For Educators
- A toolkit to help teachers create the best environment for refugee children.
- Tips for educators interviewing refugee families.
- Summaries of each refugee group.
- A document describing ICE raids and details about legal protections schools have to keep the status of their students private.
- An article about why refugees must be given education.
- A lesson plan for schoolchildren to learn about the plight of refugees.
- A short video from PBS following a Syrian family leaving Aleppo in 2013.
- The entire hour-long episode about the same family.
- A two-hour film following refugees from Syria, Gambia, and Afghanistan.
- A video explaining the resettlement process.
- A video explaining the importance of empathy.
For Legal Services
- Low cost or free immigration lawyers.
- Another lawyer website.
- Another lawyer website.
For Positive Attitude & Support
- First ever refugee Olympic team.
- Interview with a Syrian refugee on the Olympic team for swimming.
- Famous refugees.
- More famous refugees.
For Information & Facts
- David Miliband, President of the International Rescue Committee, explains the global refugee crisis in an interview with Vox.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) statistics page.
- Interactive graph on the UNHCR’s statistics page.
- A video of celebrities highlighting the difference between a refugee and an immigrant.
- An interactive website answering the most frequently asked questions about Syrian refugees.
- The 2016-2017 Global report from the Columbus Council on World Affairs.
- An article from NPR with updated facts about refugees and IDPs.
- An interactive map showing how immigrants affect the economy.
- A report with the refugee arrivals in the United States from October 2016-May 2017.
- Infographs with facts about refugees.
- UNHCR resettlement infographic.
- David Miliband’s TED video on solutions to the refugee crisis.
For Columbus News
- A video about CRIS.
- An article about senior refugees in Columbus and the struggles they face in this new country.
- An article about LGBTQ refugees in the Columbus Pride Parade 2017.
- An article about a summer program at Columbus State Community College to help immigrant and refugee children.
- An article about a Burmese man who now lives in Columbus.
For Refugees & Immigrants
- Study tools in multiple languages for the United States citizenship test.
- A online practice citizenship test.
- New American Welcome Center at the Columbus YMCA.
- A Resource Guide for Franklin county.
- A webpage with links to a cultural orientation guide in several languages to help refugees acclimate to the U.S.