Campus Read 2010

Outcasts United by Warren St. John

Bismarck State College

Has reading Outcasts United sparked your interest in the refugee experience? In soccer?
If you want to learn more about refugees and their experiences and about soccer,
here is a sampling of books, eBooks, films, and websites to explore.

A selected, annotated bibliography prepared by Marlene Anderson, Director of Library Services

Most of these resources are available at the BSC Library. Check them out!

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Africa: a Biography of the Continent / John Reader. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1999. DT Non-fiction;
20 801 p.
“… brings to light Africa’s geology and evolution, the majestic array of its landforms and environments, the rich .R43
diversity of its peoples and their ways of life, the devastating legacies of slavery and colonialism as well as recent 1999
political troubles and triumphs.”—Publisher description.

“Deeply penetrating, intensely thought-provoking and thoroughly informed … one of the most important general
surveys of Africa that has been produced in the last decade.” – The Washington Post
All-American Girls: the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team / Marla Miller. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. GV Non-fiction;
944.5  224 p.
Includes biographical sketches of the members of the 1999 World Cup U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team: Michelle .M55
Akers, Brandi Chastain, Lorrie Fair, Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Shannon Macmillan, Tiffeny 1999
Milbrett, Carla Overbeck, Cindy Parlow, Tiffany Roberts, Briana Scurry, and Tisha Venturini. – Publisher description
The American Sanctuary Movement / Robert Tomsho. Austin, Tex.: Texas Monthly Press, c1987. HV Non-fiction;
645 214 p.
“Traces the evolution of the sanctuary movement and concentrates on the people on the run and the people helping .T65
them. It examines the conditions in Central America that had led these people to leave their homes and explores 1987
the reasons for the Regan administration’s refusal to see Central Americans as political refugees.” – Publisher
description
American Soccer League, 1921-1931: the Golden Years of American Soccer / Colin Jose. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow GV Non-fiction;
Press, 1998. 943.55 544 p.
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“Soccer was one of the most popular sports in the United States during the 1920s, often drawing huge crowds in J67
relatively small towns to see the world's best players compete. Documented through thousands of newspaper 1998
clippings, hundreds of written inquiries, memoirs, and personal accounts, this book… records not only the results,
the goal scorers, the lineups of teams that made up the American Soccer League from 1921 to 1931, but uncovers as
much information as possible about the teams and players and their unique biographies.” – Google Books
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Among the Thugs / Bill Buford. New York: Vintage Departures, 1993. GV Non-fiction;
943.9 317 p.
“They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the .F35 
Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the B84
known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize 1993
entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both
its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and the raw personal engagement
of a Hunter Thompson.” – Google Books
The Art of Soccer: a Better Way to Play / Mark G. Catlin. St. Paul, MN: Soccer Books, c1990. GV Non-fiction;
943  207 p.
“This is a fantastic book that explores the why behind the strategy/tactics of soccer and is geared towards the more .C345
advanced coach/team.” – From a review by Peter C. Byrne, Google Books 1990
The Ball Is Round: a Global History of Soccer / David Goldblatt. New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. GV Non-fiction;
942.5 974 p.
“… the full story of soccer’s rise from ritual to populist sport to international economic phenomenon … illuminates .G65
soccer’s role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses sight of the beauty, joy, and 2008
excitement of the game itself. The Ball Is Round is the definitive book about soccer.” – Publisher description

“Since it became a worldwide phenomenon, nobody has attempted to write an overall history of the game. Now
David Goldblatt’s stunning book will be the measure against which all other such volumes are judged.” – The
Guardian
Beyond Winning: Memoir of a Women's Soccer Coach / S.S. Hanna. Niwot, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, GV Non-fiction;
c1996. 942.7 247 p.
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“Hannah's charming memoir of his experiences coaching a small college women's soccer team is full of wit and A3
humor. I simply could not put it down." -- Ken Bain, Northwestern University – Google Books 1996
The Blowin of Baile Gall / Ronan Noone. New York: Dramatists Play Service, c2006. PS Play;
3614 76 p.
“The renovation of a house for an English couple in a small Irish town causes tensions to build among the natives as .O67 
old jealousies, bigotry and racism surface regarding outsiders settling in their town. But nothing prepares them for B56
their new fellow employee, a black African refugee. This play speaks to the ages regarding acceptance and tolerance 2006
and the continual struggle and oftentimes war that occurs when your identity is dependent upon your property.” --
Publisher description
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The Bridge at Andau / James Michener. New York: Random House, 1957. DB Non-fiction;
95 270 p.
“Tells the story of the Soviet suppression of Hungary in November 1956. The bridge at Andau was an escape route .M5
for Hungarian refugees fleeing to Austria. Michener was on the Austrian side of the border watching young (average
age was 23, including many children), well educated (from one university 500 students, 32 professors, and their
families fled), and talented (including musicians, athletes, writers, engineers and other professionals) people come
through swamps and guards to reach non-communist Austria. The Austrian people were exemplary in their welcome
of the Hungarian refugees.” – Publisher description
Burundi: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide / Rene Lemarchand. 1st pbk. ed. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center DT Non-fiction;
Press; Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 450.64 206 p.
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“… offers a wide-ranging discussion of the roots and consequences of ethnic strife in Burundi, and provides the 1996
reader with an appropriate background for an understanding of Burundi’s transition to multiparty democracy and
the coup and violence that followed … The main emphasis is on how ethnicity can be exploited to transform and
mobilize the system of political discourse and ultimately invest it with the horrors and irrationality of genocidal
violence.”—Publisher description
Case Studies in Diversity: Refugees in America in the 1990s / edited by David W. Haines. Westport, CT: Praeger, HV Non-fiction;
1997. 640.4 308 p.
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“… introduces students to the main groups of refugees in America. Divided into political, sociological C37
anthropological, and historical approaches, the book discusses the peoples themselves as well as their impact on 1997
American society.” -- Publisher description
A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa / Howard W. French. New York: Vintage Books, 2005. DT Non-fiction;
352.2 240 p.
A Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and St. Louis Post Dispatch Best Book of the Year. .F74
2004
"[Howard French] takes us inside Nigeria, Liberia, Mali, and the Congo, examining ... the legacy of colonization in the
lives of contemporary Africans." -- Publisher description.

