Event: ECDC’s Annual National Conference and National Resettlement Affiliate Network Training
African Refugees and Immigrants: Pathways to Security, Integration and Empowerment
April 30 – May 3, 2014, Arlington, Virginia
Tag Archives: Resettlement
Safe, Smart & Healthy Videos
Resource: Safe, Smart & Healthy Videos Online
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)
Refugee Services health orientation videos, Safe, Smart & Healthy: Keys to Success in Your New Home, are now available online in over 30 languages, including Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Dzongkha (Bhutanese), Hakha (Chin), S’gaw Karen, Somali, and Swahili.
Welcoming America Communications Webinar
Training: Messages that Matter- Communications webinar
Welcoming America
Learn the value of framing your message, positive messaging about refugees that’s been proven to inspire and engage communities, and how to use communications messaging and stories to support the needs of your organization.
Tuesday, Sept 24, 2013 from 3:00-4:30pm ET.
Religious coping and acculturation stress among Hindu Bhutanese
In the Literature: Religious coping and acculturation stress among Hindu Bhutanese: A study of newly-resettled refugees in the United States. Benson GO, Sun F, Hodge DR, Androff DK. International Social Work. July 2012, 55(4).
Welcoming America Webinar: Meaningful Contact with Receiving Communities
Training: Building Meaningful Contact with Refugees and Receiving Communities
Welcoming America
Learn how to find new champions for refugee resettlement and services, prevent community tensions between refugees and receiving communities, and strengthen program sustainability by increasing volunteerism.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 from 1:00-2:30pm ET.
2013 National Immigrant Integration Conference
Event: 2013 National Immigrant Integration Conference
Presented by: The National Partnership for New Americans
For policymakers, practitioners, refugee resettlement professionals, faith leaders, funders, organizers, researchers, business representatives, and others stakeholders.
November 17-19, 2013, Miami, FL.
2013 National Refugee and Immigrant Conference
Event: 2013 National Refugee and Immigrant Conference: Issues and Innovations
Presented by: Adult Learning Resource Center
For providers who work with refugees and immigrants in fields such as education, health care, social services, job development, and advocacy.
October 10-11, 2013, Chicago, IL.
Stronger Together Toolkit
Resource: Stronger Together: An Economic Messaging Toolkit
Welcoming America
Communications toolkit contains refugee integration messages that resonate with businesses, governments, and other community members in receiving communities. Toolkit also explains how to identify key audiences and frame an appropriate message for them.
CAL COR Welcome Set
Resource: Welcome to the United States
CAL Cultural Orientation Resource Center
Welcome Set includes a guidebook and DVD that offer information to refugees about resettlement in the United States. Welcome Set materials available in English, Arabic, Burmese, and Nepali.
Burmese health education materials
Resource: Publications on Diabetes, Income Taxes, and Employment
Burmese Advocacy Center
Publications entitled Diet for Diabetes, American Basic Rules of Individual Income Tax Return, and Employment Handbook are now available. To receive these publications for your organization or for your clients from Burma, please contact the Burmese Advocacy Center.