Using the New Faces Project in the Community

In addition to being used in the classroom, New Faces: Latinos in North Carolina is appropriate for popular education on immigration, race relations, and issues of cultural diversity and equity in economic opportunities. 

Currently anti-immigrant sentiment seems to be on the rise in the United States, and Latinos are feeling some of the strongest effects of this backlash. It is essential that the wider community has opportunities to gain a greater understanding of who these new Latino immigrants are and to examine the economic and social realities that drive their migration to the United States and to North Carolina.

The documentary clips and accompanying classroom discussion questions can serve as jumping off points for educating your community about the contributions of Latinos to your local area as well as the challenges they face.

Community organizations that serve Latinos may wish to use video clips as part of community forums, dialogues, teach-ins, or other popular education activities.

This curriculum project is broken down into 4 units:

• Unit 1: About Latinos
• Unit 2: Latino Youth
• Unit 3: Latino Workers
• Unit 4: Challenges and Contributions

The learning materials are delivered via printable PDF document with lesson plans, resources, and materials to help implement this curriculum. While the primary audience for this project is a secondary school teacher, an organizer can also garner discussion questions ideas from the lesson plans and can use them to facilitate a teach-in session or other educational event.

Check back soon for updates on how other organizations have made use of this curriculum, and don’t forget to give us your feedback on how you used this curriculum in your community.