Community Resources
Refugee & Immigrant Transitions has compiled various resources related to helping newcomers in our shared communities. More resources are available to RIT volunteers. If you are interested in becoming an RIT volunteer, please check reftrans.org/apply for all details.
Educational Resources
Recommended Books & Links:
RIT’s favorite books: Click here to visit our Bookshop.org affiliate page!
Refugee Backgrounders: useful and detailed information about refugees from different countries and cultures.
Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services: a collection of resources that are helpful in serving refugee children.
Recommended Podcasts:
Honduras Now: speaks to the conditions that are pushing people to migrate out of central America.
Intercepted - Killing Asylum: How Decades of U.S. Policy Ravaged Central America
Community Resources for Refugees & Immigrants
Refugee & Immigrant Transitions often receives requests for assistance outside of our current service areas. We have compiled some local resources which may be useful to newcomers and those assisting them.
Resources in San Francisco and Alameda County
Resources in All Bay Area Counties
English to Speakers of Other Languages/ Teaching Links
The Spring Institute provides many useful teaching materials for working with literacy level students and resources for working with students who have experienced trauma.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services website has information about taking the citizenship exam, test questions, and online application and change of address forms.
ERIC - Trauma and Adult Learning
This resource discusses individual responses to trauma, its effects on learning, and ways in which educators can respond. Published by Educational Resources Information Center.
This article on the website adlit.org discusses how to motivate reluctant adolescent readers.
For practicing math and language arts using Common Core standards.