Engagement Menu
Hi Immigrant Food Friends,
Each week, we send you 5 ways to engage with immigrants. Whether through donations, volunteering, or educating yourself, you can make a difference! Share this email with friends, family and colleagues, and if you are not subscribed, make sure to visit our website immigrantfood.com and join our community!
In this week‘s Engagement Menu, you’ll find volunteering, donating, and events that support the immigrant community.
#UnitedAtTheTable
– The Immigrant Food Team
To learn about our 5 NGO impact partners, see here: https://immigrantfood.com/engage/impact-partners/
1. Volunteer: Freedom for Immigrants
Freedom for Immigrants | Ongoing
Freedom for Immigrants is a Maryland-based NGO dedicated to abolishing immigration detention worldwide, while ending the isolation of people currently suffering in this profit-driven system. They are currently seeking volunteers for their visitation groups, policy advocacy work, and hotlines.
2. Donate: CASA of Maryland
CASA of Maryland | Ongoing
CASA is an organization that uplifts and empowers immigrant and working-class communities, ensuring that all individuals have the core support necessary for full participation in society. Donate to support them in providing critical services, advocating for immigrant rights, and improved economic opportunities for all.
3. Read: American Dirt
American Dirt | Ongoing
American Dirt is a controversial 2020 novel by American author Jeanine Cummins. The book is about a Mexican bookseller who is forced to flee as an undocumented immigrant to the United States, along with her son, after her journalist husband exposes a local drug kingpin. Have you read it? What do you think?
4. Listen: Stuff You Should Know’s “How Immigration Works”
How Immigration Works | Ongoing
The popular podcast, Stuff You Should Know, did an episode into our current Immigration system and why it has become such a controversial debate in America today. It’s a digestible introduction for people who don’t work in immigration.
5. Attend: Book Talk: Guilt by Location
Book Talk: Guilt by Location | November 13, 2024, 12:30 – 2 PM | 3700 O Street NW Intercultural Center 241
Hosted by Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown, Adam Lichtenheld will talk about his book Guilt by Location: Forced Displacement and Population Sorting in Civil Wars.