Greater Gainesville International Festival
In honor of UN International Day of Peace and the 10th anniversary of Welcoming Week, Greater Gainesville International Festival: • Information from Local Organizations • Performances, Presentations, and Food Trucks • Keynote Address by Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe • Community I.D. Drive (12-3pm) • “Longest Table” Free Community Dinner (4-6pm)
Read MoreTwo Free Exhibits at Centro de Artes Gallery
The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture invites you to explore two exhibits at Centro de Artes Gallery, located in San Antonio’s Historic Market Square. On the first floor, artist Leila Hernández’s exhibit La Visa Negra 2.5: Tendiendo los Trapitos al Sol features sustainable, recycled artworks that reflect on the cultural crossover between South…
Read MoreOne People, Many Paths: Sacred Art of Altars
One People, Many Paths: Sacred Art of Altars is the 18th annual artist-based auction fundraiser hosted by Celebration Circle where 60+ artists share their creativity using a hand crafted wooden box, identical in shape and size, 12” x 16”. As the artists express their divine creative inspiration, the boxes are transformed and each completed piece…
Read MoreBorderland Rogues: The Story of San Patricio Battalion
Join us for a unique theatrical concert event that shares a historical narrative through live music, dance, and storytelling. The story of the San Patricio Battalion begins in the mid-1800’s, bringing together Irish immigrants to the US and Mexican and American soldiers preparing to go to war with one another. The Irishmen, first seduced by…
Read MoreAmerican Mariachi
It’s the 1970s, and Lucha spends her days caring for her ailing mother but longs to shake up her life. When a forgotten record sparks her mother’s memory, Lucha and her cousin strike upon a radical idea: to create an all-female mariachi band. Infused with live music played by a live mariachi band, this “big-hearted,…
Read MoreFaces of Islam
This two yearlong project which started in 2017, is a continuation of the prior series on Immigration that began in 2016. Both of these projects were in response to the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam rhetoric after the 2016 presidential elections. In “Faces of Islam”, the San Antonio Muslim community was portrayed a microcosm of the larger…
Read MoreNewcomer Resource Fair
Join the YWCA, the City of San Antonio Immigration Liaison, the Mexican Consulate of San Antonio, and My City is My Home, at the annual Welcoming Week Newcomer Resource Fair on Saturday, September 17, from 9am – 2pm. The Newcomer Resource Fair is an event that connects immigrant residents to resources that help them integrate…
Read MoreKickoff to Welcoming Week 2022: We Belong in San Antonio
Please join us as we kick off Welcoming Week 2022 in San Antonio, a celebration uplifting our immigrant and refugee community, as well as the valuable work to make San Antonio a more welcoming place for all. Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Senator José Menéndez, and County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores will begin our event with opening remarks.…
Read MoreWelcoming Week Read Aloud
The Gwinnett County Community Engagement Team, in partnership with Gwinnett County Libraries, invites families with young readers to join us for our Welcoming Week Read Aloud event. This event will take place on September 17 from 10:30 am-11:30 am at the Norcross Library. There, young readers will get to listen to a multilingual (English, Korean,…
Read MoreWelcoming Week NWA 2022
Welcoming Week NWA brings together NWA Leadership Pledge supporters and the broader community to build strong connections and affirm the importance of welcoming and inclusive places in achieving collective prosperity.
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