Resources from Alice Farmer’s “Welcoming Refugees” Forum
Thanks to Alice Farmer for her wonderful talk on May 11, 2025 about how communities and individuals can welcome refugees. Here are the resources she shared:
Within our communities
• Welcome new people: Find Hello! (https://usahello.org)
• Support our own church’s efforts: Episcopal Migration Ministries (https://episcopalmigrationministries.org)
• Get involved in grassroots work on immigrant rights (https://justicepower.org)
• Advocate with city and county for local action plans on climate: ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability (https://iclei.org)
For people in legal limbo
• Represent or interpret for an unaccompanied child in immigration courts: Kids in Need of Defense (https://supportkind.org)
• Be a guardian for an unaccompanied child: The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (https://www.theyoungcenter.org)
• Donate or help represent adults and families: Immigration Justice Campaign (https://immigrationjustice.us)
KIND, Young Center, and IJC all have offices in the Bay Area
For people and humanitarian aid abroad
• World Central Kitchen (https://wck.org)
• Islamic Relief (https://irusa.org)
• Norwegian Refugee Council (https://www.nrc.no)
Support organizations advocating for better US and global policies
• Climate Rights International (https://cri.org)
• International Refugee Assistance Project (https://refugeerighis.org/issue-areas/climate-displacement)
• Human Rights First (https://humanrightsfirst.org)
three of Alice’s favorite books:
• On the Move by Abrahm Lustgarten (from the Bay Area!)