Cultural Orientation Resources
GENERAL
Cultural Orientation Resource Center -
The Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center, housed at the Center for Applied Linguistics from 2000 to 2015, provided technical assistance regarding the cultural and community orientation refugees receive, either before their resettlement in the United States or after their arrival, as well as about their likely resettlement needs. The website has been archived, so although it continues to be available it is not updated.
Center for Applied Linguistics
CAL serves as a national technical assistance provider on both overseas and domestic refugee orientation and on the backgrounds and resettlement needs of new refugee groups. Activities include training; development of print, audiovisual, and web resources; research; dissemination and exchange of information throughout an international network of refugee service providers; and serving as a national clearinghouse of information on refugee orientation and refugee groups.
This page of the CAL website has a tab toward the bottom marked "Resources," under which they list the guidebooks and videos they sell for new refugees and their mentors.
Cultural Orientation Resource Center -
The Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center, housed at the Center for Applied Linguistics from 2000 to 2015, provided technical assistance regarding the cultural and community orientation refugees receive, either before their resettlement in the United States or after their arrival, as well as about their likely resettlement needs. The website has been archived, so although it continues to be available it is not updated.
Center for Applied Linguistics
CAL serves as a national technical assistance provider on both overseas and domestic refugee orientation and on the backgrounds and resettlement needs of new refugee groups. Activities include training; development of print, audiovisual, and web resources; research; dissemination and exchange of information throughout an international network of refugee service providers; and serving as a national clearinghouse of information on refugee orientation and refugee groups.
This page of the CAL website has a tab toward the bottom marked "Resources," under which they list the guidebooks and videos they sell for new refugees and their mentors.
CULTURAL BACKGROUNDERS FROM THE CULTURAL ORIENTATION RESOURCE CENTER
The five Background documents have been downloaded since links to the COR website could become unavailable. If you find other material on this site that you want to make available for other people, please contact the webmaster at [email protected] and she will download and post it.
The five Background documents have been downloaded since links to the COR website could become unavailable. If you find other material on this site that you want to make available for other people, please contact the webmaster at [email protected] and she will download and post it.
- Syrian Cultural Background
- Afghan Cultural Background
- Iraqi Cultural Background
- Somali Cultural Background
- Congolese Cultural Background
- Congolese refugees in the US (video)
LEARNING TO LIVE IN AN AMERICAN HOME
Welcome to your New Home (how to live in an American apartment) - English version (from US HHS)
Welcome to your New Home (how to live in an American apartment) - Arabic version (from US HHS)
Welcome to your New Home (how to live in an American apartment) - English version (from US HHS)
Welcome to your New Home (how to live in an American apartment) - Arabic version (from US HHS)