Start here: By reading “A Menu of Options” for Building Welcoming Communities in 2012 ROP tools for planning Welcoming Communities organizing: ROP’s guide for organizing Welcoming Communities across Cultures, based on the best practices we’ve pulled together over time. Our framework for looking at models of immigrant integration is a good conversation starter when groups [read more]
In recent years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has stepped up their efforts to deport as many undocumented immigrants as possible, and has switched tactics. From the workplace raids of previous years, we now see people being funneled through the criminal justice system, putting the burden of identifying, detaining, and turning people in on local [read more]
Where and how we discuss difficult issues matters. ROP’s Living Room Conversations model is a way to approach topics that are new or uncomfortable, focusing on bridging diverse perspectives while providing everybody a chance to learn something new, and bring themselves fully into the room. The Living Room Conversation communicates: that we gather in a [read more]