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Meet the #WomenOfWelcoming
Amy Eusebio (Philadelphia, PA) Amy Eusebio is the Executive Director of the City of Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs. A proud first-generation American, Afro-Latina, and daughter of Dominican immigrants, Amy has been a warrior for welcoming in the City of Brotherly Love. Dr. Gail R. Christopher Speaker, social change agent, healer, and public health expert, Dr….
A gap in the system: creating more inclusive emergency management practices
Hurricane Katrina, the Flint, MI water crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic. These are just a few examples of events that disproportionately impacted minority and marginalized communities. Inequality in emergency management doesn’t end there, disasters have been shown to increase inequality long after the storm has passed or the environmental contamination has been addressed. Creating an inclusive infrastructure and…
Vaccine hesitancy in immigrant communities: Your questions answered
On February 17, we hosted a webinar titled “Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Immigrant Communities” with experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mayo Clinic, local governments, and more. Due to the overwhelming interest in this topic, we’ve compiled the questions submitted by webinar attendees that were not answered in the Q&A portion,…
A Play-By-Play: Global Detroit’s 2020 Election Sprint
Election rules can be hard, but helping our communities vote can be easy and our efforts have never been more needed. Policies important to immigrant and refugee communities will be impacted by the 2020 elections across America and here in Michigan. With the stakes high, the COVID-19 pandemic has diminished the bench of poll workers…