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Colorado Refugee Connect has compiled resources to help our community build their understanding of the refugee crisis, the resettlement process, and our new neighbors. The resources we share are not an exhaustive list, nor do we endorse every viewpoint expressed therein. The intention is to further community engagement in understanding and welcoming refugees. Explore the educational videos, books, movies, and websites below to learn more.
Who is a Refugee?
Teacup by Rebecca Young
By Rebecca Young
The Lances Were Looking Down
By Hadidja Nyiransekuye
What Is the What
By Dave Eggers
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
By Ben Rawlence
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
By Dinaw Mengestu
The Red Pencil
By Andrea Davis Pinkney
A Long Walk to Water
By Linda Sue Park
Children of the River
By Linda Crew
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
By Philip Gourevitch
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey
By Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
By Helen Thorpe
My Two Blankets
By Irena Kobald
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
By Malala Yousafzai
Inside Out and Back Again
By Thanhha Lai
Brothers in Hope
By Mary Williams
The Journey
By Francesca Sanna
Dreamers
By Yuyi Morales
The Bamboo People
By Mitali Perkins
Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
By Mawi Asgedom
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour
By Wendy Meddour
Dia’s Story Cloth: The Hmong People’s Journey of Freedom
By Dia Cha
Not My Turn to Die
By Savo Heleta
A Long Way Gone
By Ishmael Beah
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
By Anne Fadiman
Monkey Bridge
By Lan Cao
Notes from the Hyena’s Belly
By Nega Mezlekia
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
By Immaculée Ilibagiza
Culturally Competent Practice With Refugee and Immigrant Children and Families
Edited by Rowena Fong
Yesterday, Tomorrow: Voices from the Somali Diaspora
By Nuruddin Farah
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey by Margriet Ruurs
By Margriet Ruurs
Oskar and the Eight Blessings
By Richard Simon and Tanya Simon
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
By Le Ly Hayslip
Sarajevo
by Zlatko Dizdarevic
The Middle of Everywhere
By Mary Pipher
Human Flow
Directed By Weiwei Ai
Born in Syria
Directed by Hernán Zin
Hotel Rwanda
Directed by Terry George
Radical Hospitality
Directed by Amanda Chemeche
La Pirogue
Directed by Moussa Touré
Salaam Neighbor
Directed by Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple
Rain in a Dry Land
Directed by Anne Makepeace
The Good Lie
Directed by Philippe Falardeau
Into the Fire – The Hidden Victims of Austerity in Greece
Directed by Kate Mara
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
Directed by Zach Niles and Banker White
Refugee
Directed by Clementine Malpas
Well-Founded Fear
Directed by Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson
Gran Torino
Directed by Clint Eastwood
God Grew Tired of Us
Directed By Christopher Quinn
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Immigration Policy Lab
The Refugee Project
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM)
U.S. Department of State: Reception and Placement (R&P) Program
Colorado Refugee Services Program (CRSP)
Migration Policy Institute
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS)
Welcoming America
Refugee Council USA (RCUSA)
Refugee Integration Survey and Evaluation (RISE)
The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Refugees in Colorado
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cultural Backgrounder
Iraq
Cultural Backgrounder
Burma (Myanmar)
Cultural Backgrounder
Bhutan
Cultural Backgrounder
Syria
Cultural Backgrounder
Eritrea
Cultural Backgrounder
Somalia
Cultural Backgrounder
Afghanistan
Cultural Backgrounder