“An often riveting eyewitness account of the chaos enveloping West Africa in the 1990s.” – San Francisco Chronicle
Convictions of the Heart: Jim Corbett and the Sanctuary Movement / Miriam Davidson. Tucson: University of BV Non-fiction;
Arizona Press, c1988. 4466  187 p.
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In one of the most notable grassroots movements of this decade, first individuals and then groups and churches 1988
across the entire nation coordinated their efforts to provide refuge for Central Americans fleeing the conditions of
their homelands … [provides] a sympathetic look at the sanctuary movement, from its origin in the early 1980s
through the 1985-86 court trial that convicted many of its leaders of smuggling and harboring illegal aliens.” –
Excerpt, Library Journal book review by Cynthia Widmer
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Earth and Ashes / Atiq Rahimi; translated from the Dari (Afghanistan) by Erdag M. Goknar. 1 st U.S. ed. New York: PK Fiction;
Harcourt, c2002. 6878.9 81 p.
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“When the Soviet army arrives in Afghanistan, the elderly Dastaguir witnesses the destruction of his village and the K4513
death of his clan. His young grandson Yassin, deaf from the sounds of the bombing, is one of the few survivors. The 2002
two set out through an unforgiving landscape, searching for the coal mine where Murad, the old man’s son and the
boy’s father, works. They reach their destination only to learn that they must wait and rely for help on all that
remains to them: a box of chewing tobacco, some unripe apples, and the kindness of strangers.” -- Publisher
description
The Eaves of Heaven: a Life in Three Wars / Andrew X. Pham, on behalf of my father, Thong Van Pham. 1 st ed. New E184 Non-fiction;
York: Harmony Books, c2008. .V53  301 p.
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“From award-winning author Andrew X. Pham, a son’s memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the 2008
course of three wars. Once wealthy landowners, Thong Van Pham’s family was shattered by the tumultuous events
of the twentieth century: the festering French occupation of Indochina, the Japanese invasion during World War II,
and the Vietnam War. Told in chapters that alternate between events in the past and those closer to the present,
the book re-creates the trials of everyday life in Vietnam as endured by one man, from the fall of Hanoi and the
collapse of French colonialism to the frenzied evacuation of Saigon. Pham offers a rare portal into a lost world as he
chronicles Thong Van Pham’s heartbreaks, triumphs, and bizarre reversals of fortune, whether as a South
Vietnamese soldier pinned down by enemy fire, a prisoner of the North Vietnamese under brutal interrogation, or a
refugee desperately trying to escape Vietnam after the last American helicopter has abandoned Saigon.” -- Publisher
description
The Fate of Africa: from the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair: a History of Fifty Years of Independence / DT Non-fiction;
Martin Meredith. New York: Public Affairs, 2005. 30.5 752 p.
.M455
Presents a narrative of the last fifty years of African history, analyzing the factors which account for the political 2005
chaos, financial troubles, and civil wars which prevail in many African countries today.
Fleeing Hitler: France 1940 / Hanna Diamond. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. D Non-fiction;
809 255 p.
In France, it is called l'exode, or "exodus": the flight from their homes of up to seven million residents before and .F7 
during the German invasion of the country in May and June 1940 …. Diamond … combed dozens of memoirs and D53
diaries … for this first major study in English. She notes a number of reasons for the mass internal migration, 2007
including a belief in the "atrocity propaganda" about Germany from WWI; fears that the Germans would bomb Paris
and other cities; a desire to avoid working for the Nazi war machine; and the flight of the French government itself
from Paris. She captures how an initial "holiday spirit" gave way to a sense of displacement, loss and
impoverishment for some and separation of families. Diamond also shows how the host communities,
predominantly in France's south and west, often were overwhelmed by a doubling or tripling of their populations
virtually overnight. Perhaps most important and interesting is her exploration of how Marshall Pétain exploited the
exodus to discredit the government of the Third Republic. While Diamond's treatment of some topics … is cursory,
this is a solid work on a socially convulsive episode of WWII. –Publishers Weekly review, April 9, 2007
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Forced to Flee: Human Rights and Human Wrongs in Refugee Homelands / Peter W. Van Arsdale. Lanham, Md.: HV Non-fiction;
Lexington Books, c2006. 640  225 p.
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“Author Peter W. Van Arsdale presents first-hand fieldwork conducted over a 30-year span in six refugee homelands 2006
ranging from Sudan to Bosnia. This expert research bridges the emergent refugee and human rights regimes, while
addressing theories of obligation, justice, and structural violence.” – Google Books review
From Africa to America: the Journey of a Lost Boy of Sudan / Joseph Akol Makeer. Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing & DT Non-fiction;
Enterprises, 2008. 157.673  96 p.
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Author Joseph Akol Makeer visited the BSC campus in the Spring of 2010 and now lives in Fargo. His book is about 2008
his experiences as one of the lost boys of Sudan.

