Other Resources & Related Projects
Civic & Government Organizations
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs
The Department of Community Affairs is a governmental agency that supports communities by funding safe, affordable housing, promoting economic development through public-private partnerships, and giving financial assistance to new homeowners. This is a local state agency in Georgia, but most states in the South and beyond have comparable agencies, named with keywords including "Housing", "Community", and "Development."
U.S. Committee For Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
USCRI is an international not-for-profit organization that protects the rights and serves the needs of immigrants and refugees in communities worldwide. Although the organization's base of operation goes beyond the US South, its headquarters are in Virginia, and has satellite offices in many southern states as well as a refugee shelter in Florida.
Community Organizations
Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN)
The Farmworker Advocacy Network is a network of organizations in North Carolina dedicated to improving labor and living conditions for migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Through policy advocacy, worker education, and community organizing, FAN highlights the challenges faced by Latin American migrants in the agricultural economy of the South.
Highlander Research and Education Center
Founded in 1932 by Myles Horton, Don West, and James A. Dombrowski, the Highlander Research and Education Center has been the South and Appalachia’s premier organization for participatory research and popular education for radical visions. The Center has programming around economics, social justice, and children, training and workshops, and a bookstore. the Center was one of the first Citizenship Schools in the U.S. that gave African Americans the resources to pass literacy tests and participate in democracy — allowing for social mobility. Septima Clark, stated, “Literacy means liberation.”
Mi Familia en Acción is a national nonprofit that empowers Latino communities through civic engagement, advocacy, and leadership development. They focus on key issues like immigrant rights, voting access, healthcare, education, climate justice, and reproductive rights. Their programs include citizenship assistance, youth civic leadership training, and voter mobilization efforts. In Georgia, they run bilingual community education initiatives and campaigns like #MerecemosMejorGA to boost Latino political participation. Through this work, they aim to build lasting infrastructure and power within underserved communities.
Digital Projects
Founded in 2017, this project aims to raise awareness of the impact of U.S. and global policies and practices that strip the universal human rights of migrants from minority backgrounds at the US-Mexico border. The board members are all volunteer activists from various walks of life, including teachers, writers, and lawyers. The site contains blog posts, resources to for further study and activism and art pieces that aim to reimagine what the US-Mexico border could be.
News & Public Media
This news publication focuses on Metro Atlanta's immigrant and refugee communities. News articles are informed by community-based reporting. One article, for example, investigates how community organizations fulfill needs for competent care, emergency support, and preventative treatment for Latinos living in Metro Atlanta.
This news site covers Cuban communities and diasporas. The "Cubans in Miami" section of CiberCuba is dedicated to news and stories about the Cuban community in Miami. It covers topics such as notable individuals, cultural events, immigration issues, and community developments, providing insights into the experiences and contributions of Cuban immigrants in the area.
"I Was A Boat Person: Vietnamese Refugees Look Back"
This segment by AJ+ features Vietnamese refugees reflecting on their experiences fleeing Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975.They discuss the challenges they faced during their escape and resettlement, highlighting the hardships and resilience of those who became known as "boat people."
Viewpoint Magazine defines itself as a “militant research collective” hoping to focus on the cycles of injustice rather than the news cycle. Their 2014 edition included a series on the State, citizenship and migrants in the view of both the past, present, theory, and reality. Their collection is vast and covers many areas of historical research.
Oral History Collections
Civil Rights in Black and Brown
This project led by history professor Max Krochmal offers a close look at oral histories pertaining to two civil rights movements that took place in Texas while challenging the Black/White and Anglo/Mexican binaries of both movements. The site includes clips of interviews organized into different topics including education, electoral politics, direct action, and migration.
Latino Americans: 500 Years of History
Created by the Fort Worth Public Library, this oral history collection forms part of a larger project and archive to preserve the history of Latino Americans in Fort Worth. Students working on the Texas Christian University Civil Rights in Black and Brown Oral History Project recorded these interviews and shared them with the library.
The Southern Foodways Alliance, based in the University of Mississippi, collects oral histories from food workers across the U.S. South, including Latino immigrants working in kitchens, fields, and food processing. Their stories document labor, migration, and cultural resilience through food. This project is useful for understanding how migrant workers contribute not only to the southern economy, but also to its evolving cultural identity.
Research & Policy Institutes
Latino Policy & Politics Institute
Researchers at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute have studied and written papers on migrants' experiences along the US-Mexico border. In one paper by Dr. Armenta and Dr. Vega, the authors illustrate the inherently dehumanizing aspects of the immigration enforcement system. The paper contains first-person accounts from migrants, specifically female migrants, who report their experiences with ICE agents.