Skip to main content

Utility

  • Find Your Local ADL
  • Report an Incident
  • Press

Header Social Links

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
ADL Logo
  • About
    Our Team
    Who We Are
    • Mission and History
    • Who We Are
    • Regional Offices
    • ADL Education
    • Partnerships
    • ADL International
    • ADL and Israel
    • Myths and Facts About ADL
    • Careers
  • Research Centers
    Center on Extremism
    Center on Extremism
    Center for Technology and Society
    Center for Technology and Society
    Center for Antisemitism Research
    Center for Antisemitism Research
    • Center on Extremism
    • Center for Technology and Society
    • Center for Antisemitism Research
  • What We Do
    Fighting Antisemitism
    Fight Antisemitism
    Protecting Civil Rights
    Protect Civil Rights
    • Fight Antisemitism
    • Combat Extremism
    • Disrupt Online Hate and Harassment
    • Protect Civil Rights
    • Challenge Bias
  • Resources
    Map plotting antisemitic incidents throughout the U.S.
    H.E.A.T. Map
    • Research and Analysis
    • Press Center
    • Hate Symbols Database
    • Glossary of Extremism
    • Antisemitism Uncovered
    • Tools to Track Hate
    • For Families and Educators
    • For Law Enforcement
    • ADL in the Courts
  • Take Action
    Take Action
    Attend an Event
    • Report an Incident
    • Advocate with ADL
    • Attend an Event
    • Bring ADL to Your School or Community
    • Bring ADL to Your Workplace
    • Attend Our Never Is Now Summit
    • Join the Glass Leadership Institute
    • Find Ways to Give
Donate
ADL Logo
Donate

Utility

  • Find Your Local ADL
  • Report an Incident
  • Press

Social Links

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Youtube

Filters

Topic

  • (-) Anti-Bias Education
  • Education Equity
  • Free Speech
  • (-) Immigrant & Refugee Rights
  • Interreligious & Intergroup Relations
  • LGBTQ+ Rights
  • Racial Justice
  • Religious Freedom

Type

  • (-) Blog
  • Lesson Plan
  • Letter
  • News
  • (-) Tools and Strategies
  • Webinar

Date

Filters

Sort

15 Results

What is Title 42 and What Does it Have to Do with Asylum?

Tools and Strategies
Immigrants bundle up against the cold
Engage in a family conversation about what Title 42 is and how it relates to refugees seeking asylum at the U.S. border.
January 26, 2023
Read more about What is Title 42 and What Does it Have to Do with Asylum?

Why is there a Refugee Crisis in Ukraine?

Tools and Strategies
Ukrainian children fleeing Russian aggression in February 2022
In February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe of 44 million people. Ukraine is a neighboring country to Russia. There is a lot of speculation about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motives for the attack. The invasion and war have received widespread condemnation from countries around the world, many of which have imposed sanctions on Russia and provided foreign aid to Ukraine, including weapons.    Refugee…
March 03, 2022
Read more about Why is there a Refugee Crisis in Ukraine?

Diverse and Complex Narratives Cultivate Empathy and Action

Blog
Image of a protest from NBC's Superstore TV show.
November 10, 2020 How people are portrayed on television – matters. Increasingly diverse storylines, characters and content creators are widely seen as positive, but how is this trend affecting the prevalence of stereotypes in our culture? Is it increasing our ability to empathize and act? In a recent study, Define American and USC’s Norman Lear Center examined depictions of immigrants on television and the impact of those portrayals. The study examined depictions of 129 unique…
November 10, 2020
Read more about Diverse and Complex Narratives Cultivate Empathy and Action

The History and Impact of Child-Family Separations

Blog
Hidden Children of the Holocaust open up about border situation – say policy separating migrant children from parents is unconscionable.
August 14, 2019 It happened again.  As the nation watched, children were separated from their families—this time in Mississippi.  ICE Raid at Mississippi Worksites It was the first day of school in several small towns in Mississippi. While children met their new teachers and went about their day, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted the largest single-state workplace raid in history.  ICE officers targeted seven Mississippi chicken processing…
August 14, 2019
Read more about The History and Impact of Child-Family Separations

Family Separations and Detentions at the Border

Tools and Strategies
Detained Children in McAllen, TX
Updated June 27, 2019 For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Topic Summary Over the past several years, migrants from Central America have been increasingly seeking refuge and protection in the United States from three countries known as the “Northern Triangle”—Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. In large part, they are seeking asylum (government protection and a safe haven after fleeing persecution in their home country). In 2014, there was a surge of unaccompanied minors…
June 19, 2018
Read more about Family Separations and Detentions at the Border

The Rohingya Crisis

Tools and Strategies
Photo of Displaced Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Topic Summary The Rohingya people are an ethnic minority group (the vast majority of whom are Muslim) in the country of Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist country. The Rohingya numbered about one million people at the beginning of 2017 and represent the largest percentage of Muslim people in Myanmar, with the majority living in the Rakhine state. The Rohingya people have their own language and culture…
March 06, 2018
Read more about The Rohingya Crisis

Education Resources on Immigration, Immigrants and Anti-Immigrant Bias

Tools and Strategies
Immigration Rally in Washington
The following education resources include lesson plans, children’s books, teaching tips and strategies, discussion guides for parents/family members and civil rights resources to help educators, parents and family members, and others provide background and address the topics of immigration, immigrants and anti-immigrant bias and discrimination.
January 29, 2018
Read more about Education Resources on Immigration, Immigrants and Anti-Immigrant Bias

What is DACA and Who Are the DREAMers?