“Recent news media have exposed the horrific genocides in Rwanda, Darfur, and elsewhere, but little has been
publicized about the unseen genocide committed by Muslims against millions of Christians in southern Sudan during
the 1980s. From Africa to America: The Journey of a Lost Boy of Sudan provides a firsthand account of the atrocities
caused by the same president and government committing genocide in Darfur today. Look through the eyes of one
of the Lost Boys, a group of orphans who braved a dangerous trek through desert and jungle in order to flee the war-
torn southern Sudan twenty years ago, as author Akol Makeer explains Sudanese cultural traditions and chronicles
his life before and after the war. From Africa to America: The Journey of a Lost Boy of Sudan records years of human
rights violations and bloodshed, the conversion of southern Sudanese from animism to Christianity during the war,
the corruption of U.N. officials, and the sixteen-year journey of the Lost Boys from Sudan to Ethiopia, on to Kenya,
and finally to religious and political freedom in America.” – Google Books
The Girl in the White Ship / Peter Townsend. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1983, c1981. DS Non-fiction;
559.912  171 p.
The true story of Han Han Tran, a courageous Vietnamese girl who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck that had .T68
occurred months earlier during an attempt to escape from South Vietnam as one of the boat people. 1983
God Grew Tired of Us / John Bul Dau, with Michael S. Sweeney. Washington, DC: National Geographic, c2007. HV Non-fiction;
640.5 287 p.
“This unforgettable book is the first-person account of a miracle—indeed, a whole series of miracles. A tale of .S9 
suffering, tragedy, and sorrow redeemed by indomitable resolve and a stubborn refusal to despair, it's set in a Sudan D29
shadowed by unrelenting war and ruthless violence, yet illuminated by faith, generosity, and steadfast commitment 2007
to the human spirit's finest instincts … One of the uprooted youngsters known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, John Bul
Dau was 12 years old when civil war ravaged his village and shattered its age-old society … As tracer bullets split the
night and mortar shells exploded around him, John fled into the darkness—the first terrified moments of a journey
that would lead him thousands of miles into an exile that was to last many years. John's memoir … shows African life
and values at their best, while his searing account of hardship, famine, and war also testifies to human resilience and
kindness. In an era of cultural clashes, his often humorous stories of adapting to life in the United States offer proof
that we can bridge our differences peacefully. John Bul Dau's quiet pride, true humility, deep seriousness,
compassionate courage, and remarkable achievements will take every reader’s breath away.” – Google Books
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A Home on the Field: How One Championship Soccer Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America / GV Non-fiction;
Paul Cuadros. New York: Harper, 2007. 944 276 p.
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Much like Clarkston, Georgia, which is the setting for Outcasts United, our Campus Read book, Silver City, North C83
Carolina, has “been at the front lines of immigration, drawing workers from Latin America and other Latino enclaves 2007
across the United States. When reporter Paul Cuadros moved south to study the impact of the burgeoning Latino
community, he encountered a volatile culture clash between longtime residents and the newcomers … A Home on
the Field is Paul Cuadros’s unforgettable account of his three seasons coaching “Los Jets” of Jordan-Matthews High
School, a team of under-appreciated young Latino players in an all-football town who overcame prejudice, poverty,
and the odds to become champions.” – Publisher description
How Soccer Explains the World: an [Unlikely] Theory of Globalization / Franklin Foer. 1st Harper Perennial ed. New JZ Non-fiction;
York: Harper Perennial, 2005. 1318 261 p.
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“… Franklin Foer takes us on a surprising tour through the world of soccer, shining a spotlight on the clash of 2004
civilizations, the international economy, and just about everything in between.” – Publisher description.
Human Cargo: a Journey among Refugees / Caroline Moorehead. New York: H. Holt, 2005. HV Non-fiction;
640  330 p.
“Journalist and biographer Moorehead (Gellhorn, 2003, etc.) provides a passionate brief on behalf of millions of .M66
refugees across the globe. Dictatorial regimes and calamitous wars in the 20th century have produced continuing 2005
crises involving exiles …” Kirkus Reviews
Infidel / Ayaan Hirsi Ali. New York : Free Press, c2007. DJ Non-fiction;
292 353 p.
“Hirsi Ali (The Caged Virgin) first came to the world's attention with the gunning down of filmmaker Theo van Gogh .H57 
in Amsterdam by a Muslim extremist. A note pinned to van Gogh threatened Hirsi Ali's life for collaborating with him A3
on Submission, a short film criticizing Muslims for wife beating and forced marriages. In this memoir, the Somalian- 2007
born author tells of her journey to Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, undergoing genital mutilation, being schooled
by strict Muslim teachers, and finally facing shame from her family and clan for turning against Islam. In her early
twenties, she sought asylum in the Netherlands after escaping an arranged marriage. In Holland, the cleanliness,
order, and freedom amazed her; she couldn't believe that a government could help its people and was not feared.
As she adjusted to her new home, learning Dutch, attending university, acquiring citizenship, and eventually working
as a translator for social services, she spoke out publicly, criticizing the Muslim treatment of women … A clearly
written and fascinating account of exceptional courage, this book is essential for all libraries.”—Library Journal
review, Oct. 15, 2007, by Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo  
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The Lost Boys of Sudan: an American Story of the Refugee Experience / Mark Bixler. Athens: University of Georgia HV Non-fiction;
Press, c2005. 640.4 261 p.
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In 2001, four young men who had first fled the Sudanese civil war, left East African refugee camps to begin a new life B59
in the modern sprawl of Atlanta. Bixler, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, covered their emigration for 2005
the paper, and here recounts their extraordinary stories. Thousands of young men, displaced by the war and separated
from their families, have come to be called the "Lost Boys" of Sudan after Peter Pan's orphans. Selected by the State
Department for resettlement in the U.S., Jacob, Peter, Daniel and Marko had not seen a light switch before their
arrival. Bixler chronicles their earnest attempts at cultural orientation and their intimate relationships with volunteers
who donated time and money. While lively and even entertaining, the book does not simply tug heartstrings with
touching anecdotes. A recurring theme is the emigres' intense struggle for a basic education; they and other refugees
"could not understand why the government seemed to have brought them without a plan for their education." The
book does not ignore the pitfalls and politics of refugee resettlement, which are especially complicated since 9/11, but
Bixler's perspective is optimistic. He also provides essential background, including a crash course on U.S. refugee
policy and a short history of Sudan.” -- Editorial Review , Reed Business Information, March 14, 2005
The Mask of Anarchy: the Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War / Stephen DT Non-fiction;
Ellis. 2nd revised and updated ed. New York: New York University Press, 2007. 636.5 350 p.
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“Traces the history of the civil war years in Liberia in the 1990s and looks at the political, ethnic, and cultural roots of 2007
the conflict. Ellis “focuses on the role religion and rituals have played in shaping and intensifying this brutal war …
and describes how many of the same problems still exist, providing a challenge that international policymakers will
ignore at their peril.” -- Publisher description
The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community / Mary Pipher. 1st Harvest ed. JV Non-fiction;
Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2003, c2002. 6601 386 p.
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“… moves beyond the headlines to help us understand the struggles of the refugees who live around the corner or 2003
down the street from us. Working in schools, social service agencies, and homes as a cultural broker, teacher, and
therapist, Mary Pipher has opened our eyes – and our hearts – to those with whom we share the future.”—
Publisher description
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The Mission (Die Mission): a Novel / Hans Habe; translated from the German by Michael Bullock. New York: PT Fiction;
Coward-McCann, 1966. 2615 319 p.
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Hans Habe's novel … was intended to be a reminder of the nearly forgotten Évian Conference of 1938. The purpose M5313
of the conference … was to discuss the Jewish refugee problem, which had become even more urgent with the 1966
German annexation of Austria. Fascist Germany refused to participate but suggested unofficially that it was willing to
sell the freedom of Jews. … Habe reported on the conference throughout July 1938 … Prior to the conference he had
learned about the mission of Neumann … and the novel was meant to be a tribute to him. From an artistic
standpoint Habe's intent was to give to this singular event a universal significance. At the time he was working on a
cycle of novels that dealt with the cardinal virtues and the deadly sins, and he devoted The Mission to the "lethargy
of the heart," the sin he believed to be the most significant. In the epilogue to the novel he wonders, "Does a man
whose heart is too sluggish to stop the wheel of disaster become an accomplice of the disaster?" His answer is yes,
for guilt, he concludes, is always individual. While there may not be collective guilt, there is, however, collective
complicity: "The bad happens because it is quietly tolerated by the good ..." —Walter Schmitz
More than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: the Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told / Chuck Korr with Marvin GV Non-fiction;
Close. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010. 944 317 p.
.S59 
In the hell that was Robben Island, inmates united courageously in an act of protest. Beginning in 1964, they K67
requested the right to play soccer during their exercise periods. Denied repeatedly, they risked beatings and food 2010
deprivation by repeating their request for three years. Finally granted this right, the prisoners banded together to
form a multi-tiered, pro-level league that ran for more than two decades and served as an impassioned symbol of
resistance against apartheid. Former Robben Island inmate Nelson Mandela noted in the documentary FIFA: 90
Minutes for Mandela, "Soccer is more than just a game... The energy, passion, and dedication this game created
made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in." -- Publisher description
National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer / Stefan Syzmanski and GV Non-fiction;
Andrew Zimbalist. Pbk. ed. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2006. 716 263 p.
.S99
“The book has … many strengths, not least of them keen insights and a readable stem-to-stern account of similarities 2006
and differences in the evolution, structures, and problems with arguably the globe’s two more important sports.” –
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Nomad: from Islam to America--a Personal Journey through the Clash of Civilizations / Ayaan Hirsi Ali. New York: E184 Non-fiction;
Free Press, 2010. .S67  277 p.
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“Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America to build a new life, an ocean away from the death threats made to her by 2010
European Islamists, the strife she witnessed, and the inner conflict she suffered. She calls on key institutions of the
West--including universities, the feminist movement, and the Christian churches -- to enact specific, innovative
remedies that would help other Muslim immigrants to overcome the challenges she has experienced and to resist
the fatal allure of fundamentalism and terrorism.” – Publisher description
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The Official Rules of Soccer: US. Chicago, IL: Triumph Books, c2008. GV Non-fiction;
943.4  134 p.
The official rules as determined by the Federation Internationale de Football Association, the international ruling .O33
body of soccer. Helpful diagrams illustrate the field of play, offside points, and signals by the referee and linesmen. – 2008
Google Books
An Ordinary Man: an Autobiography / Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner.  New York: Penguin Books, 2007. DT Non-fiction;
450.443 207 p.
“The remarkable life story of the man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda. Readers who were moved and horrified .R87 
by Hotel Rwanda will respond even more intensely to Paul Rusesabagina’s unforgettable autobiography. As Rwanda A3
was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles 2007
Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off their would-be killers
with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man, he tells the story of his childhood, retraces his
accidental path to heroism, revisits the 100 days in which he was the only thing standing between his “guests” and a
hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist.” – Google Books
Outcasts United: an American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference / Warren St. GV Non-fiction;
John. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2009. 942.7  320 p.
.L86
2010 BSC Campus Read selection. “The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of 2009b
a small American town.” – Google Books
Refugee Impact in the Fargo-Moorhead Community / Kathleen Slobin, Kevin Thompson, Daniel Klenow. Fargo, HV Non-fiction;
N.D.: Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, 2002. 640.4 34 p.
.U6 
Examines the impact of refugees in the Fargo-Moorhead community and makes recommendations for services and S56
infrastructure changes to improve refugee resettlement. 2002
Refugees in the Fargo community: a Research Agenda / Kathleen Slobin, Daniel J. Klenow. [Fargo, N.D.]: Institute HV Non-fiction;
for Regional Studies, NDSU, [1995?]. 640.4 28 p.
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“… provides historical and bibliographic information to facilitate research on refugee resettlement in North Dakota S56
and the Fargo community.” -- Foreword 1995
The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars / Douglas H. Johnson. Bloomington: Indiana University Press; Kampala: DT Non-fiction;
Fountain Publishers, 2003. 157.67 234 p.
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The civil war in the Sudan is one of Africa’s longest and most intractable conflicts. This book looks at these 2003
questions: Why is the Sudanese conflict now gaining such attention in the West? Are religion and race at the heart
of the conflict? What has been the role of foreign interests in the Sudan? Will independence for the southern,
African population bring peace? – Publisher description

