?”

• Talking Points – Immigration Reform
• Interfaith Platform on Humane Immigration Reform sign it by emailing jsmyers@churchworldservice.org)
• CWS Executive Director Calls for Immigration Reform This Year
• Joint CWS-NCC Resolution on Immigration

What fair, humane reform would mean for America

• Myths & Facts: Clarity in Numbers
• CAP Economic Study Talking Points
• Immigration’s economic benefits to states
• CWS Statement: Worksite Enforcement Hearing February 2011
• CWS Statement: E-Verify Hearing February 2011

More resources for community involvement

• Letters to Editor Toolkit for Immigration Reform (Updated 2/11/2011)
• Share your reflections on Scripture texts on immigration
• Become a fan of the new Church World Service Immigrants & Refugees page on Facebook and join the discussion.
• Fighting Back Against Copycat Immigration Laws Like Arizona’s
• DREAM Act Action Alert and Resources
• Factsheet: DREAM Act Helps Women and Girls
• Neighbor-to-Neighbor Toolkit
• Isaiah 58 National Solidarity Vigil and Fast for Arizona and Isaiah 58 Vigil Sign-Up and Petition
• Immigrant Sabbath Toolkit PDF
• Prayer Vigil Toolkit
• Engaging Impasse on Immigration Workshop
• Support the HELP Separated Children Act -   HELP Letter to Senators -   CWS Letter to Senator Franken
• Immigration and Naturalization law course for non-profit organizations

Worship and faith-based resources

• NEW!  Bible Migrants Study Guide and Profiles 
• “A Process of Peacemaking” sermon on immigration, by Jen Smyers at First Presbyterian Church of Cheyenne, Wy., on October 2, 2011.  Click here for the text.  Click here for the audio.
• Gospel without Borders from EthicsDaily.com
• The Bible as the Ultimate Immigration Handbook
• Video and print resources for conversations on immigration (Christian Church (Disciples of Christ))
• Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Refugee & Immigration Ministries Packet
• “I was a stranger and you welcomed me …” Sermon Resources on Immigration
• “Let’s Talk About Family,” a sermon by Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo, July 21, 2010, Columbus, Ohio
• “We Must Join Immigration Dialogue” by Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
• Welcoming the Stranger: Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
• “I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me …” by the Rev. Chad Gilbertson
• Abraham Journeyed to a New Country new hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
• National Council of Churches’ 9/22/2010 “Call to Action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform”
• The Nation and the Common Good: Reflections on Immigration Reform (9/21/2010 Episcopal Bishops of South Ohio)

Films for community conversations

• Tony and Janina’s American Wedding - trailer has information about organizing a community screening
• Not in Our Town
• Welcome to Shelbyville
• Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth
• abUSed: The Postville Raid

Recommended reforms to the U.S. refugee resettlement program

• Refugee Council USA recommendations
• CWS letter on the Refugee Protection Act of 2010
• CWS Sept. 11, 2009, Letter to the U.S. National Security Council

Partners’ websites

CWS Member Denominations and Communions
Interfaith Immigration Coalition
Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign
America’s Voice
Detention Watch Network

Other links

The Naked Alien (Blogsite) – Raw faith: poetry, photography, and free-range theology

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