Did you know 1 in 4 school-age children in the U.S. comes from an immigrant family? Schools are where belonging is built or lost. The question is whether we build that capacity – or hope it happens on its own.

When students can share their stories, they become advocates — for themselves and their communities.

Celebrate Diversity Month 📚The Arrival is a wordless graphic novel that places every reader in the experience of migration. @sarakahmed.bsky.social free classroom guide makes it ready to teach. Download here: reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month 📚 Frontera by @julioanta.bsky.social & @jacobysalcedo.bsky.social is a must-read graphic novel for classrooms exploring immigration, identity & belonging. Our free study guide — co-developed with @sarakahmed.bsky.social — is ready to use!

St. Patrick's Day x Women's History Month☘️💜 In 1848, Hannah Curtis wrote a desperate letter from famine-ravaged Ireland to her brother in Philadelphia: "Don't leave me here to fall victim to the miseries that await." Read her letter: reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

What are immigrants thinking as they leave their home? The Emigrant's Farewell, a 19th-century Irish song, captures the heartbreak of leaving home for America. Primary source for your classroom: reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

📣 2026 National Belonging Ecosystem Fellowship — seeking nominations! Nominate leaders in multilingual education, refugee integration, family engagement, after-school programming & more docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Women’s History Month 💜 Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street, reflects on identity, borders, and belonging. Her work explores the tension many immigrant women face between honoring tradition and building their own path. Listen to the interview: 👇

Six million people made a choice that changed America forever. Isabel Wilkerson explores this history in her TED Talk: The Great Migration and the Power of a Single Decision. Watch the full TED Talk and explore teaching ideas here👇 reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

Teach Plyler v. Doe (1982) with student-friendly context + primary-source excerpts 🏫📖 Explore the 14th Amendment, equal protection, and what “access to education” means today 💬🧠 https://bit.ly/4kNW6It Download your poster for FREE https://bit.ly/4aGUbks @aft.org @reimagining.bsky.social

Did you know that 17% of Team USA has direct immigrant ties? #Olympics #USATeam #Immigration #Migration

Paper Trails 5/6: Tyrus Wong (1920) A 10-year-old was interrogated at Angel Island. Students analyze America's first race-based immigration system and how families navigated exclusion. Download FREE: reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite... #TeachingHistory

Making Americans Lesson 3: The Americanization Movement📚 Students explore how schools pressured immigrant families to abandon their cultures—and examine competing visions of integration through primary sources. Grades 8-12 | FREE Download reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

Final session of our workshop series with Facing History and Ourselves! Teaching Migration for Democratic Participation Feb 11 | 7-8pm EST | Virtual What skills do students need for civic participation in an era of demographic change? Register here: www.facinghistory.org/learning-eve...

Schools are where young people learn not just academics, but also whether they matter. BELONG is a 6 research-informed practice that translates commitment to inclusion into concrete action. Download for FREE: reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

Is belonging embedded in your school culture, or just scattered across individual classrooms? This assessment tool helps administrators evaluate practice across 7 focus areas and develop action plans. Download FREE: reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

For administrators: Emergency plans are necessary, but not sufficient. This guide helps K-12 leaders move from crisis response to building lasting belonging infrastructure. When schools serve immigrant-origin students well, they serve all students well. Download for FREE👇

Take a look at our resource: Constitutional Protections & Immigrant Status Students explore who is protected by the U.S. Constitution through Supreme Court cases and evidence. Download for FREE; reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

Students are in crisis. Educators need support NOW. We created FREE resources with trauma expert Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating– concrete strategies you can use today. reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

Tonight at 7pm ET! Module 6 of the Training as Action series. Intersectional Democracy: Race and Migration Adam Strom & Meisha Lamb-bell explore how systemic inequalities shape democratic participation and strategies to center marginalized voices. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Paper Trails Part 2: Jane Bushyhead (1838)📜 A Cherokee woman who survived the Trail of Tears. Her story reveals how Indigenous peoples rebuilt communities despite systematic erasure. Students get to analyze primary sources. Download the full FREE collection here:

Halfway through the school year, and educators are showing up for their students in powerful ways. Here are the statistics based on our website: ✅35,000 educators reached ✅~2.6M students impacted ✅9 interactions per educator Thank you for helping us reach millions of students!

