Although this is off topic, but only slightly, see Gringo Malo’s blog on the subject of immigration from Muslim countries other than through refugee resettlement. http://gringomalosblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/pop-quiz-with-strange-answer.html
Month: July 2007
Muslim High school curriculum
I’m speechless! You will have to read about the Islam Projects curriculum to believe it yourself.
Go here http://www.theislamproject.org/education/Lessonplans.htm and click on “Muslim Immigration to America” to see the lesson plans that are available for your public middle and high school students. Yup, I knew it, we are all a bunch of hate mongers. First, we hated the Catholics, the Japanese and the Jews and now for no reason we have moved on to Muslims.
The school year begins in just about a month, maybe you should check with your friendly local school board and see what’s in the lesson plans at your neighborhood school.
Find your state Refugee Resettlement Office
Most states have a state Office of Refugee Resettlement funded in large part by the US government. Find yours here: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/partners/coordina1.htm
Contact your state office and get information about what is happening with refugee resettlement where you live. And, if someone knows why Wyoming does not participate in the program, and how the state got out of it, we would love to know!
More stats: How many refugees have come to your city?
Although lengthy and slanted (all is just peachy), the Brookings Institution published last fall a 31-page report about the Refugee Resettlement program, how it works, who pays for what, and how much. Most interesting though is that it is chock full of tables with cities and how many refugees settled in each and from where they came since 1983.
The report is entitled: From ‘There’ to ‘Here’: Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20060925_singer.htm
by Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson
September 2006
Public outcry stops special Muslim accomodation
To update our story, “Somalis here, Somalis there, Somalis everywhere” posted on July 13th, Carver Elementary School, a San Diego elementary school, has been forced to withdraw its special “madrassa” program for Somali students due to pressure from the public. Read the whole story on Little Green Footballs: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=26424_San_Diego_School_Stops_Allotting_Class_Time_for_Muslim_Prayers&only
From 1983 until 2004, San Diego received 4,200 Somali refugees. Thats 20 years to bring more family members in and to have lots and lots of babies.
Anyone have any numbers on the total Somali population of San Diego right now?