Founding American Values
Nearly one in five Americans are either immigrants or were born in the United States to at least one parent from abroad, the Census Bureau
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'Speaking American' is a specific Metaphor Project technique for
framing liberal and progressive messages in a broadly accessible way at
the values, 'big idea' level.... Visit website
I will remember the summer of 2010 as
the season when our New Routes model became my personal touchstone
for what is important to me about the... read more
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates,... read more
Public Agenda's phone survey of more than 1100 US immigrants captures immigrant perspectives on a tumultuous period in history. This follow-up to a 2002 survey... Visit website
The issue of illegal immigration has been on the forefront of political controversy and discussion for the past decade, while the stories of the legal... Visit website
The skilled artist, Maira Kalman, explains in the New York Times "How Everyone got to America." It is creative, insightful, witty, sad, but hopeful. It... read more
by Alan Jenkins on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 11:33pm
My Fellow Americans:
I speak to you tonight at a crucial moment in our nation’s history.
When you... read more
As part of our efforts to encourage Penn students to be active in the local community and foster a new generation of culturally competent researchers... read more
Good friends Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Rissel Sanderson, Fabiola Hamdan and Brenda Gonzalez, all from Madison, pose at the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.
...Despite the size... read more
Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States on
Tuesday, and called on Americans to confront “our collective failure to
make hard choices.” (Source:... read more
I can't help but put at least one link to the story of Mr. Obama’s inauguration today. I am hoping for better, fairer government for... read more
New Routes to Community Health embraces the values articulated in this United Nations Document, ratified 60 years ago today.
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly... read more
“Immigrants jailed for deportation in Massachusetts are often subject to harsh conditions, including inadequate medical care, harassment, and overcrowding, the American Civil Liberties Union of... read more
Mukhtar Gaaddasaar came to the United States by himself in 1997 when he received a sponsorship. He had spent the previous year and a half... read more
More than 2,500 randomly selected
Americans took the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s basic 33 question test on civic literacy and more than 1,700 people
failed, with... read more
The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to public policy research on trade, immigration, education, and other issues of... Visit website
Recently I heard what was called an improbable American story. It was the story of a young minority woman who grew up in household of... read more
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The goal of New Routes to Community Health was to improve the lives of new immigrants through media created for and by immigrants.
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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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