THIS BOOK IS A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF THE "LOW-STATUS" AGRICULTURAL WORKER, BASED ON AND BUILT AROUND THREE ACTUAL CASE STUDIES OF THE MIGRANT CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION PROJECT. CONDUCTED UNDER A GRANT TO THE DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN LIFE AND MISSION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, THIS PROJECT SUCCEEDED IN ESTABLISHING PRINCIPLES FOR SELF-HELP PROGRAMS…

MIGRANTS WERE AIDED BY THE COLORADO MIGRANT MINISTRY, WHICH WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICALS AND HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY PERSONNEL, HELPED TO DETERMINE LEGISLATIVE NEEDS, AND PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICES TO MIGRANTS IN THREE AREAS OF COLORADO. IN ROCKY FORD, A SPANISH-SPEAKING EDUCATED HUSBAND-WIFE-DAUGHTER TEAM WORKED WITH VARIOUS GROUPS WHO LED…

The proceedings of the 1984 Annual National Legal Conference on Immigration and Refugee Policy are collected in this book. Following a brief introduction, 16 papers are presented under three major headings: Immigration Legislation Reform; Immigration Legislation Practice; and Refugees: Policy and Legal Developments. The papers (and their authors)…

THE MIGRANT MINISTRY IS AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL FIELD PROGRAM WHICH HAS SERVED THE NEEDS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS SINCE 1920. THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM--NATIONAL GOALS, MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE FARM LABOR PROBLEM, RELATIONSHIP TO TITLE III-B OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT, AND NATIONAL BUDGET. THE INDIVIDUAL…

Discusses difficulties of providing religious instruction for Muslim school children in the Federal Republic of Germany. Notes the lack of a united Islamic religious community that could assist in the development and implementation of such an instruction. Explains and analyzes the Bavarian Ministry of Education's guidelines concerning such…

Commissioned by the New York State Center for Migrant Studies, this study examined the rate and causes of agricultural mechanization in New York State and its effect upon the economic and living conditions of migrants, as well as the possible solutions to the problems uncovered. Examined in various stages of mechanization were 3 specific areas…

Reports on a follow-up study of secondary migration among Indochinese refugees resettled by Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Suggests that cultural misunderstanding, rigid sponsorship approaches, and an insensitivity to the special mental risks of refugee populations have contributed to the incidence of secondary…

Louisiana, like other agricultural states, has long known the cyclic demand for large numbers of seasonal farm workers. These migrant workers are being replaced by machines, except during harvesting of crops which resist mechanization (e.g., strawberries). Families migrate to Louisiana to pick berries. Due to this influx of educatables, the local…

THE MIGRANT MINISTRY, A UNITED CHURCH EFFORT TO SERVE SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS, PRODUCED THIS BOOKLET FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFERING SUGGESTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING MIGRANTS. WHILE MOST OF THESE SUGGESTIONS CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER BY ANY GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS, IT WAS WRITTEN WITH CHURCH PEOPLE…

Gives insight into the difficulties of providing religious instruction for Turkish migrant children in the Federal Republic of Germany by describing Turkish religious instruction relative to its institutional and religio-political context. Focuses on the principle of separation of church and state and its influence upon the coexistence of these…

Based primarily on interviews with American sponsors of Khmer refugees, describes a cluster resettlement project conducted in Amherst, South Hadley, Northampton, and Easthampton, Massachusetts. Discusses services provided to refugees and considers sponsor-refugee relations. (GC)

THIS ISSUE OF "FLORIDA HEALTH NOTES" DISCUSSES FLORIDA'S MIGRANTS AND THE MIGRANT HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED--THEIR HOUSING AND SANITATION FACILITIES, THEIR LONG WORKING HOURS AND LOW WAGES, THEIR SUMMER MIGRATION PATTERNS, THEIR HEALTH…

Summarizes the findings and recommendations of "Una Vida Dura" ("A Hard Life"), a 1988 study by Charles Kyle and others, that criticizes the services provided to migrant farm workers in Illinois by the Catholic Church. (FMW)