One in four students in US public schools are part of an
immigrant family, with that closer to 50% in many urban areas. Many of these
students experience challenges in K-12 and university settings at the
interpersonal level, but also as a result of policies, systems, and norms that are
not accommodating. Through gamification, this session will help participants to
experience these challenges- and the people/systems that can help immigrants to
succeed in the US. Afterwards,
participants will then engage in a conversation about the experience where they
critically think about the value of cross-agency work, how we define success,
and how different groups of immigrants are impacting disparately by
policies and practices. More information on the board game, "Emerging: The
Educational Journey of Immigrant Students" can be found on CS3's
Retrieving the Social Sciences podcast episode 21 and 46.