“Anyone wanting to understand this African tragedy should read Douglas Johnson’s The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil
Wars … Mr. Johnson offers a brilliant analysis of the war and its causes written in simple, clear prose.” – The
Economist
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Soccer: Winning Techniques / Joseph A. Luxbacher. Dubuque, IA: Eddie Bowers Pub. Co., 1998. GV Non-fiction;
943.8  163 p.
“Soccer is the world's most popular participant sport. Known internationally as 'football,' the world’s most popular .L89
game may also be the most difficult to play successfully. Football players must perform a variety of specialized skills 1998
under the game-related pressures of limited time, restricted space, physical fatigue, and determined opponents.
Mental skills are constantly tested as players must respond to a continuous flow of changing situations during play.
Superior performance ultimately depends on each player's ability to successfully meet these physical and mental
challenges. This book was written with that thought in mind, to provide information that will be beneficial to players
and coaches striving to achieve that goal.” – Google Books
Soccer Fundamentals / Danny Mielke. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, c2003. GV Non-fiction;
943  123 p.
“Learning to play soccer has never been more effective-or more fun-than with Soccer Fundamentals. Students will .M49
enjoy using this resource because they will learn by doing and spend less time reading and more time engaged in 2003
playing the game. With simple instructions and accompanying photographs, you'll find it easy to teach them to play
soccer quickly and simply.” – Google Books
Soccer in a Football World: the Story of America’s Forgotten Game / David Wangerin. Philadelphia: Temple GV Non-fiction;
University Press, 2008. 944
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“David Wangerin's humorous and thorough book tells the story of American soccer's long struggle from the brief W36
promise of the 1920's, through the euphoric highs and extravagant follies of the North American Soccer League, to 2008
today's hard-won acceptance.” – Google Books
Soccer Techniques, Tactics & Teamwork / Gerhard Bauer; introduction by Franz Beckenbauer. New York, N.Y.: GV Non-fiction;
Sterling Pub. Co., 1993. 943.9 159 p.
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"Bauer has written a comprehensive guide on how to play soccer, from the basics of training and technique to game- B3813
situation tactics ... Frame-by-frame photographs display the correct form and style to be used in the numerous 1993
exercises and drills described in the text.... for anybody interested in learning about how to play soccer effectively. It
would be hard to imagine a more detailed and well designed instructional text on the world's most popular sport."--
Booklist starred review (from Google Books)
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey – and GV Non-fiction;
Even Iraq – Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport / Simon Kuper and Stefan 943.9 328 p.
Szymanski. New York: Nation Books, 2009. .S64
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Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light 2009
on how the game of soccer works, Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about the
world’s most popular game.” –Publisher description
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Sofie Sonya: a Story of Iron Faith / Berneice Lunday as told by Sofie. Bismarck, N.D.: Writers Plus, 2004, c1997. F645 Non-fiction;
.R85  77 p.
Clarence Bauman, past GRHS [Germans from Russian Heritage Society] President states, "Berneice Lunday gives us a L86
deep and vivid understanding of a family's experiences under oppressive Soviet rule and how they escaped from 2004
Russia to German and finally to America."
Spirit of Survival / Gail Sheehy. 1st ed. New York: Morrow, 1986. CT Non-fiction;
275 400 p.
“The story of a young girl who was a refugee from the horrors of war in Cambodia and of her life in the United .S458 
States.” – Google Books S54
1986
Strength in What Remains / Tracy Kidder. New York: Random House, c2009.  E184 Non-fiction;
.B89  277 p.
“The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder returns with the extraordinary true story of Deo, a young man who K53
arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. After surviving a civil war and genocide, he ekes out a 2009
precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in
bookstores until he begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of
Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing.” – Publisher description
Tales of Two Cities : a Persian Memoir / Abbas Milani. Washington, D.C.: Mage, 2006. DS Non-fiction;
318.84  263 p.
“Tales of Two Cities is an engrossing, cross-cultural memoir of revolution and exile. It is the story of a fifteen year-old .M55
Persian boy sent for his education from an old-world, pre-oil boom Tehran, to the new-world, avant-garde San 2006
Francisco of the 1960s. Abbas Milani richly chronicles his education, politicization, return to Iran, disillusionment and
eventual exile. Interwoven with the brisk narrative is a loving account of the traditional Iran of the author's
childhood; a searing memoir of a lost generation of Iranians torn apart by revolution and exile, a graphic portrait of
the author's time in the shah's jail and of his cellmates, the mullahs who would soon emerge as the new leaders of
the Islamic Republic. Tales of Two Cities is not only the odyssey of one intellectual doomed to exile, but also a
message of hope and ultimately salvation for the increasing number of people forced to leave their homeland and
settle in America.” – Google Books
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: the True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan / Alephonsion Deng, Benson DT Non-fiction;
Deng, Benjamin Ajak, with Judy A Bernstein. New York: Public Affairs, c2005. 157.63  311 p.
.D46
“As gunshots, flames, and screams engulfed their village, three cousins fled into the cover of the forest. Every step 2005
led the boys away from their peaceful, agrarian world … With each footstep they were drawn deeper into the
horrific violence of Sudan's civil war: a world of bombed-out villages, mine-sown roads, and relentless desert, a
world where starving adults would snatch the grain from a weak child's fingers. Across Sudan, between 1987 and
1989, tens of thousands of young boys took flight from these massacres. Their journey led them first to Ethiopia and
then, driven back into Sudan, toward Kenya. They walked nearly one thousand miles, sustained only by the sheer will
to live. This book is the three boys' account of that unimaginable journey.” -- Publisher description.
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A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman / Lisa J. Shannon; foreword by HQ Non-fiction;
Zainab Salbi. Berkeley, Calif.: Seal Press: Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010. 1805.5  335 p.
.S53
The subject of a recent New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof, Shannon details how she left her comfortable 2010
life in Portland, Ore., to aid women in the Democratic Republic of Congo suffering abuse and death in what has been
termed “Africa's First World War.” Running a successful business with her fiancée (who would leave her), Shannon is
still “hungry for something all [her] own” and after seeing a show on Oprah about Congolese women, she establishes
the Run for Congo Women to raise money to help those suffering. From meeting Congolese women she's sponsored
to learning that 90% of the women in one village have been raped, Shannon is exposed to a world remote from her
own affluent life. Her painful firsthand accounts of the violence inflicted upon Congolese women by Hutu militants
will most interest readers, but the book lacks a detailed overview of the political circumstances surrounding this long
war. Shannon provides a much-needed view of how one inspired American can act with hope, drive, and courage to
aid women in a part of the world too often overlooked. “ -- Editorial Review, Publishers Weekly, Feb. 22, 2010
