We Recommend
Check out some of our team’s favorite books, social media accounts, and other resources that could start (or enhance) your learning journey!
Nonfiction Books
The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong by Karen Gonzãlez
The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, and Truth in the Immigration Debate by Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang
Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice by Isaac Samuel Villegas
No Longer Strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities by Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page
Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices can Help Save the American Church by Eric Costanzo, Daniel Yang, and Matthew Soerens
Memoirs and Fiction
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil
Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli
Everything Sad is Untrue: A True Story by Daniel Nayeri
Juvenile Fiction
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner by Thanhha Lai
Picture Books
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
I'm New Here by Anne Sibley O'Brien
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt De La Peña
Trusted Voices - Individuals
Austin Kocher
Matthew Soerens
Kat Armas
Sandra Van Opstal
Trusted Voices - Organizations
Abara is a non-profit focused on border peace-building, immigrant advocacy, and educational Border Encounters.
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that partners locally to develop sustainable solutions.
The Young Center protects unaccompanied and separated immigrant children by providing Child Advocates, accompanying them in court, and fighting for a fair immigration system.
Acacia partners with human rights defenders across the country to provide legal defense to immigrants at risk of detention or deportation.
The Church World Service works to provide sustainable responses to and advocate for hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster.
Chasing Justice mobilizes young BIPOC-led communities towards lifestyles of faith and justice including advocacy, allyship, and local support.
Define American empowers diverse and nuanced storytelling about immigrant experiences across mediums and industries through research, partnerships, and storyteller engagement.
The National Immigration Forum builds trusted relationships across the political spectrum to bring new allies into the conversation, and advance constructive and compassionate policies.
Podcasts
Hope in Action: Navigating Immigration with Faith and Care (Co-Hosted by We Choose Welcome's Own Ashley Glimasinski!)
The Chasing Justice Podcast
Christian Community Development Association Podcast (CCDA)
Videos/Film
ACROSS Documentary - When headlines cross borders and strangers become neighbors.
The Swimmers - They escaped a war to chase a dream
Peace by Chocolate - Starting over is bittersweet.
Human Flow - When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home.
Rise - A king will come from across the sea.
Listen for Welcome - Our Curated Playlist!
Teaching Resources
Seeking Refuge Simulation (For children and classroom use by We Choose Welcome's Ashley Glimasinski)
Educational Resources to Better Understand the Refugee Crisis (Amnesty International)
Teaching about Refugees (UNHCR)
Seeking Refuge (BBC)