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All else failed : the unlikely volunteers at the heart of the migrant aid crisis / by Sachs, Dana,author.;
"In 2015, increasing numbers of refugees and migrants, most of them fleeing war-torn homelands, arrived by boat on the shores of Greece, setting off the greatest human displacement since WWII. As journalists reported horrific mass drownings, an ill-prepared and seemingly indifferent world looked on. Those who reached Europe needed food, clothing, medicine, and shelter, but the international aid system broke down completely. All Else Failed is Dana Sachs's compelling eyewitness account of the successes-and failures-of the volunteer relief network that emerged to meet the enormous need. Closely following the odysseys of seven individual men and women, and their families, All Else Failed tells a story of despair and resilience, revealing the humanity within an immense humanitarian disaster"--
Subjects: Humanitarian aid workers; Humanitarian assistance; Political refugees.; Refugees.; Refugees, Arab.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Sky on fire / by Laybourne, Emmy,author.(CARDINAL)602921;
In this sequel to Monument 14, the group of survivors, originally trapped together in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, has split in two -- one group heading to Denver airport on a repaired school bus, the other remaining in the Sanctuary trying to rebuild the community they lost. But the world outside is dark and filled with dangerous chemicals that turn people into bloodthirsty monsters.HL560LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Young adult fiction.; Department stores; Natural disasters; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Survival; Teenagers;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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On Mamba Station : U.S. Marines in West Africa, 1990-2003 / by Antal, James G.(CARDINAL)273671; Vanden Berghe, R. John.(CARDINAL)273670; United States.Marine Corps.History and Museums Division.(CARDINAL)137467;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-128).
Subjects: United States. Marine Corps; Humanitarian assistance, American; Humanitarian assistance, American; Political refugees; Refugees;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Immigration, asylum, and sanctuary cities / by Agrios, Ariana,Editor(DLC)n 2019036274;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Are countries economically improved by immigration? -- Do sanctuary cities pose a threat to security and well-being? -- Are countries obligated to allow legal residence? -- Are countries culturally improved by immigration? -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index."Though sanctuary cities have recently become a significant aspect of the immigration debate as a result of the Trump administration's stricter immigration policies, sanctuary cities have existed in the US since the 1980s and for centuries in countries around the world. However, the precise definition and legal standing of sanctuary cities in today's context is often foggy. The viewpoints in this volume discuss the timely issue of sanctuary cities from a variety of angles while also exploring the economic, cultural, political, and moral aspects of asylum and immigration"--.
Subjects: Undocumented immigrants; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Undocumented immigrants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The good American : the epic life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. government's greatest humanitarian / by Kaplan, Robert D.,1952-author.(CARDINAL)740442;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-490) and index.Vietnam, 1966-1969 -- Guatemala, 1970-1977 -- Domenica, El Salvador, and South America, 1979-1983 -- Uganda, Luwero Triangle, 1984 -- South China Sea, 1984-1985 -- Sudan and Chad, 1985 -- Honduras, 1985-1986 -- Mozambique, 1987-1988 -- Ethiopia and Somalia, 1989 -- Liberia by Way of Nicaraqua, 1990-1993 -- Rwanda, 1994 -- Gaza and the West Bank, 1995 -- Bosnia, 1995-1996 -- Northern Uganda by Way of Nicaraqua, 1996-1997 -- From El Salvador to Ecuador and Colombia, by Way of Africa, 1997-2002 and 2008-2009 -- North Korea, 2002 -- Nepal, 2003 -- Micronesia by Way of Iraq, 2003-2008 -- Northern Mexico by Way of Central America, 2010-2013."The Good American is a story about courage, intense loneliness, and the State Department's golden age during the late Cold War and post-Cold War. It is also a celebration of ground level reporting and getting a worm's eye view of crisis zones. Robert Gersony, a high-school dropout later awarded a bronze star in Vietnam, spent over four decades on the ground in virtually every war and natural disaster zone in the world. Interviewing hundreds of refugees and displaced persons in each place to assess humanitarian crises, Gersony's research and thorough reports had an immense, underappreciated impact on US foreign policy across the globe. In every case, his recommendations made it smarter and more humane, often dramatically so. In his career as a journalist, Robert D. Kaplan often crossed paths with Gersony while covering the "hot" moments of the Cold War and its aftermath. Even as a biography, this is Kaplan's most personal book to date, and through Gersony's story, he makes a poignant case for how American diplomacy should be conducted--with a clear eye toward facts on the ground--at a time when diplomacy is too often being left behind."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Gersony, Robert.; United States. Agency for International Development; United States. Department of State; Humanitarian assistance, American.; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Philanthropists;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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The Sudan Project : rebuilding with the people of Darfur : a young person's guide / by Leembruggen, Melissa.(CARDINAL)486346;