Tools and Strategies
President Obama and VP Joe Biden Meet with DREAMers
Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers | 11 and upIn January 2021, President Biden issued an executive order to direct federal agencies to "preserve and fortify DACA."  However, in July 2021, a federal judge in Texas ruled that DACA is illegal and said the Biden administration could not approve any new applications, while not immediately impacting current recipients' status.  President Biden called the ruling…
September 11, 2017
Read more about What is DACA and Who Are the DREAMers?

Listen to the Voices of Immigrant and Muslim Youth

Blog
Immigration Demo
April 04, 2017 The past two years have been challenging for certain groups of people, especially those targeted during the 2016 presidential election campaign with taunts, verbal attacks, name-calling and threats. Now that the election is over, those threats have resulted in proposed policy, legislation and executive orders affecting those very same people. This has left many—especially immigrants and Muslim people—feeling fearful, on edge, marginalized and worried about their…
April 04, 2017
Read more about Listen to the Voices of Immigrant and Muslim Youth

John F. Kennedy's A Nation of Immigrants

Tools and Strategies
For Educators About John F. Kennedy’s A Nation of Immigrants At a time when the issues of refugees and immigration have taken center stage in this country, the message of President John F. Kennedy’s classic essay A Nation of Immigrants is as relevant today as it was when it was published 59 years ago.  That is why the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and publisher Harper Perennial have reissued this landmark essay on the contribution of immigrants to American society…
March 05, 2017
Read more about John F. Kennedy's A Nation of Immigrants

Education Resources on Refugees, Muslim People and Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Tools and Strategies
Refugees in Keleti Train Station Budapest Hungary
There are 1.91 billion Muslim people worldwide and Islam is currently the second largest religion in the world next to Christianity. Despite the fact that there are so many Muslims in the world, in many places there is a lack of understanding about Muslim people. In addition, anti-Muslim bigotry is manifesting in personal biases, stereotyping, microaggressions, identity-based bullying, biased rhetoric, hate crimes and more.   The following education resources include lesson plans,…
February 21, 2017
Read more about Education Resources on Refugees, Muslim People and Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Teachable Moments Abound in Khizr Khan’s Convention Speech

Blog
by: Jinnie Spiegler August 04, 2016   On the final night at the Democratic National Convention, a Muslim American couple named Khizr and Ghazala Khan came to the stage and delivered a patriotic speech about their son, a U.S. Army Captain who died in 2004 in Iraq serving his country. Khizr Khan, as his wife looked on, spoke for a mere six minutes. The speech was so riveting that the discussion about it continued into the next day and beyond, many people calling it was one of the…
August 04, 2016
Read more about Teachable Moments Abound in Khizr Khan’s Convention Speech

Turning Current Events Instruction Into Social Justice Teaching

Blog
by: David Robbins March 11, 2016 Jinnie Spiegler Director of Curriculum, Anti-Defamation League This blog orig­i­nally appeared on Edutopia Marriage equality, refugees seeking safety in Europe, the Confederate flag, police shootings of black and Latino men, the presidential election, Caitlyn Jenner, ISIS, and immigration are just a few of the news stories that inhabited the headlines this year on our phones, laptops, and newspapers. Unlike 20 years ago when…
March 11, 2016
Read more about Turning Current Events Instruction Into Social Justice Teaching

Bring Malala, Ferguson, Unaccompanied Minors and Ebola into the Classroom

Blog
by: Oren Segal December 17, 2014 Malala.  Ferguson. Immigration. Ebola. Voter ID Laws. Climate Change.  These are just a few of the topics teachers are regularly and actively bringing into their classrooms.   Whether they teach English, Social Studies, Advisory or another subject and whether they have five minutes or decide to do a week- long study, teachers know that topics in the news will engage and interest students in a deep and meaningful way.  Research…
December 17, 2014
Read more about Bring Malala, Ferguson, Unaccompanied Minors and Ebola into the Classroom

Challenging Anti-Immigrant Bias with Education

Blog
by: Mark Onofrio February 07, 2014 Criticism of immigrant policy is not an excuse to undermine the humanity of others with the kind of vitriol that dominated the internet, especially Twitter, after the Atlanta-based Coca Cola Company aired a commercial with “America the Beautiful,” sung in different languages and featuring a diversity of people during the Super Bowl. The term immigrant is a descriptor, not a slur. However, it is often used in a pejorative way. For those who are…
February 07, 2014
Read more about Challenging Anti-Immigrant Bias with Education
ADL Logo

Anti-Defamation League


605 Third Avenue


New York, NY 10158-3650


(212) 885.7700

Footer

  • Financials
  • Contact
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Privacy Policy
  • ADL en Español
  • Events
  • Research & Analysis
  • Find Ways to Give
  • Press Center

Footer Social Links

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Youtube

© 2023 Anti-Defamation League. All Rights Reserved.