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.

Wisconsin Council of Churches “Becoming Welcoming Committees Study Action Guide” (2023)

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

Sanctuary

• Oregon New Sanctuary Movement Faith and Immigration Study Guide
• 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