About Homeland

Homeland is a Nine Network of Public Media initiative exploring the complicated issues of immigration.  While immigration is a national issue, it plays out daily in the lives of people in communities across the country.  Homeland explores the contemporary story of immigration in America. It’s a story of refugees and new immigrants who find themselves walking a fine line between access to and expulsion from the American dream. It’s also a story of American citizens who wonder if legal and illegal immigrants threaten their way of life. It’s a story of intertwined and complex issues. It’s a complicated story.

The issues faced in Missouri are a microcosm of the larger national debate on immigration. We are exploring the complicated issues through a multi-platform initiative designed to engage people in participation and action. These elements include:

• Local and statewide facilitated conversations with community members.
• A robust online space for people to connect and engage.
• Purpose-driven, original online content created by the community and Nine.
• A three-hour documentary series, to broadcast nationally in 2012.

Project Goal and Outcomes

Our goal for Homeland is to use public media to connect and engage people so that they can better understand issues of immigration and define how as a community and a country we should best address immigration.  As a result of the Homeland initiative, people will better understand one of the most sensitive and complex issues facing our country in the 21st century and insert their voice into the public dialogue.