Resource Guides: Diversity Studies 100 with Ashley Pickard: Just Like Us

"Fortune handed me a messy braid of narratives, spliced together by bizarre connections. In the end, though, this is what immigration is like: inherently messy. The issue bleeds. And we are all implicated." - Helen Thorpe, Just Like Us

Here are some selected resources that you may want to use in your presentation. Interested in a topic not covered? Want additional sources? Send Haley an email (haley.benjamins@email.edcc.edu) and she will be happy to help! Or Chat with a Librarian 24/7.

Just Like Us

Get a copy:

National Emergency Library
Format: eBook (no library card required)
Sno-Isle Public Library
Formats: eBook, Downloadable Audiobook
King County Public Library
Formats: eBook
Seattle Public Library
Formats: Downloadable Audiobook

Key Issues/Keywords

immigration reform
DACA / DREAMers
undocumented students
college access
police and immigration status enforcement
deportation
education system
gun violence
undocumented workers
sanctuary cities

Library Resources: ebooks & films

Documentaries:

Los Graduados (The Graduates)
Two Part Documentary ("Boys," "Girls") exploring pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six Latino and Latina students from across the United States. More than a survey of contemporary policy debates, the bilingual film offers first-hand perspectives on key challenges facing Latino high school students and their families, educators, and community leaders. It is the story of the graduates who will make up America’s future.
Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth
Papers is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status in the United States. These are young people who know only the U.S. as home and who, upon high school graduation, find the door to the future slammed shut. They live at risk of arrest, detention and deportation to countries they may not even remember.

Diversity Studies 100 with Ashley Pickard: Just Like Us

"Fortune handed me a messy braid of narratives, spliced together by bizarre connections. In the end, though, this is what immigration is like: inherently messy. The issue bleeds. And we are all implicated." - Helen Thorpe, Just Like Us

Just Like Us

Key Issues/Keywords

Library Resources: ebooks & films

DACA/Dreamers

Events of May 8, 2005

More about the book and stage adaptation