We Came as Children; a Collective Autobiography / Karen Gershon, ed. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1966]. HV Non-fiction;
640.5 176 p.
“The reminiscences of men and women who escaped to England as child refugees from the Nazi terror” – Cover. .J4 
“The book disturbed me greatly and I can only hope that it will make us more compassionate as a result of reading G4
it.” – Dame Edith Evans 1966a
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: a Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace / Le Ly Hayslip with DS Non-fiction;
Jay Wurts. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Plume, [1990], c1989. 556.93 368 p.
.H39 
“It is said that in war heaven and earth change places not once, but many times. When Heaven and Earth Changed A3
Places is the haunting memoir of a girl on the verge of womanhood in a world turned upside down. The youngest of 1990
six children in a close-knit Buddhist family, Le Ly Hayslip was twelve years old when U.S. helicopters landed in Ky La,
her tiny village in central Vietnam. As the government and Viet Cong troops fought in and around Ky La, both sides
recruited children as spies and saboteurs. Le Ly was one of those children. Before the age of sixteen, Le Ly had
suffered near-starvation, imprisonment, torture, rape, and the deaths of beloved family members -- but
miraculously held fast to her faith in humanity. And almost twenty years after her escape to America, she was drawn
inexorably back to the devastated country and family she left behind. Scenes of this joyous reunion are interwoven
with the brutal war years, offering a poignant picture of Vietnam, then and now, and of a courageous woman who
experienced the true horror of the Vietnam War-and survived to tell her unforgettable story.” – Google Books
The World Cup: the Complete History / Terry Crouch.  London: Aurum, 2006. GV Non-fiction;
943.49  584 p.
“Within the pages of this encyclopedic work is everything anyone could ever want to know about the World Cup, .C76
from the first finals in Uruguay in 1930 to the last qualifying match for the 2006 tournament.” – Publisher 2006
description.
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"You Have Been Kind Enough to Assist Me": Herman Stern and the Jewish Refugee Crisis / Terry Shoptaugh. Fargo, F645 Non-fiction;
ND: Institute for Regional Studies NDSU, c2008. J5  366 p.
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This is the story of a North Dakota clothier who rescued more than 100 German Jews from the impending Holocaust 2008
in Europe. Herman Stern, himself a Jewish immigrant to the United States, began by sponsoring the immigration of
relatives, and expanded his efforts during the thirties until he had developed a plan to settle hundreds of Jewish
refugees in North Dakota, and had begun raising money for that purpose. While the onset of the war in 1939 stalled
the larger effort, Stern continued to sponsor refugees and was ultimately responsible for more than 140 people
coming to America and safety. – Publisher description.
SELECTED EBOOKS (ELECTRONIC BOOKS) – AVAILABLE AT BSC LIBRARY; ACCESS VIA ODIN CATALOG BSC LIBRARY CALL NOTES
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Broken Spirits: the Treatment of Traumatized Asylum Seekers, Refugees, War and Torture Victims (eBook)/ edited by John RC Non-
P. Wilson, Boris Drozdek. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004. 552 fiction;
.P67  706 p.
"Make no mistake, this is a powerful book. If you work in this area, or aspire to, it will give you tools and models and a great B76 eBook
deal of insight and understanding. It will challenge you as well.” - Richard Bryant-Jefferies, Central and North West London 2004eb
NHS Foundation Trust, UK – Amazon.com review
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Soccer (eBook) / D.W. Crisfield. New York: Alpha Books, c1999. GV Non-
943  fiction;
“As a new youth soccer coach, I was looking for a book that would give me quick and easy guidance on understanding .C75 328 p.
soccer and also give me some excellent tips on coaching. This book was perfect! It provided a tremendous amount of 1999eb eBook
information without getting too detailed in any specific area.” – Excerpt , Amazon customer review
The Global Refugee Crisis: a Reference Handbook (eBook) / Gil Loescher, Ann Dull Loescher. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC- HV Non-
Clio, c1994. 640  fiction;
.L625 261 p.
“There are two disparate components to the global refugee crisis: first, there are about 46 million refugees and Internally 1994eb eBook
Displaced Persons (IDPs), most of whom are struggling to survive in the poorest and most violent countries in the world,
and second, our interpretation of international human rights law allows this state of affairs to worsen. Refugee protection
has been a longstanding policy that ostensibly protects victims of human rights violations from other countries. In actuality,
protection is largely negated by systematic efforts by industrialized states to reduce the number of refugees arriving at the
borders. This book provides a comprehensive examination of this worldwide problem and rejects the idea that the majority
of asylum seekers abuse the system to gain entrance into the country.” – Amazon description
Home is Somewhere Else: Autobiography in Two Voices (eBook) / Desider Furst and Lilian R. Furst. Albany: State University DS Non-
of New York Press, c1994. 135 fiction;
.A93  235 p.
“This autobiography covers only part of the Holocaust, its beginnings, when not even the worst pessimists could imagine F873 eBook
what would happen later. We lived only nine months in Nazi occupied Vienna before we managed to escape. We 1994eb
succeeded despite all odds against us.” – Desider Furst, from Introduction
Immigration and Asylum: from 1900 to the Present (eBook) / Matthew J. Gibney and Randall Hansen, editors. Santa JV Non-
Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2005. 6012  fiction; 3
.I56 volumes;
“A comprehensive and timely examination of the history and current status of immigrants and refugees - their stories, the 2005eb eBook
events that lead to their movements, and the place of these movements in contemporary history and politics.” – Credo
Reference abstract
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Masses in Flight: the Global Crisis of Internal Displacement (eBook) / Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng. Washington, HV Non-
D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, c1998. 640  fiction;
.C614 414 p.;
“This book analyzes the causes and consequences of displacement, including its devastating impact both within and beyond 1998eb eBook
the borders of affected countries. It sets forth strategies for preventing displacement, a special legal framework tailored to
the needs of the displaced, more effective institutional arrangements at the national, regional, and international levels, and
increased capacities to address the protection, human rights, and reintegration and development needs of the displaced.” –
Amazon.com
Seeking Refuge: Central American Migration to Mexico, the United States, and Canada (eBook) / Maria Cristina Garcia. HV Non-
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. 640.5 fiction;
.C46  274 p.;
To leave one’s country in search of refuge, to save one’s family, one’s community, meant facing the unknown, and not G37 eBook
knowing what would happen tomorrow or whether the place one had chosen as temporary refuge would open its doors 2006eb
and warmly welcome those fleeing terror and death. Over two million of those who fled Central America during this period
settled in these three countries. Likewise, they and other nations in the Northern Hemisphere ignored the refugee crisis
created 10 in the major cities, and as many as two hundred thousand Guatemalans preferred to live outside the UNHCR
camps and settlements, even if it meant forfeiting assistance. Once again, Central Americans became the pawns of foreign
policy decisions.
Surrender on Demand (eBook) / Varian Fry; preface by Warren Christopher. 1 st pbk. ed. Boulder: Johnson Books, 1997. D809 Non-
.F7  fiction;
“The dramatic story of the underground organization set up by Americans in France to rescue cultural and political refugees F79 272 p.;
from the Gestapo.” -- Cover 1997eb eBook

