Resources by librarians – for everyone
Developed by the UNHCR to guide staff in developing policies and practices that meet the needs of people with disabilities in forced displacement and protect them from discrimination. The brief report presents an overview of disability and chronic conditions, nondiscrimination and participation as keys to protection, key considerations, and key resources.
Working with Persons with Disabilities in Forced Displacement
Report from the Women’s Refugee Commission detailing positive practices and ongoing challenges to promote disability inclusion across UNHCR’s and its partners’ work in multiple countries and multiple displacement contexts. The report provides lessons and recommendations for other organizations and the wider humanitarian community on engaging persons with disabilities at all levels of humanitarian work. It draws on consultations with over 700 displaced persons—including persons with disabilities, their families, and humanitarian staff—in eight countries. The report includes key protection concerns of people with disabilities, implementation of UNHCR guidance on disability, and institutionalizing disability inclusion across UNHCR operations. It also includes recommendations for advancing disability inclusion in humanitarian action. Report, factsheets, and discussion tool for fieldworkers available in multiple languages and an “easy read” format.
Disability Inclusion: Translating Policy into Practice in Humanitarian Action.
The Unitarian Universalist Church is part of the growing Sanctuary Movement comprised of faith and immigrant communities seeking to protect and stand with immigrants facing deportation. Members pledge to protect immigrant families who face workplace discrimination or unjust deportation.
The site maintains a list of Unitarian Universalist congregations and organizations that have pledged to support the New Sanctuary Movement and/or are offering Sanctuary. Includes information on how to become a Sanctuary congregation.
Unitarian Universalist Sanctuary Movement and Locations
Educates refugees, immigrants, resettlement agencies, clinics, community based organizations, and other service providers on refugee health issues. The toolkit presents material in a culturally appropriate manner and is intended to help health care-related professionals more effectively assist refugees and immigrants and reduce health disparities among these populations. Available in many languages: English, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Farsi, French, Haitian, Hmong, Karen, Kirundi, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Vietnamese.
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee created this toolkit to help individuals, congregations, campus clubs, and community groups mobilize in support of refugees. Contains four sections on: understanding the world’s refugee crisis, supporting refugees in your community, countering anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant bigotry, and advocating for refugee rights and integration. English, pub. 2016.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a national nonprofit that provides resources to immigration attorneys and advocates, including training, technical assistance, community engagement, and educational materials.
Activist Toolkit for People on the Move: Syrian Refugee Crisis
Amnesty International USA toolkit focuses on the urgent needs of Syrian refugees. Use this to pass a resolution, write a letter to the editor, talk to politicians and neighbors, and advocate for human rights.
An increasing number of refugee children develop elevated blood lead levels after entering the United States. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Lead Poisoning Prevention Program in conjunction with the Office of Refugee Resettlement developed this tool kit. Included are modules for refugee resettlement workers and medical providers, along with resources for both.
CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention in Newly Arrived Refugee Children: Tool Kit.