Capacity Building
La Caja de Herramientas Comunitarias es el recurso más amplio del mundo para información gratuita acerca de las habilidades esenciales para construir comunidades más sanas.... Visit website
This week, HEARMe partners Hussien Mohamed and Ericka Tucker met for the first time with our summer interns from Clarkston High School. Four high school... read more
It's been a busy busy busy couple of weeks for our team here in Philadelphia. After leaving the New Routes Conference (and very much missing... read more
The Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights present an exciting gathering of the immigrant integration field.
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It's a bit cold here in Philadelphia but the energy and enthusiasm surrounding our project continues to grow.
Yesterday, I cleared my calendar and went to... read more
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) is a national advocacy organization dedicated to promoting
policy, program, and research efforts to improve the... Visit website
Additional Lesson Resources to use with the Egal Shidad English Language Learning Activities
Cultural Adjustment and Mental Health—The Role of the ESL Teacher contains useful... read more
Immigrant and refugee students face challenges to learning beyond
mastering a new language, including the loss and emotional trauma that can be part of their migrant... read more
Find out a little about our own Brenda González in the National Program Office who, when she first came to the U.S. landed in Sheboygan,... read more
After watching the Abriendo las Cajas videos, I was struck by how powerful it is to speak your truth. Just telling your story is the... read more
This flyer gives an explanation of the Egal Shidad project as well as some ideas about how to use the DVD. It was created to... read more
Zuhur Ahmed provides the voice for Egal Shidad's sister in the story written by Said Salah Ahmed and performed in the Egal Shidad television and... read more
The Institute for Sustainable Communities gives "passionate, committed people the tools, skills and resources they need to make their communities better places in which to... Visit website
Mental health is a challenging topic, and even more so when it crosses cultural boundaries. Thus, working on “Egal Shidad, stories of mental health” with... read more
The Kaiser Media Internships Program, established in 1994, is an intensive 12-week summer internship for young journalists interested in specializing in health reporting, with a... Visit website
Founded in 2000, Domestic Workers United [DWU] is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York, organizing for... Visit website
The California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) is an excellent resource for advocacy tools, education and research materials regarding California’s immigrants and their economic, social, and... Visit website
CAAAELII stands for Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European, & Latino Immigrants of Illinois. Their mission is to strengthen diverse voices of inter-generational immigrant and... Visit website
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities (also known as Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence) founded by Asian women in 1986 mobilizes Asian communities to counter anti-Asian violence in... Visit website
Asian Pacific Fund makes grants in the Bay Area to support essential services and programs for all segments of the Asian American community in Alameda,... Visit website
The mission of the African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation (AIRF) is to facilitate the effective transition of African immigrants to American society and to support... Visit website
View a trailer from the movie San Papye (Undocumented). The producer, Hans Patrick Domercant writes that this is "the story of a young Haitian professional... View video
An extensive web module for those interested in learning more about community organizing. Good for both those who want to learn the basics and those... Visit website
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New Research & Recommendations
This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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