Subjects: Refugees; Internally displaced persons; Humanitarian assistance;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Book Club Kit:American Refuge: [kit] True stories of the Refugee Experience by Abdo, Diya Author; Abdo, Diya Author;
The lives explored in American Refuge include the artist who, before he created the illustration on the cover of this book, narrowly escaped two assassination attempts in Iraq and now works at Tyson cutting chicken.A Few Years Later ("From Camp to Campus")Arrival/Resettlement ("Back to the Margins")Bookended by Diya's powerful essay "Radical Hospitality" and the inspiring coda "Names and Numbers," each chapter weaves the individual stories into a powerful journey along a common theme:Forced to leave their homes, they came to America...In this intimate and eye-opening book, Diya Abdo-daughter of refugees, U.S. immigrant, English professor, and activist-shares the stories of seven refugees. Coming from around the world, they're welcomed by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), an organization Diya founded to leverage existing resources at colleges to provide temporary shelter to refugee families.Life Before ("The Body Leaves its Soul Behind")The Journey ("Right Next Door")The Moment of Rupture ("Proof and Persecution")We learn that these refugees from Burma, Burundi, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Uganda lived in homes they loved, left against their will, moved to countries without access or rights, and were among the 1% of the "lucky" few to resettle after a long wait, almost certain never to return to the homes they never wanted to leave. We learn that anybody, at any time, can become a refugee.
Subjects: Biographies.; Refugee families; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Forced migration.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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American refuge : true stories of the refugee experience / by Abdo, Diya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157).Radical hospitality -- The body leaves its soul behind -- Proof and persecution -- Right next door -- Back to the margins -- From camp to campus -- Names and numbers"Diya Abdo shares the stories of seven refugees from around the world who begin their American journeys in North Carolina. They are welcomed there by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), an organization Diya founded to leverage existing resources at colleges to provide temporary shelter to refugee families."
Subjects: Biographies.; Every Campus a Refuge (Program); Refugee families; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Forced migration.;
Available copies: 41 / Total copies: 44
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A thousand sisters : my journey into the worst place on earth to be a woman / by Shannon, Lisa,1975-(CARDINAL)497133; Salbi, Zainab.(CARDINAL)549100;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.The founder of the organization Run for Congo Women describes her visit to Congo and recounts the extreme hardships and tragic events in the lives of the women she meets there.
Subjects: Shannon, Lisa, 1975-; Women and war; Women refugees; War victims; Civil war; Humanitarian assistance, American;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Sanctuary everywhere : the fugitive sacred in the Sonoran Desert / by Sostaita, Barbara Andrea,1992-Author(DLC)no2024034788;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-194) and index."In Sanctuary Everywhere, Barbara Andrea Sostaita reimagines practices of sanctuary along the U.S.-Mexico border in order to explore the possibilities for radical fugitivity in the face of militarized border enforcement. After the 2016 presidential election, churches, universities, cities, and even states began declaring themselves sanctuaries. Sostaita proposes that these calls for expanded sanctuary are insufficient when dealing with the everyday workings of immigration enforcement. Through fieldwork in migrant clinics, shelters, and the Sonoran Desert, Sostaita demonstrates that, as a sacred practice, sanctuary cannot be fixed in any one destination or mandate. She turns to those working to create sanctuary on the move, from a deported nurse offering medical care on the border to incarcerated migrant women denying rules on touch in detention facilities to collectives set up to honor those who died crossing the border. Understanding sanctuary to be a set of fugitive practices that escape the everyday, Sostaita shows us how, in the wake of extreme violence and loss, migrants create sanctuaries of their own to care for the living and the dead"--.
Subjects: Refuge (Humanitarian assistance); Sanctuary movement; Asylum, Right of; Border security; Immigration enforcement; Noncitizens;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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