Your feedback is essential to the development of future trainings.
Please share your thoughts with us in our evaluation form: Feedback Survey
"It was eye opening to hear the immigration stories of those on the zoom call and how difficult it is for those seeking asylum in the USA to obtain a green card and citizenship."
"I'm so excited to be a part of this Ally community. We serve so many Hispanic/Latinx and other students who come from immigrant backgrounds. Thank you for putting this together. I will look forward to further training opportunities. I would also love to get some of our students involved and/or employed!"
"Thank you for this awesome opportunity! The university is woefully lacking in terms of informed people and actual resources for immigrant affected folks so I hope these trainings continue in the coming year."
*some feedback responses have been edited for grammatical clarity
Quantitative Feedback
*feedback visuals from 07/22/21
Values and Lessons:
These themes are taken from responses given to us by our feedback form as the "most valuable aspects of the Immigrant Ally Training".
- Making connections [with others that share the same values]
- Receiving applicable information such as types and parts of immigration, laws and categories, history & US involvement
- Discussions and scenarios
- Hearing about lived experiences
- Supporting immigration-affected students and colleagues
- Work is required beyond empathy
Challenges and Opportunities:
These themes of challenges and struggles are opportunities that we aim to work towards with our growing network of allies in the community.
- Framing our struggles as one
- White allies taking up too much space
- Identifying and acquiring resources to support IMM’s work
- Partnerships with other BIPOC and/or anti-racist groups on campus and in the broader community (eg. small businesses, local authorities, community organizations)
- COVID-19 fatigue
- Institutional support to, and from staff/faculty/student positions
- Anti-immigrant misconceptions/rhetoric
- Action-planning issues