In 1940, Varian Fry, a young American magazine editor, traveled to France to work as a representative of the Emergency
Rescue Committee, a group that offered aid to political refugees in France who were in danger of being extradited to
Germany. With the aid of the French government, the Germans were then in the process of creating what Fry calls "the
most gigantic man-trap in history." Associating himself necessarily with shady characters who could get things done,
including a few double agents and gangsters, Fry managed, during a stay of 13 months, to win the freedom of some 1,500
men and women, among them painters Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp, and Max Ernst; dissidents Andre Breton and Victor
Serge; writer Franz Werfel; musician Wanda Landowska; and other intellectuals and artists. His memoir, Surrender on
Demand, has the makings of a political thriller, and it is deeply inspiring. – Amazon.com review

"Surrender on Demand" is by turns wildly exciting, horrifying and exalting … an astonishingly good book. -- The New York
Times Book Review, April 25, 1945
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African Soul, American Heart: a Documentary (DVD) / written, produced, and directed by Deb Dawson. Fargo, ND : Media Documentary
Flat Valley Productions, 2008. DT 23 min.
157.673
Features Joseph Akol Makeer, a “lost boy” of Sudan who made his way to the United States and Fargo, North .M344
Dakota, where he now lives. Makeer visited the BSC campus in the spring of 2010 to share his story and this 2008
documentary film. In the film, Makeer returns to his native country 20 years after fleeing from civil war.
Āfsāīd = Offside (DVD) / screenplay, Jafar Panahi, Shadmehr Rastin; concept, editor, producer, and director, Jafar Media  Drama;
Panahi. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]. PN DVD;
1997.2  92 min.
DVD release of the 2006 motion picture. Persian (Farsi) soundtrack; optional English or French subtitles. .A385
2007
“During the 2006 Iran-Bahrain match, the Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men and, officially, no
women. According to Islamic custom, women are not permitted to watch or participate in men’s sports. Many of the
ambitious young female fans who manage to sneak into the arena are caught and sent to a holding pen, guarded by
male soldiers their own age. Duty makes these young men and women adversaries, but duty can’t overcome their
shared dreams, their mutual attraction, and ultimately their overriding sense of national pride and humanity.” –
Publisher description
American Herro (DVD) / written and directed by Kirk Roos. [Minot, N.D.] : Communication Corps, c2008. Media Documentary;
F641 DVD;
“The remarkable story of a young Kurdish girl who comes to America as a refugee from Iraq at the age of three and .M8  105 min.;
lives out the American dream by settling in Minot, North Dakota. Thirty years later, traveling the globe working for A447
Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Diplomat Herro Mustafa invites her first American friend, filmmaker Kirk Roos, to visit Iraq 2008
and retrace her steps to freedom.” – Publisher description
Bend It Like Beckham (DVD) / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents in association with the Film Council and Media Drama;
FilmFoerderung Hamburg ... a Kintop Pictures/Bend It Films/ROC Media/Road Movies co-production; a Gurinder PN DVD;
Chadha film; directed by Gurinder Chadha. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003]. 1997.2  112 min.
.B45
Performers: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, 2003
Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson.

“Eighteen year-old Jesminder’s parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play
soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she’s
spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women’s team.” – Publisher description.
God Grew Tired of Us (DVD) / Newmarket Films presents, in association with Silver Nitrate, a National Geographic Media Documentary;
Films/LBS production; written and directed by Christopher Quinn. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home HV DVD
Entertainment, c2007. 640.5 90 min.
.S9 
Presents the plight of Sudanese refugees being displaced to foreign countries due to civil war. Known as "Lost Boys", G63
the film tells the story of three of these "Lost Boy" refugees who struggled to come to the United States for a better 2007
life, while still attempting to assist the family and friends they have left behind. – Publisher description
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Postville: When Cultures Collide (DVD) / PBS; producer, writer, editor, Nikki Tundel; executive producers, Tom Media  Documentary;
Moore, Michael Wegner; produced by Iowa Public Television. [Alexandria, Va.]: PBS Home Video, c2006. F630 DVD
“Tells the story of how a small Iowa town is dealing with multiculturalism. Postville, Iowa is where more than 300 .J5  60 min.
Hasidic Jews, plus hundreds of Mexicans, Guatemalans, Ukrainians and Russians have taken up residence in the last P678
decade. This program explores the struggles and rewards of the social and economic changes. Reflects the cultural 2006
and religious conflicts in towns across America that are faced with increasingly heterogeneous populations.” –
Publisher description
SELECTED WEBSITES URL
City of Clarkston, Georgia http://www.cityofclarkston.com/

City of Clarkston – “Small Town BIG Heart” – Clarkston is the home of the Fugees and the setting for
Outcasts United.
FIFA.com http://www.fifa.com/

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law
founded in 1904 and based in Zurich. It has 208 member associations and its goal is the constant
improvement of football.
Fugees Family http://fugeesfamily.org/index.htm

Fugees Family, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to working with child survivors of war.
It builds upon the power of soccer to galvanize kids by giving them the support and structure they need
to realize their vast potential. Coach Luma Mufleh started a Fugees team to provide refugee boys with
free access to organized soccer. Since then, programming has grown to include year-round soccer for
86 boys aged 10-18, after-school tutoring, a private academy, and an academic enrichment camp.
Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota http://www.lssnd.org/

Lutheran Social Services is a statewide social services ministry that provides a lifespan of care to
individuals, families and communities. Through its “New American Services” program, LSSND works
with the U.S. government to help refugees establish a home in North Dakota after they are approved for
admittance into our country. The goal of their work is to help refugees achieve economic self-
sufficiency as soon as possible.  Partnerships play a vital role in a successful resettlement experience.
New American Services works with many state and local agencies including the North Dakota
Department of Human Services, the public schools, churches, health care organizations, social service
agencies, adult learning centers, civic groups, employers, plus individual volunteers and mentors. 
Street Soccer USA – “Soccer for Social Change … Ending Homelessness through Sports” http://www.streetsoccerusa.org/

Through its 20-city league, Soccer for Social Change aims to get homeless men, women, and youth off
the streets, “scoring goals on the field, and achieving their goals in life." 
USCRI (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) http://www.refugees.org/

For nearly 100 years the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants has acted to address the needs
and rights of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public
policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of
migrants in community life.
U.S. Soccer http://www.ussoccer.com/

As the governing body of soccer in the United States, U.S. Soccer’s mission is to make soccer, in all its
forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all
recreational and competitive levels.