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Re-Imagining Migration
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We help schools build belonging for all students in age of demographic change. #EduSky
November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to honor indigenous histories.

Use this time to bring these stories into the classroom with our growing collection of resources, lessons, and indigenous voices.
Indigenous Peoples Resource Collection
This resource collection is a work in progress with resources for teaching about the impact of migration on indigenous communities in the US.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Making Americans Educator Guide helps teachers build empathy, deepen understanding, and foster belonging across school communities.

We encourage you to host an all-staff read on Plyler v. Doe and start the conversation.
Educators Guide for Making Americans
This educator guide provides essential tools for understanding and teaching the Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, which established every child’s constitutional right to public education.
reimaginingmigration.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Election Day reminds us that civic engagement goes beyond the polls.

Help your students take action. Start a Belonging Alliance Club and build belonging in your school community!
Introducing Belonging Alliances:
Re-Imagining Migration invites schools and students to develop belonging alliance clubs to strengthen alliances across differences.
reimaginingmigration.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
How can schools support immigrant students during times of crisis?

Join NABE + leaders from AFT, IDRA, ImmSchools, WIABE & Re-Imagining Migration (incl. Adam Strom) for Prepared, Protected, Empowered.

🗓 Nov 5 | 2PM PT / 5PM ET

🔗 Register now: nabe.org/advocacy-days/
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Introducing the Re-Imagining Migration Coaching App, an AI-powered tool that helps educators create classrooms where every student feels they belong.

Now in BETA, it offers personalized guidance to design lessons, support newcomers, and foster inclusion across school communities.
Re-Imagining Migration Coaching App
This app offers guidance to help integrate the Re-Imagining Migration’s approach into curriculum, professional learning experiences, and learning community.
reimaginingmigration.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Safe classrooms build connection and trust.

Our third Back-to-School resource, “Supporting Immigrant Students,” features insights from Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating to help teachers create trauma-informed spaces that foster care, stability, and belonging for immigrant-origin students.

Check it out!
Trauma informed, Relationship Centered Educational Strategies
This guide, based on an interview with Dr. Maryam Kia Keating, provides trauma-informed, relationship - centered classroom-tested strategies for teachers.
reimaginingmigration.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In 1982, Plyler v. Doe affirmed every child’s right to an education.

Making Americans: Plyler v. Doe and Opening the School Door shares that story, with an Educator Guide by RIM to help teachers bring it to life.

Out today, Oct. 28, from @beaconpress.bsky.social

#PlylerVDoe #EducationIsARight
Educators Guide for Making Americans
This educator guide provides essential tools for understanding and teaching the Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, which established every child’s constitutional right to public education.
reimaginingmigration.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What is the relationship between reading, imagination, and hope?

The recent Windows, Mirrors, and Migration webinar explored how literature can build empathy, belonging, and hope in classrooms.

Belonging comes first. Academic success follows.

@leeandlow.bsky.social & The Immigrant Learning Center
Re-Imagining Migration Literature Curriculum Resource Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to support educators in integrating themes of migration, belonging, identity, & community into English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum.
reimaginingmigration.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
📣Attention Teachers!
Join us for a FREE Webinar to explore strategies and tools that help ELA teachers bring migration, identity, and belonging into their classrooms.

📅 October 22, 2025
🕓 4:00-5:00 PM ET
🖥️ On Zoom

Click the link to sign up!

@leeandlow.bsky.social & The Immigrant Learning Center
Windows, Mirrors and Migration: Tackling the Literacy Crisis and Building Empathy Through Literature
A number of factors can lower immigrant family engagement in their student's success. This webinar will go over strategies to improve that.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1/ Every community has migration stories—some visible, some hidden.
✨ Resource #2 in our Back-to-School Roundup: Explore Your Community’s Migration Stories. A hands-on lesson for grades 5–8 to uncover both told & untold narratives.

📚 Full roundup: reimaginingmigration.org/explore-your...
Explore Your Community’s Migration Stories
Students explore community migration stories through mapping activities, discovering visible and invisible narratives in their neighborhoods.
reimaginingmigration.org
September 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
As sponsors of #WelcomingWeek2025, we’ve pulled together 6 standout resources for community leaders, educators & students.
From lesson plans to policy guides, this Back-to-School Roundup is built to strengthen belonging & resilience.
📚 Explore here: reimaginingmigration.org/back-to-scho...
Back to School: Fall Resource Roundup
As sponsors of Welcoming Week 2025, we’ve pulled together a collection of six standout resources to support community leaders, educators, and students this fall. With a new school year underway…
reimaginingmigration.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
📍 Tulsa, OK
We joined our partners at Welcoming America at their kick off for #WelcomingWeek2025!
We’re proud to be sponsors and to stand with communities re-imagining migration every day.

