Building Community
Maria Eraña and Lourdes Oliva Medina of Radio Bilingüe get the word out to Latina and Mixteca women about early cancer detection. View video
Este informe ofrece una guía para organizaciones comunitarias y para aquellos que invierten en el cambio social y entienden el poder de los medios de... read more
This report offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community... read more
Regional Government of Ethiopia representative visits North America and is interviewed by Sagal Radio on January 31, 2011. Listen to audio
Cities of Migration website showcases good practice in the
integration of urban migrants and promotes innovative ideas that create
equity, social cohesion and urban prosperity. Visit website
Staying healthy means knowing when and where to go for medical help and having access to experts who can speak your language, culturally and linguistically.... read more
This “Lessons Learned” publication summarizes the principles and practices gleaned from the New Routes to Community Health project. Learn about the immigrant health and media... read more
In her post, Wendy Sefsaf of Immigration Impact writes, Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is a day that provides Americans
with the opportunity to... read more
Storytelling for Community Health: A program evaluation of a Somali
mental health media project was produced and researched by Erin Aagesen as
part of her... View video
Several musicals include the plights of immigrants from the early 20th Century through today. (One-time PRX registration required.) read more
In the wake of prostitution charges involving underage Somali girls,
adults are worried about the pressures many girls face in Minneapolis'
Somali community. Minnesota is... read more
“Profiles of Strength and
Dignity” showcases the extraordinary women of La Colectiva. In striking
photographs and moving narratives, the exhibit offers a glimpse into
these... read more
10.8 million people with no legal status. Families torn apart. Communities living in fear.
The U.S. immigration system is broken. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services... Visit website
Guillermina Castellanos
(Domestic Workers Safety and Dignity Project), Sara Rohde and Mukhtar
Gaaddasaar (Egal Shidad) and Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco (Salud:
Healing Through the... View video
In Philadelphia, Laotian and Vietnamese elders are producing videos, radio programs and blogs to help immigrants like themselves to more easily access health care. Partners... View video
In San Francisco, a collective of Latina domestic workers has developed a social marketing campaign advocating fair pay, respect for the profession, and healthier working... View video
In Boston, Haitian immigrants are creating media and holding community meetings to address their cultural dislocation and chronic mental health issues. After the January 2010... View video
Evidence is growing that immigration encourages more business activity.IN the campaign season now drawing to a close, immigration and globalization have often been described as... read more
Producer Mukhtar Gaaddasaar takes a look at what young people and parents need to know and do to communicate better with one another and to... View video
I got a brief email from Hussien Mohamed of our HEARMe project letting me know Amanda Plumb of StoryCorps had blogged the visit she had... read more
This summer, Amanda Plumb, of StoryCorps, visited Sagal Radio Services, where interns Nawal
Abdirahman from Somalia, and Ram Koirala and Tara Powdyal from Nepal
interviewed her about... Listen to audio
Amanda Plumb recounts her visit with the teens who produce the HearMe Today program. She asked them questions and then later, when they visited the... read more
The first Chinese came to America to build the trans continental railroad. Once it was finished they were left to fend for themselves. The immigrants... Visit website
Community news sites should engage, not just inform, their users;
ramp up quickly with social media tools; tease out contributors rather
than train a corps... Visit website
In this neighborhood of East Oakland, more than 40 percent of the residents are foreign-born. This
community has African-American, Latino and Tongen churches, Southeast
Asia... read more
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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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A national program of the