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.
  • 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

For Positive Attitude & Support

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