#ReImaginingMigration
September 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Educators play a vital role in making schools safe and welcoming for every student. 💙

@sharemylesson.bsky.social & @reimagining.bsky.social share tools to help educators, parents & allies support immigrant students as they return to school: sharemylesson.com/blog/welcomi...
Silence Is Not an Option: Why Immigrant Students Need an Active Welcome Now
As schools reopen, immigrant students need more than silence—they need belonging. Learn how educators can create safe, inclusive learning environments.
sharemylesson.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Every child deserves a safe, welcoming school—no matter where they come from or what language they speak. Check out these @sharemylesson.bsky.social + @reimagining.bsky.social resources for supporting immigrant students this school year: sharemylesson.com/blog/welcomi...
Silence Is Not an Option: Why Immigrant Students Need an Active Welcome Now
As schools reopen, immigrant students need more than silence—they need belonging. Learn how educators can create safe, inclusive learning environments.
sharemylesson.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Read our executive director, Adam Strom's, latest back to school article 👇🏼
“Silence is not an option.”
Immigrant students need belonging, not just acceptance. 💙

Blog from @reimagining.bsky.social: How educators can actively create safe, inclusive learning spaces as schools reopen 👉 sharemylesson.com/blog/welcomi... @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @texasaft.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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When your girl you met at @reimagining.bsky.social makes your work look and sound way better than you did….
August 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We are proud of Jessica Lander for this wonderful piece in the Boston Globe about the rights of immigrant students. In such a short time, her work as a Senior Policy Fellow at Re-imagining Migration is helping us drive this work forward.
June 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Over 1 million people of Mexican descent—many US citizens—were forced out during the Great Depression.
Teaching Mexican Repatriation isn’t just history. It’s truth, justice, and relevance.
🧠 Learn why it matters today: sharemylesson.com/blog/mexican... @aft.org @reimagining.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our latest blog on the history of Mexican Repatriation, its lasting impact, and why teaching it is essential today is live on @sharemylesson.bsky.social. We hope you read it, teach it, and let us know how it goes. sharemylesson.com/blog/mexican...
#EduSky #USHistory #Immigration
When Prejudice Becomes Policy: Why Teaching Mexican Repatriation History Matters Now More Than Ever
During the Great Depression, over a million people of Mexican descent—many U.S. citizens—were forced out of the country. This blog explores the history of Mexican Repatriation, its lasting impact, and...
sharemylesson.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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History meets today’s headlines 📚 Use this important @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social lesson:
"A Family Who Lived Through 1950s Deportation Reflects on the Current Climate"
Great for sparking civic discussion in class!
🔗 sharemylesson.com/todays-news-... @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Civics teachers, we urge you to teach this story in order to prepare students to make sense of current events and yesterday's hearing at the Supreme Court. Via @sharemylesson.bsky.social
Born in the USA = citizen 🇺🇸. This lesson from @reimagining.bsky.social on birthright citizenship dives into the 1898 case United States v. Wong Kim Ark. A must-have for civics classes! 🧠📚 sharemylesson.com/teaching-res...

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May 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#Civics teachers, Birthright Citizenship is back in the courts. Do you teach Wong Kim Ark's story and how it became enshrined in law? In this piece from @documentedny.bsky.social you can read how his family is responding today documentedny.com/2025/05/14/s...
The Fight's Not Over: One Family's Battle to Keep Birthright Citizenship in the U.S.
Over a century after his great-grandfather Wong Kim Ark fought to establish birthright citizenship in the U.S., Norman Wong is picking up the torch to defend his family's legacy and the rights of all ...
documentedny.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Welcome aboard
I’m thrilled to join the board of @reimagining.bsky.social!

They produce thoughtful resources for teachers and administrators to better support their immigrant students, and they partner with school districts to implement crucial welcoming practices to transform school culture. Let’s get to work ✨
May 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Our Executive Director, @afstrom.bsky.social reflects on how his great-grandparents' 1913 immigration journey would be nearly impossible in today's system. Read his reflection here.
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May 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM