UMaine Extension Bulletin Bolsters Cross-Cultural Communication
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published a new bulletin about strengthening a community’s capacity for cross-cultural conversation.
Jane Haskell, UMaine Extension professor, and Ashley Storrow, assistant program manager with Language Partners and Refugee and Immigration Services of Catholic Charities Maine, co-authored Using Refugee Voices to Improve Cross Cultural Conversations: Research with New Mainers.
Researchers in 2013–2014 investigated communication methods to better understand newly arrived refugees’ perceptions and experiences. Agencies can implement the findings to help ensure new Mainers’ voices are heard and to build effective programs that meet communities’ needs. The four-page bulletin discusses immigration and resettlement, and includes an explanation of the scope of the research project, along with recommendations.
More information and free downloads are available online and by contacting 207.581.3792 or extension.orders@maine.edu.