June - Immigrant Heritage Month & World Refugee Day - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) - LibGuides at Hagerstown Community College

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Ebooks

Immigrant Experiences : Why Immigrants Come to the United States and What They Find When They Get Here by Ewing, Walter A.
Loving immigrants in America : an experiential philosophy of personal interaction by Daniel Campos
Melting Pots and Mosaics: Children of Immigrants in US-American Literature by Rüdiger Heinze; Rüdiger Heinze
The Body Papers by Grace Talusan

Sofia Vergara

Actress

Yahoo from Sunnyvale, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sergey Brin

Co-creator of Google

Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Arianna Huffington

Creator of The Huffington Post

Sadhguru, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tristan Thompson

Basketball Player

Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Salma Hayek

Actress, director, and producer

Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Politician, actor, athlete

Ana de Armas

Actress

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Albert Einstein

Physicist

Nikola Tesla

Inventor

Chinua Achebe

Author

Stuart C. Shapiro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Antonio Banderas

Actor, Director

Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hedy Lamarr

Actress, Inventor

Kumail Nanjiani

Actor, Comedian

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Jackie Chan

Martial Artist, Actor, and Director

Oscar de la Renta

Fashion designer

Matti Hillig, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Anousheh Ansari

American businesswoman who was the first female space tourist, the first person of Iranian descent, and the first Muslim woman to go into space.

Resources on Immigrant Heritage

The I Stand With Immigrants Initiative
The I Stand With Immigrants Initiative leads narrative campaigns that empower immigrants and allies to share their stories and drive action that demonstrate how immigration is good for our communities, economy, and country.
American Immigration Council
The American Immigration Council works to strengthen America by shaping how America thinks about and acts towards immigrants and immigration and by working toward a more fair and just immigration system that opens its doors to those in need of protection and unleashes the energy and skills that immigrants bring.
American Writers Museum
Curated exhibits, podcasts, and videos highlighting American immigrant writers.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Virtual Bookshelf highlighting grant-funded projects focusing on the immigrant experience.
Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees
The state office offers assistance to refugees settling into the Maryland area.
International Refugee Assistance Program
A collection of law firms focused on providing legal assistance to displaced populations across the globe.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Formed by the United Nations in 1950, UNHCR aiding and protecting people forced to flee their homes due to violence, conflict and persecution. UNHCR provides shelter, food, water, medical care and other lifesaving assistance to refugees around the world.
Immigration Stories
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino exhibition highlighting the reasons people choose to emigrate to the United States.