We are excited to introduce Paper Trails! Created with Ancestry Classroom and Donna M. Neary, this new series uses family documents to explore migration across three centuries of U.S. history. Paper Trails helps students see migration as a lived experience, not just history. FREE Download here!

Session 2 of our multi-session Workshop Series with Facing History is tomorrow, Jan 14th. This session focuses on assessing and strengthening belonging in schools. Learn more and register through the link!

We all witnessed the events at Minneapolis' Roosevelt High School. This is at the heart of our work. Our ED Adam Strom in @the74.bsky.social :New research shows 70% of principals report students from immigrant families expressing fear, 64% report students missing school.

Start the year by teaching migration with depth, empathy, and care. This reflection tool helps educators rethink how migration stories are represented in the classroom. A meaningful way to start the year. reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

When schools become sites of fear instead of belonging, we all must ask: what will we do to keep students safe? Our ED Adam Strom spoke to The 74 about the national implications of this week's events in Minneapolis. www.the74million.org/article/minn...

What a high note to end the year! 2 of our resources were recognized in AFT’s @sharemylesson.bsky.social 2025 Favorites. Grateful to support educators with tools that help immigrant youth learn, feel safe, and belong. sharemylesson.com/collections/...

Big News. RIM is a 2025 New Pluralists grantee. We will prototype a coordination hub that connects migration research with public-facing practice across democracy, cultural, belonging, and education sectors. Stay tuned!

During the NCSS, we highlighted, along with our partner educators, how primary sources help students connect and belong. One reminder stayed with many of us. “Everybody belongs, everybody has a story.” – RIM Fellow, Donna Neary

Teachers can lift up the voices and strengths of immigrant students. Apply to this paid @tcfdotorg.bsky.social fellowship and learn how! #immigrantstudents #teacherleadership bit.ly/EVENFellows2...

This upcoming weekend, we’re leading two sessions at the NCSS Annual Conference in DC on migration, civic agency, and community building in the classroom. Friday, Dec. 5, 9AM EST Saturday, Dec. 6, 2:50PM EST Register here: www.socialstudies.org/conference?u...

We joined educators at the 2025 @ncte.org Convention in Denver. Meisha Lamb-Bell and Jessica Lander piloted our new Educators’ Guide and Student Study Guide. Pre-filled guides are coming soon, starting with The Great Gatsby!

In a time of controversy and crisis, we chose courage. We expanded our team, strengthened our resources, and supported schools in moments of fear. Now, we aim to reach 24 million students in the next three years. Your Giving Tuesday support will help us get there. Every penny counts.

Explore our Educator Guide for Shaun Tan’s The Arrival. It supports lessons on migration, identity, and belonging through visual analysis and student choice. A meaningful resource to bring into your classroom. reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

Stories connect us, even in divided times. Our fourth fall resource, Moving Stories, helps educators use migration narratives to strengthen belonging while keeping student well-being at the center.

We’re partnering with Facing History & Ourselves for a three-session Re-Imagining Migration Workshop Series that helps educators build belonging for immigrant-origin students and their peers. Learn more and register through the link!

We’re happy to share that Sara K. Ahmed has joined our team as Director of Curriculum! She created our educator guide for the Arrival and brings deep experience in helping classrooms explore identity, migration, and belonging. We’re grateful to have her on the team!

Revere High School’s Welcome Club joined Re-Imagining Migration for a day-long leadership training in Boston. Students strengthened their skills, reflected on belonging, and created an action plan to support new students at RHS. Read the full story here: www.reverek12.org/apps/news/ar...

We're proud to share that Re-Imagining Migration earned the Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency, Candid's highest honor. We remain committed to transparency, accountability, and creating belonging-centered learning environments for all youth.

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.

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.

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!

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/

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.

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!

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

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

📣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

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...