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The Gloabl Refugee Crisis by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson 3:20

6 years ago3:20

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The Global Refugee Crisis by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson. Published 2019 by Twenty-First Century Books. Transcript The Global Refugee Crisis by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Albert Einstein is one of the most famous scientists in history, but did you know that he was also a refugee? Einstein had to flee Germany in the 1930’s because he was a victim of religious prosecution for being Jewish. This is just one of many interesting facts about refugees throughout the world that is explained in McPherson’s expository Nonfiction book, The Global Refugee Crisis. The book contains 8 chapters. Notable chapter include chapter 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8. Chapter two is “Displaced by World Wars” and discusses reasons for refugees throughout history, starting with the exodus of Jews from Egypt, and then refugees from World War I and II. Then the book explains how the UN adopted the 1951 Refugee Convention and defined refugees as people who have a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality or membership of a particular social group or political opinion. Chapter three is “Those who seek Refuge here in America” which discusses how the United States helped refugees from Hungary in 1958, Cuba in 1959, and Vietnam in 1965. The chapter then discusses how the process of accepting refugees became much stricter after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Chapter five is “Crowded Camps and Dangerous Journeys.” In this chapter readers discover what life is like in camps, how hard it is for refugees to get placed for resettlement, the dangers refugees face when traveling, and the risks of sexual assault for refugees. Chapter six is “Welcome to the United States” goes through the extensive 14 step process of vetting refugees before they are allowed in the United States. The chapter then discusses finding employment in American and how is can be difficult for refugees. Chapter eight is “Handling the Crisis” and talks about different groups and organizations that have assisted refugees. At the end of this chapter is a section called “How You Can Help” that lists things students can do to help refugees or raise awareness, such as volunteering to help tutor refugee students. With clear chapter and section headings, highlighted facts, pictures with detailed captions, and separated sections with extra details, this book is easily browsable and could be read in full or used to find more information about a specific subject. The book includes a table of contents, glossary, bibliography, and a section of further information where you can find books, films, and websites with more information about refugees. This book is a great starting point when faced with the question: What is life like for children and teen refugees and how can we help because it covers a wide range of topics about refugees and touches on a few specific experiences. It can give readers a good overview and help them narrow their curiosities. This book has accurate information but doesn’t dive as deep into the struggles of refugees as other resources. It also focuses a lot on the United States’ relationship with refugees and doesn’t discuss resettlement into other countries.…

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FugeesFamily.org 3:21

6 years ago3:21

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This is a resource talk about FugeesFamily.org copyrighted in 2019 by Fugees Family, Inc. Transcript: FugeesFamily.org At school, you see your friend has a gray sweatshirt with bright green words on it that say “Level the playing field”. You ask them what that means, and they tell you that it’s a sweat shirt supporting the Fugees Family, of course. Fugees Family? What’s that? FugeesFamily.org is a website that has information about Fugees Family Inc, a nonprofit organization that hosts soccer teams and schools for refugees. Opening in 2007, Fugees Academy is the first dedicated academy for low income boys and girls of refugee families. Their slogan is “Level the Playing Field” because many of the refugees who attend traditional public school are at a disadvantage. They don’t speak English and their math skills don’t match their ages because they weren’t taking classes while in refugee camps. To “level the playing field”, Fugees Academy has a special curriculum that teaches kids the information they need to know from the grades that they missed. In the information about their educational approach, it says that 100% of their first high school graduating class (in 2016) became enrolled in college. This website is easy to navigate and after exploring the different tabs and links, viewers will have a lot of information about Fugees Family. Linked under the About Us > Founder tab are two videos where you can listen to the founder, Luma Mufleh, talk about how she created the Fugees and what she is continuing to do to expand the Fugees Family’s services to the refugee population. Fugees Family has two programs, one in Atlanta, Georgia and one in Columbus, Ohio. They are also planning on expanding to other cities in Missouri, Indiana, and Florida. To help with the expansion, the website gives information on ways to donate or volunteer your time. On the “Get Involved” page they also give ideas for fundraisers, like hosting a soccer tournament and donating the registration fees to Fugees Family. Information such as this is very helpful when pondering what the lives of refugee children and teens is like and how we can help. The website even has a merch store where you can get gear, like a gray sweatshirt that says “Level the Playing Field”. The website, while robust, doesn’t give as much information as it could. It’s disappointing that there isn’t a picture of the campus or information on how children get chosen to learn at Fugees Academy. Its also frustrating because some of the best informational pages are only linked to from a banner on the home page, not from the links on the tabs at the top of every page on the website. Since the page is about the organization and created by the organization itself, the information seems accurate. However, it doesn’t give a ton of background information on the lives of refugees – just mostly a picture of how refugees in American can be helped. For more information on the lives of Fugees student’s, this website would be well-paired with Outcasts United by Warren St. John.…

