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2024 Welcoming Week

September 13-22, 2024 is Welcoming Week, an annual national campaign that provides individuals and communities the opportunity to publicly proclaim welcoming values, foster a mutual understanding between immigrants and non-immigrants, and build a deeper sense of belonging for all. Read about a spectrum of immigrant experiences and reflect on what welcoming and belonging looks like for different people and in different communities.

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  • Call Me American

    the Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant

    Iftin, Abdi Nor,
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Delacorte Press, 2020. — YA B IFTIN
  • Outcasts United

    the Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town

    St. John, Warren
    Book, 2012New York : Delacorte Press, c2012. — YA 796.334092 ST. JOHN
  • The Truth About Immigration

    Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers

    Hernandez, Zeke,
    Book, 2024New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024. — 325.73 HERNANDEZ
  • What Is the What

    The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: A Novel

    Eggers, Dave
    A novel telling a life story of Valentino, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, as he escapes genocide, becomes a refugee and adjusts to life in Atlanta, Georgia.
    eAudiobook, 2007Blackstone Publishing, 2007
  • The Middle of Everywhere

    Helping Refugees Enter the American Community

    Pipher, Mary
    eBook, 2003Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003
  • Book, 2022London ; New York : Hogarth, [2022] — B ZAMORA
  • The Far Away Brothers

    Two Young Migrants and the Making of An American Life

    Markham, Lauren,
    Book, 2017New York : Crown Publishers, [2017] — 305.868728 MARKHAM
  • A Man of Two Faces

    a Memoir, a History, a Memorial

    Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Grove Press,an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2023. — B NGUYEN
  • We Were Dreamers

    An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    Liu, Simu, 1989-
    Book, 2022New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — B LIU
  • Between Everything and Nothing

    the Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum

    Meno, Joe,
    Book, 2020Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, 2020. — 966.705409 MENO
  • Ink Knows No Borders

    Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience

    Book, 2019New York : Seven Stories Press, [2019] — YA 811.608035 INK
  • Book, 2020New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. — GYASI
  • The Newcomers

    Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in America

    Thorpe, Helen, 1965-
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2018. — 373.182691 THORPE
  • Making Americans

    Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education

    Lander, Jessica, 1987-
    Book, 2022Boston : Beacon Press, [2022] — 371.826912 LANDER