DACA Information
ALA and REFORMA National Responses to the Proposed End of DACA
Resources for Librarians to Assist Community Members regarding DACA
- ALA responds to end of Deferred Action to Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program (09/05/2017)
- REFORMA statement on the Rescinding of DACA (09/05/2017)
Resources for Librarians to Assist Community Members regarding DACA
Legal Resources for Immigrants / Recursos legales para inmigrantes
See the REFORMA OR blog post: Legal Resources for Immigrants / Recursos legales para inmigrantes which includes a list of resources in both Spanish and English along with the same information in a downloadable word document.
Information for Librarians about Online Surveillance of Immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
See this presentation from the Fall 2018 Reforma meeting which includes links to a number of news articles, online resources, and non-profit organizations which offer information for activists and immigrants. Also includes links to more information about maintaining the privacy of online communications.
From the American Library Association ~ Libraries Respond: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
Libraries Respond: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
REFORMA's call to librarians to stay engaged with our communities
Approved by Reforma Executive Committee: November 18, 2016
REFORMA expresses its unwavering support to the 54 million of Latinos in the USA which constitutes 17% of the total population of the country. We call on librarians to stay engaged with our communities who need us. We encourage libraries and library workers to continue welcoming all members of our communities to the library, and to provide access to information for all.
REFORMA is committed to working with ALA and its affiliates to advocate for legislation and policies that benefit all libraries and their funding. We will continue promoting intellectual freedom, human rights, and our core belief that libraries are essential to democracy.
REFORMA reasserts its commitment to diversity and inclusion by developing Spanish-language and Latino-oriented library collections, working towards the recruitment of bilingual and multicultural library personnel, promoting public awareness of libraries and librarianship among Latinos, advocating on behalf of the information needs of the Latino community, and being a liaison to other professional organizations. We maintain our unwavering support for REFORMAChildren in Crisis Project to assist unaccompanied refugee children who are being processed, and Dia de los Ninos/ Dia de los Libros, a celebration emphasizing the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
For more information about REFORMA’s resolutions supporting access to information for all in the community, promoting libraries as safe sites, and supporting immigrant’s rights to free public library access, visit the National REFORMA's Resolutions Page.
See also the ALA’s Statement on Libraries, the Association, Diversity and Inclusion and REFORMA National's Call to Librarians to Stay Engaged with our Communities.
See the REFORMA OR blog post: Legal Resources for Immigrants / Recursos legales para inmigrantes which includes a list of resources in both Spanish and English along with the same information in a downloadable word document.
Information for Librarians about Online Surveillance of Immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
See this presentation from the Fall 2018 Reforma meeting which includes links to a number of news articles, online resources, and non-profit organizations which offer information for activists and immigrants. Also includes links to more information about maintaining the privacy of online communications.
From the American Library Association ~ Libraries Respond: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
Libraries Respond: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
REFORMA's call to librarians to stay engaged with our communities
Approved by Reforma Executive Committee: November 18, 2016
REFORMA expresses its unwavering support to the 54 million of Latinos in the USA which constitutes 17% of the total population of the country. We call on librarians to stay engaged with our communities who need us. We encourage libraries and library workers to continue welcoming all members of our communities to the library, and to provide access to information for all.
REFORMA is committed to working with ALA and its affiliates to advocate for legislation and policies that benefit all libraries and their funding. We will continue promoting intellectual freedom, human rights, and our core belief that libraries are essential to democracy.
REFORMA reasserts its commitment to diversity and inclusion by developing Spanish-language and Latino-oriented library collections, working towards the recruitment of bilingual and multicultural library personnel, promoting public awareness of libraries and librarianship among Latinos, advocating on behalf of the information needs of the Latino community, and being a liaison to other professional organizations. We maintain our unwavering support for REFORMAChildren in Crisis Project to assist unaccompanied refugee children who are being processed, and Dia de los Ninos/ Dia de los Libros, a celebration emphasizing the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
For more information about REFORMA’s resolutions supporting access to information for all in the community, promoting libraries as safe sites, and supporting immigrant’s rights to free public library access, visit the National REFORMA's Resolutions Page.
See also the ALA’s Statement on Libraries, the Association, Diversity and Inclusion and REFORMA National's Call to Librarians to Stay Engaged with our Communities.