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Human Flow by Ai WeiWei 3:30

6 years ago3:30

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This is a resource talk of Human Flow by Ai WeiWei. Released in 2017 and produced by AC Films and Participant Media. Transcript: Human Flow by Ai WeiWei Imagine traveling across the great blue expanse of the Mediterranean Sea on a very little boat. This isn’t a scene from a future vacation, but rather something that millions of refugees do every year because their lives depend on it. This is also the opening scene to Human Flow by Ai WeiWei. Human Flow is a documentary film which portrays the migration of millions of refugees throughout the world between 2015 and 2016. The film takes place on location at Lesbos, Greece, at the Greek – Macedonian border, at the Syrian – Jordan border, in Bangladesh, in Southern Italy, in Athens, in Turkey, at the Mexican – American border and other locations where people are fleeing or temporarily sheltered. The largest strength of this film is the visual portray of the struggles of refugees. Hearing that people have been displaced is one thing, but visually seeing the harsh and miserable conditions these people are placed in is something else entirely. Some of the harshest conditions the movie shows are at the Greek – Macedonian border. Refugees who came to Greece via the Mediterranean Sea landed in Lesbos and then traveled by foot up to the border hoping to cross through. When they got there, the border was closed and a huge fence topped with barbed wire keeps the refugees stranded. 13,000 refugees are now staying at a camp at the border hoping it will reopen. They are sleeping in tents which are ill-equipped to withstand the weather. When it rains, people and everything they have with them becomes completely soaked. These poor living conditions have left people sick with fevers and diarrhea. The people in these conditions look like they could be your neighbor, or your friends from school. In one scene, a home is shown after it was destroyed in a bombing. The home was large, the charred furniture that remains inside looks like furniture you would find in America. This scene really drives home the fact that the refugees are people like you and me, they were living there lives and now have to leave disastrous circumstances that were beyond their control. Throughout the film, the footage is overlayed with facts and figures about refugees such as the fact that 210,000 African Refugees came to Southern Italy between 2015 and 2016 and that 1 million Syrian, Afghanistan, and Iraqi Refugees arrived in Greece between 2015 and 2016. These facts drive home that the images being seen are only a fraction of what is going on – that it is truly a refugee crisis . When wondering “what experiences do children and teens go through as refugees and how can we help,” this film is truly enlightening. A young teen who made it to an indoor refugee camp in Germany states that she is bored, that everyone she knows in the camp is bored. Most refugee children in Turkey have not gone to school at all in the past 5 years. Teenage refugees in Gaza talk about their hopes and dreams to travel the world. The film also shows volunteers helping rafts arrive is Lesbos and volunteering handing out soup and food to refugees at camps. This film seems to portray the circumstances accurately. Nothing is staged, Ai WeiWei is seen interacting with the refugees, talking to them one on one, and moving to different points to film what is going on. This movie is great for people who want to see first-hand footage of what refugees are going through.…

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Outcasts United by Warren St. John 3:38

6 years ago3:38