The Institute for Local Government, through its Public
Engagement program, has published, A Local Official’s
Guide to Immigrant Civic Engagement, and a two-page
summary, Ten Ideas to Encourage Immigrant
Engagement.Find these and all public engagement
resources at www.ca-ilg.org/PEpubs.
The Association for the Study and Development of Community
published, Lessons Learned about Civic Participation
among Immigrants, which offers lessons learned from
the Civic Participation Initiative sponsored by the Washington
Area Partnership for Immigrants. This handbook identifies
barriers to immigrant civic participation, strategies to overcome
them, and gives recommendations for supporting sustained
immigrant civic participation. View the publication at
www.communityscience.com/pubs/Civic%20Participation.pdf.
The Barr Foundation published, Immigrant
Engagement in Public Open Space: Strategies for a New
Boston. This guide offers strategies for parks and
recreation agencies to better connect with and serve the needs of
immigrants. View this guide at
www.barrfoundation.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=271256.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York published,
The House We All Live In: A Report on Immigrant Civic
Integration. View this publication at
www.carnegie.org/pdf/housewelive.pdf.
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network has an extensive
online portal to reports, guides and articles related to civic
participation in immigrant and refugee communities and building
communities through dialogue. Visit their website at
www.cliniclegal.org/resources/citizenship-civic-participation-project.
The Colorado Trust and the Colorado Municipal League
published, The Role of Municipal Leaders in Helping
Immigrants Become an Integral Part of Colorado’s
Communities. View the guide at
www.coloradotrust.org/repository/initiatives/pdfs/SIRFI/SIRFI-CML_CVR-GUTS_vF.r2.pdf.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) has
published Investing in Our Communities: Strategies
for Immigrant Integration (A Toolkit for
Grantmakers)as well as well as Pursuing
Democracy’s Promise: Newcomer Civic Participation in
America(with the Funders Committee of Civic
Participation). A number of immigrant-related reports are also
available including Keeping Safe: A Guide to Engaging
Limited-English Proficient Residents in Emergency
Preparedness. Visit www.gcir.org/publications or
call GCIR at (707) 824-4374.
Mosaica: The Center for Nonprofit Development and Pluralism
and CLINIC have made available Promoting Refugee
Civic Participation: A Guide for Getting Started
which offers strategies, case stories, and rationale for any
ogranization or agency wishing to engage refugees and the broader
immigrant community. View the guide at
www.cliniclegal.org/resources/citizenship-civic-participation-project.
The Public Policy Institute has released numerous
publications on immigrants and immigration in California. Visit
their website at www.ppic.org/main/policyarea.asp?i=8.
