Title: African Community Education (ACE) annual report
Author: African Community Education (ACE)
Date: 2020
Description: The annual report highlights ACE”s accomplishments throughout the year.
https://www.africancommunityeducation.org/2020-annual-report-V2.pdf
Keywords: education, African immigrants, African refugees, youth, community building
Title: World Farmers annual report
Author: World Farmers
Date: 2016 –
Description: World Farmers supports immigrant, refugee and historically under-served farmers. The organization provides land access, training, technical assistance, market and marketing support, and connections to viable commercial markets. Flats Mentor Farm located in Lancaster, Massachusetts has supported participating farmers since 1984.
Keywords: agriculture, farming, farmers. refugee farmers, immigrant farmers, small-scale farming, mentoring, specialty crops, Community Supported Agriculture
Title: Worcester Chamber of Commerce: Recruiting Minority Business Owners
Author: DiMaria, Ryan, Alexander Hull, Xikun Lu, Haopeng Wang, Jiacheng Hou, and Danning Zhao
Date: 2019
Description: Master’s paper, Clark University, School of Professional Studies
This report is based on a Capstone project whose purpose was to help the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce better market themselves to appeal to immigrant and minority owned businesses.
https://commons.clarku.edu/sps_masters_papers/48
Keywords: immigrant owned businesses, minority owned businesses, business owners, recruitment, marketing, small businesses
Title: Imaginarte: Unaccompanied refugee minors tell their stories of belonging through photography
Author: Loustaunau, Esteban
Date: 2019
Description: This article describes a literacy through photography (LTP) project. The participants were a group of teenagers from Central America in the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program at Ascentria Care in Worcester MA. In collaboration with college students from Assumption College in Worcester the teenagers produced photographs that expressed their interpretations of cultural identity, adaptation and reinvention as they transitioned to life in the United States.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41276-019-00180-4
Keywords: youth, unaccompanied minors, life experiences, community service, cultural reinvention, belonging
Title: Barriers to mental health services: Narratives from community stakeholders
Author: Torres Stone, Rosalie A.
Publication: 2017 Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar, The Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise
Date: 2017
Description: This brief and power point presentation highlight the challenges immigrant and refugee populations in particular have in accessing mental health services and offer policy recommendations to improve mental services and remove barriers to treatment.
http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hdfs/fii/massachusetts-family-impact-seminar-8
Keywords: mental health services, stigma, cultural sensitivity
Title: Refugee Case Files as an Indicator of Housing Needs
Author: Weilbacher, Molly
Date: 2018
Description: Master’s Paper, Clark University, International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE)
This paper considers indicators from refugee’s case files at a local resettlement agency to delve into the question of how the agency’s reporting process can best serve resettled refugees in their ability to secure and sustain housing.
https://commons.clarku.edu/idce_masters_papers/217
Keywords: resettlement, agencies, housing, integration, indicators
Title: Refugee Self Organization: The Effects of Organizations on Refugees
Author: Hurmuzlu, Ayfer
Date: 2017
Description: Master’s Paper, Clark University, International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE)
This paper addresses the following questions: How do refugees self organize themselves upon arrival to a new country? and How do self-help organizations help them transition into integration?
https://commons.clarku.edu/idce_masters_papers/116
Keywords: integration, organizations
Title: The immigrant entrepreneur in Worcester
Author: Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Publication: Research Bureau Report 18-09
Date: November 2018
Description:
Keywords: entrepreneurs, immigrants, population
Title: Refugee artisans of Worcester (RAW): Helping local refugee artisans
Author: Jalbert, Andrew, Jiang (Percy) Haozhe, and Jingyi (Betty) Liao
Date: 2018
Description: An Interactive Qualifying Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Refugee Artisans of Worcester (RAW): Helping Local Refugee Artisans
Keywords: artisans, weaving, cultural identity
Title: Promoting cross- cultural acceptance: The African artist initiative
Author: Baker-Flynn, Dylan, Xavier Hines-Coombs, Thomas Koker, and Nicholas Smoth
Date: 2018
Description: An Interactive Qualifying Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Keywords: African music, cultural awareness, cultural acceptance, African culture, interviews