Immigration justice resources

Immigrant Welcoming Conference

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

Study and other guides

• Wisconsin Council of Churches “Becoming Welcoming Communities – Immigration Reform, 2nd edition” (2023)
  • Study Action Guide
  • Supplemental resources (video, handouts, etc.)
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services:
  • “Be Not Afraid” Bible Study Guide
  • “Faith on the Move“, a series that “engages participants in the biblical story as it relates to issues of migration”, written by Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy, President of the Pacific School of Religion:

Immigrant Welcoming Congregations

• Immigrant Welcoming Congregations toolkit (UCC National,updated in 2023)
• 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)

Children’s educational resources

• Unitarian Universalist’s 2012 Children’s Immigration Sessions
• Youth simulation on the refugee crisis (Catholic Relief Services, 2015)
• 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 (2016)
  • 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)