Immigration justice resources

Immigrant Welcoming Conference

Link to the Immigrant Welcoming Conference page for links to recordings of 2020 and 2021 online Immigration Justice workshops and information on other ways the Wisconsin Conference is living into its identity as an Immigration Welcoming Conference.

Immigrant Welcoming Congregations

• Becoming an Immigrant Welcoming Congregation-UCC National (2018)
• Becoming an Immigrant Welcoming Congregation-MN UCC (2017)

Sanctuary

• Oregon New Sanctuary Movement Faith and Immigration Study Guide
• ACLU’s Sanctuary Congregations and Harboring FAQ’s PDF (2017) 
• The Sanctuary Movement and Legal Risks, from the United Church of Christ Office of General Counsel (2016)
• Sanctuary Not Deportation: A Faithful Witness to Building Welcoming Communities toolkit (~2017)

Study and other guides

• Immigration Study Guide-Wis Council of Churches
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services Bible Study Guide

Children’s educational resources

• Unitarian Universalist’s Children’s Immigration Sessions
• Youth simulation on the refugee crisis (Catholic Relief Services)
• Passages-older children’s refugee simulation guide (PDF)-UN Refugee Agency
• Ideas for children’s books about immigration and refugees:
  • Booklist from Socialjusticebooks.org
  • Booklist from Couloursofus.com
  • Booklist from ReadBrightly.com

Other

• Materials from 11/15/2016 Interfaith Immigration Coalition and Refugees Welcome webinar: webinar recording and PowerPoint slides from webinar (PDF)
• 1,600 Miles, 85 Hours: A Migrant Family Takes a Greyhound Across America (2019 New York Times magazine article)