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! The best way to learn about the immigrant and refugee experience is through the voices of those who have lived it, so we have indicated “own voices” with an asterisk throughout this page to make it easier to find resources from those with their own immigration experience. 

Keep exploring and let us know what resources you would recommend!

The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri*

The God Who Sees by Karen Gonzalez*

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas*

Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli*

No Longer Strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities edited by Eugene Cho and Samira Page

Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church by Eric Costanzo, Daniel Yang, and Matthew Soerens

Welcoming the Stranger by Matthew Soerens & Jenny Yang

Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice by Issac Villegas

The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya*

Solito by Javier Zamora

The Name Jar by Yansook Choi*

Carmela Full of Wishes by Daniel de la Peña

The Arabic Quilt: An immigrant Story by Aya Khalil

I’m New Here and Someone New by Anne Sibley O’Brien

Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins

The Journey by Francesca Sanna

Kat Armas: IG/Twitter/Website

Sandra Van Opstal: IG/Twitter

Chasing Justice: IG/FB/Website

Define American: IG/Twitter/FB

Playlists

Listen for Welcome - our curated We Choose Welcome playlist!

The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani* (Juvenile Fiction)

When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai*

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga* (Juvenile Fiction)

Front Desk (whole series) by Kelly Yang* (Juvenile Fiction)

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri* (Young Adult)